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Tuesday, May 2 2023

  • Cybersickness more likely to affect women, ongoing research to understand why

    An interdisciplinary team of Iowa State researchers find women experience cybersickness with virtual reality headsets more often than men. Their ongoing work explores why this difference exists and methods to help people adapt.

  • Innovation at Work: By the Numbers

    As a leading research university, Iowa State puts science, technology and human creativity to work. The impact is measured through external support for innovative research solutions that lead to new patents, startup companies and support for business and industry.

  • USAID taps ISU experts to boost agriculture education, research in Kosovo

    More than a dozen Iowa State University faculty and staff will be working with colleagues at universities in Kosovo over the next five years to boost the nation’s agricultural economy, providing guidance on topics such as applied research, industry engagement, curriculum development, teaching methods and student services.

  • ISU biologist Jonathan Wendel elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

    Jonathan Wendel, an evolutionary biologist who has helped shed light on the process and importance of genome doubling in plants, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He’s the fourth Iowa State University faculty member to join the academy.

  • Innovation at Work: Smarter farming with better data

    Advances in precision and digital agriculture created at Iowa State are focused more than ever on data, innovations that can boost yields and profits while improving sustainability. Often by building their own products or partnering with companies, ISU researchers give farmers tools for making better decisions.

  • Media advisory: ISU experts available as spring planting begins

    Corn and soybean planting should kick into high gear this week as Iowa farmers take advantage of favorable weather conditions. After two boom years for revenue, profit margins are expected to be tighter this year and well-timed rains will be key.

  • Virtual fitting rooms can be a double-edged sword

    Virtual fitting rooms can cut down on returns and nudge hesitant online shoppers to click the checkout button. But findings from a recently published study indicate the technology could backfire on retailers if they assume consumer interactions are uniformly positive. The authors provide several recommendations based on their research.

  • Innovation at Work: New approaches to housing could lead to more efficient homes

    Innovative minds across the Iowa State University campus are inventing, researching and perfecting new applications for emerging technologies that could change how homes are built and maintained. 3D construction printers, robotics and geogames are just a few of the high-tech possibilities under development to improve housing and construction.

  • Researchers use nanoparticles to target, treat inflammatory bowel diseases

    Iowa State researchers are designing nanoparticles to treat inflammatory bowel diseases such as such as Chron’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Key innovations are the design of self-assembling nanoparticles that carry drugs and naturally target inflamed colons. The nanoparticles could deliver relief to more than 3 million Americans who suffer from the diseases.

     

  • Iowa State set for a week of events celebrating the First Amendment

    A week of events beginning April 10 on the campus of Iowa State University will celebrate the First Amendment and the essential freedoms it enshrines. Events include a symposium, a free meal and art displays calling attention to the importance of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

  • Innovation at Work: Nearly four decades of study filling 46 lab notebooks – all for better batteries

    Steve Martin has dedicated nearly four decades of study, about 60 graduate theses, 46 lab notebooks and eight patents to the mission of inventing better batteries.