Cold Temperatures Linked to Immigrant Entrepreneurship
16-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
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Iowa State Leads a 'Dream' Project to Catalog Livestock DNA Regulatory Regions
A new USDA-supported project based at Iowa State University will create an encyclopedia of livestock species' genetic regulatory regions, a DNA netherworld that could be useful in breeding for improved animal efficiency and health.
12-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT
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Pausing Biological Clock Could Boost Lab-Produced Blood Stem Cells
An Iowa State University research team has discovered when and why inflammatory signaling affects the formation of blood stem cells in embryos, which will benefit efforts to develop lab-grown, patient-derived stem cell transfusions to treat blood...
9-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
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Engineers develop general, high-speed technology to model, understand catalytic reactions
A research team led by Iowa State's Qi An has developed artificial intelligence technology that could find ways to improve researchers’ understanding of the chemical reactions involved in ammonia production and other complex chemical reactions.
5-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT
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Growing losses from PRRS cost pork producers $1.2 billion per year, new study shows
The economic impact of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome increased 80% between 2010 and 2020, costing the pork industry more than $1 billion per year in lost production, according to a new study. Researchers say improved biosecurity is...
29-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT
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Engineers use data to manage grid transformers, boosting reliability to homes, farms
As we use electricity to power more and more -- everything from vehicles to lawn mowers -- it's getting harder for utilities to manage the distribution transformers that are in every neighborhood. Iowa State's Zhaoyu Wang is leading an effort to...
29-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT
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Receptors make dairy cows a prime target for avian influenza
A new study by a broad team of researchers at Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine helps explain why dairy cows infected by highly pathogenic avian influenza are shedding the virus in their milk. Their findings could help develop...
15-Jul-2024 11:05 AM EDT
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Engineers developing atom-thick material for efficient, ultrafast, light-based electronics
Matthew Panthani and his research group are developing new materials that allow semiconductors to emit light. The resulting integrated photonic circuits could make computers, phones and other electronics faster and more energy efficient. The...
24-Jun-2024 12:05 PM EDT
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Psychology expert available to discuss new “Social Media and Adolescent Health” report
13-Dec-2023 4:05 PM EST
Labor market expert available to discuss four-day workweek
17-Apr-2023 7:25 AM EDT
Expert Available to Discuss Heat Waves and Effects on Buildings
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Expert available to discuss women’s narratives about medication abortions
10-May-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Iowa State researcher leads emerging field of trauma-informed environmental design
An Iowa State University researcher is an innovator in an emerging field: trauma-informed environmental design, in which designers work to understand their clients deeply and how their life experiences affect how they experience various environments...
29-Mar-2022 3:25 PM EDT
Iowa State’s Schulte Moore named 2021 MacArthur Fellow
Lisa Schulte Moore, a professor of natural resource ecology and management at Iowa State University, has been named a 2021 MacArthur Fellow for her groundbreaking research as a landscape ecologist building more sustainable and resilient agricultural...
28-Sep-2021 12:05 PM EDT
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