Iowa State University Research Day 2020 is slated for March 25, and if you have attended or presented at past Research Day events, you’ll find all the familiar activities you’ve come to expect and enjoy. Additionally, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) is featuring new and enhanced ways for campus researchers and…

Iowa State’s C-CHANGE to host conference exploring opportunities in biogas

By Dan Kirkpatrick, Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research

Iowa State University’s Consortium for Cultivating Human and Naturally reGenerative Enterprises (C-CHANGE) is hosting its inaugural Conference on Agriculture, Technology and Innovation March 25-27, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. The conference – themed “Why are we missing the boat on biogas?” – is designed to bring together experts from agriculture, energy, government, science and society…

02.10.2020

Change Agent: Paul Plummer

By Fred Love, Iowa State University News Service

This is the latest entry in a series of articles telling the personal stories of Iowa State University faculty and scientists whose work is changing the world for the better. Click here for the complete list of Change Agents. Paul Plummer started taking on big scientific challenges before he even entered high school. As a kid, Plummer…

01.28.2020

ISU Researcher Receives 2020 Bailey Award to Study “Neglected” Tropical Disease

Michael Kimber Aims to Develop Lymphatic Filariasis Vaccine

By Caitlin Ware, Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research

An Iowa State University researcher is launching efforts to develop a vaccine for a currently incurable mosquito-borne illness with the help of a Bailey Research Career Development award. Administered by the Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), the Bailey Research Career Development award is given each year to faculty whose…

01.22.2020

Major NSF-sponsored grant will help researchers discover ways to improve urban sustainability

By Fred Love, Iowa State University News Service

Dense urban areas use up more energy, water and food resources than they can produce themselves, forcing them to rely on external sources. But a team of researchers is imagining bold new ways to make Midwestern cities more self-reliant. The Sustainable Cities Research Team recently received a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop…

01.21.2020

Iowa State University Awards Seed Grants Supporting Bioscience-Focused Research Initiatives

By Dan Kirkpatrick, Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research

Faster transfer of new discoveries and technologies from the university lab bench to the commercial marketplace is a linchpin for driving real economic growth for Iowa in the biosciences. Iowa State University is helping fuel this engine through bioscience-based research seed grants made possible by funding allocated by the Iowa Legislature. The Office of the…

01.15.2020

Worrying about being drafted doesn’t mean you’re disloyal – it’s an old American tradition

By The Conversation

Most people associate the 1960s, when the Vietnam War was raging, with draft resistance. By 1972, rumors about the lengths to which men would go to fail their pre-induction physicals had become common enough that scholars of folklore had noticed. Reports of men tattooing obscenities on their bodies, traveling to Tijuana for surgery to ruin rather…

01.14.2020

Engineers develop “chameleon metals” that change surfaces in response to heat

By Mike Krapfl, Iowa State University News Service

Just like a chameleon changes its skin color in response to its environment, engineers have found a way for liquid metal – and potentially solid metal – to change its surface structure in response to heat. Treating particles of liquid metal alloys with heat causes them to roughen their surfaces with tiny spheres or nanowires,…

01.10.2020

ISU researchers pave the way to make prairie strips eligible option for federal conservation program

By Fred Love, Iowa State University News Service

U.S. farmers will be able to collect federal conservation payments for installing prairie strips on their land, and Iowa State University researchers helped bridge the gap between the latest science and federal policy. The 2018 Farm Bill, approved by Congress and signed into law December 2018, for the first time named prairie strips, or the strategic…

01.09.2020

Study examines biomarkers, economic factors that may increase risk for cognitive decline

By Angie Hunt, Iowa State University News Service

An image of your retina may help Iowa State University researchers determine your risk for Alzheimer’s disease even before other symptoms are detectable. Numerous studies have shown the inner layer of the retina is thinner in people with Alzheimer’s disease. But what if a noninvasive scan could spot changes to the retina before diagnosis and…

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Iowa State’s C-CHANGE to host conference exploring opportunities in biogas

Change Agent: Paul Plummer

ISU Researcher Receives 2020 Bailey Award to Study “Neglected” Tropical Disease

Michael Kimber Aims to Develop Lymphatic Filariasis Vaccine

Major NSF-sponsored grant will help researchers discover ways to improve urban sustainability

Iowa State University Awards Seed Grants Supporting Bioscience-Focused Research Initiatives

Worrying about being drafted doesn’t mean you’re disloyal – it’s an old American tradition

Engineers develop “chameleon metals” that change surfaces in response to heat

ISU researchers pave the way to make prairie strips eligible option for federal conservation program

Study examines biomarkers, economic factors that may increase risk for cognitive decline

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