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Recent News About Iowa State University
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Study compares NGO communication around migration
Study compares NGO communication around migration
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Understanding what makes senior towns in Iowa “smart”
Understanding what makes senior towns in Iowa “smart”
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SoilTech industry-university center to develop technology to measure, track soil health
SoilTech industry-university center to develop technology to measure, track soil health
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ISU researchers to study growing crops in solar farm’s footprint
ISU researchers to study growing crops in solar farm’s footprint
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Iowa State University researchers will harness machine learning to provide residents with personalized warnings of heat emergencies
Iowa State University researchers will harness machine learning to provide residents with personalized warnings of heat emergencies
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Researchers test hybrid, soft/hard nanocarriers to deliver drugs to the brain
Researchers test hybrid, soft/hard nanocarriers to deliver drugs to the brain
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Researchers find rare and endangered bumble bees in Iowa
Researchers find rare and endangered bumble bees in Iowa
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New book highlights public art that transforms urban spaces
New book highlights public art that transforms urban spaces
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As the grid adds wind power, researchers have to reengineer recovery from blackouts
When the power grid goes down, there’s a step-by-step recovery process – a “blackstart” that up to now has depended on power from gas or hydro turbines spinning away inside a power plant.
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ISU scientists receive federal grant to advance research on blood stem cells
The ability to generate a patient’s blood cells in order to treat blood diseases has eluded scientists for years, but a recently awarded federal grant could help Iowa State University scientists take critical steps toward turning that possibility into reality.
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Now that the Webb Space Telescope is deployed (whew!), astronomers wait for data
Iowa State University’s Massimo Marengo recited some of the engineering challenges of successfully unfolding and deploying the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope (JWST):
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Baylor upends Iowa State in women's hoops
It’s hard to win on the road, even for the seventh-ranked women’s college basketball team in the nation. Especially when they’re playing at a venue where the home team is undefeated.
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The cellular response that protects pigs from COVID-19
Iowa State University scientists may have uncovered an important clue that sheds light on why pigs don’t get sick when exposed to the coronavirus.
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New ISU project will design 3D-printed housing for rural Iowa
The housing market has not kept up with demand for affordable housing in Iowa, leading to a new Iowa State University project that will work to find faster, cheaper solutions through 3D-printed homes.
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Iowa State and Alliant Energy collaborate on solar farm
Iowa State University and Alliant Energy will collaborate on a solar farm to be established on university land south of Ames.
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Researchers engineer hardier microbes to improve bioproduction of fuels, chemicals
Busy, productive microbes use enzymes to break down leaves, stalks and other biomass and then convert that material into renewable fuels and chemicals.