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Researcher鈥檚 Work to Support New Moms Leads to Iowa State University's First-Ever Apparel Design Patent

Associate professor Ling Zhang's innovative, multi-layered maternity garment recently earned an apparel design patent, marking a first for the ISU Research Foundation. Zhang was inspired to create better maternity and nursing garments after her own...
3-Feb-2025 9:25 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Diversified Cropping Systems Boost Nitrogen Supply but Not Soil Carbon, Study Finds

Longer, more diverse rotations of crops fertilized with livestock manure have many environmental benefits, but carbon sequestration isn鈥檛 one of them, according to a new study led by Iowa State University researchers.
15-Jan-2025 8:10 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Iowa State University Scientists Lead Breakthrough to Understand Contents of Plant Cells

Iowa State University scientists have made a significant breakthrough in identifying specific proteins within individual plant cells.
13-Jan-2025 6:55 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Researchers Use Lab Data to Rewrite Equation for Deformation, Flow of Watery Glacier Ice

Experiments designed to deform ice at its pressure-melting temperature were like grabbing a bagel at the top and the bottom, then twisting the two halves to smear the cream cheese in the middle, said Iowa State's Neal Iverson. The resulting data...
9-Jan-2025 9:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Innovation on Tap: Students Create New IPA for Backpocket Brewing

A new IPA developed by Iowa State University students will soon be available through a collaboration with Backpocket Brewing. The Iowa brewery challenged students to take what they learned in class and in the lab and apply it to a professional...
13-Dec-2024 5:35 PM EST Add to Favorites

Nanoink, Printing Technologies Could Enable Electronics Repairs, Production in Space

Researchers tested new nanoink and printing technologies on the "roller coaster" of NASA microgravity flights. They demonstrated that electronic circuits can be printed in zero gravity -- potentially leading to electronic repairs or manufacturing in...
21-Nov-2024 8:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Growing Soybeans Has a Surprisingly Significant Emissions Footprint, but It鈥檚 Ripe for Reduction

Over a typical two-year rotation of corn and soybeans, 40% of nitrous oxide emissions are in the fertilizer-free soybean year, according to new Iowa State University research. Winter cover crops and planting soybeans earlier could reduce emissions...
20-Nov-2024 12:10 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Linking Data on Genetics, Traits and Environment Gives Crop Breeders a Wider Lens

The interplay between the genetic makeup of crops and the conditions in which they grow is difficult to untangle. A research team led by an Iowa State University professor aims to help breeders analyze the interactions to make crops more resilient...
13-Nov-2024 5:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

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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

Expert on cultural and historical relationships between Russia and Ukraine, including the concept of 鈥楽lavic Brotherhood鈥�

24-Feb-2022 5:25 PM EST

Expertise on ways national identity shapes both non-violent and violent politics in the Russian Federation, Ukraine

12-Jan-2022 11:35 AM EST

Iowa State鈥檚 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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Experts

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Balaji Narasimhan, PhD

Distinguished Professor of chemical and biological engineering; director, the Nanovaccine Institute

Keywords:
Biomaterials,Chemical Engineering,Drug Delivery,Nanomedicine,Nanotechnology

BUSINESS

Chad Hart, PhD

Professor of Economics

Keywords:
Agriculture,CORN,Economics,Soybean,Trade

Jane Rongerude, PhD

Associate Professor of Community and Regional Planning

Keywords:
City Planning,Community Development,community planning,Housing,Housing Policy,Landlords,Neighborhoods,Planning,Poverty,rental housing,Urban Affairs

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