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Friday, December 13

  • Winning team members standing in brewing science lab

    Innovation on tap: Students create new IPA for Backpocket Brewing

    Dec 12, 2024

    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 situation. 

  • Iowa State inventors recognized by NAI for tackling real-world issues

    Dec 10, 2024

    Two Iowa State University innovators – with a combined 141 patents to their credit – have been selected by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) for its 2024 Class of Fellows. The NAI Fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. 

  • A photograph showing researchers working with their 3D printer during a NASA microgravity flight.

    Nanoink, printing technologies could enable electronics repairs, production in space

    Nov 20, 2024

    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. That could lead to astronauts printing electric circuits for spacecraft and equipment repairs. The technologies could also lead to manufacturing high-value electronics in the special environment of space.

  • Soybeans in the fall but at two different starting dates

    Growing soybeans has a surprisingly significant emissions footprint, but it’s ripe for reduction

    Nov 20, 2024

    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 of the potent greenhouse gas by one-third while increasing yields.

  • Student presenting to judges in pitch competition

    Iowa State is #1 in Iowa, #14 nationally in latest entrepreneurship rankings

    Nov 13, 2024

    Iowa State University is ranked #1 in Iowa, #6 in the Midwest and #14 nationally in the 2025 Top 50 Entrepreneurship Undergraduate rankings by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur. The rankings consider more than 40 data points including academic offerings, mentorship and experiential learning opportunities.