After pioneering a system to improve swine health by collecting and publicizing pathogen testing results from large public veterinary laboratories across the Midwest, a team led by faculty from Iowa…
Around the turn of the 20th century, George Washington Carver – Iowa State University’s first African American student and faculty member – had a vision that materials for every human…
The virtual cell culture on Sakib Ferdous’ 34-inch computer monitor started with 50 bright red diamonds spread across the screen, each representing an unprogrammed cell ready to be converted to…
The Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) is launching four new Strategic Plan Jump Start funding opportunities. All are intended to bolster the infrastructure and…
Iowa State researchers in psychology and engineering found women experience cybersickness with virtual reality headsets more often than men. Their ongoing work, supported by a new $600,000 grant from the National Science…
Driven by online shopping, a growing number of retailers have launched virtual fitting rooms in recent years. That includes Amazon, the top apparel seller in the U.S., along with Nike,…
Drug-delivering nanoparticles could improve treatments for inflammatory bowel diseases that affect the quality of life of more than 3 million Americans, Iowa State University researchers say. While there are treatments…
In July 2023, Iowa State will roll out the Streamlyne Proposal Development and Routing System to replace the GoldSheet, Cardinal Sheet, Liquid Office and Cayuse Systems. After more than 20…
Want to know if a plant is happy? How its pores are working can tell you a lot. Thriving plants respond to sunlight by opening their stomata, the thousands of…
A graduate student, wrapping up a recent meeting of Jonathan Claussen’s research group at Iowa State University, reported he’s trying to get new sensors to work. That’s a pretty good summary…
