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Saturday, July 11 2020

  • Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory’s swine influenza surveillance is ready to monitor new and current flu strains

    State-of-the-art monitoring and sequencing at the ISU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory allow pork producers to keep up with both current and new flu strains among their herds. A new flu variant infecting pigs in China likely won’t pose a significantly greater threat to humans than strains currently circulating among U.S. pigs, according to the veterinarian who leads influenza monitoring at the laboratory.

  • Research explores how youth are excluded from public spaces, design practices

    America’s youth have historically been excluded from using public spaces how they want, in addition to being left out of design discussions. Including them in this process will have long-term societal benefits, according to an Iowa State University researcher.

  • ISU Police hope to lead by example in community policing efforts

    The Iowa State University Police Department wants to serve as an example for other law enforcement agencies to see how acknowledging and working to change problems within the profession can turn into positive change in their communities. The department’s Engagement and Inclusion Officer Team is being recognized for its work in this area.

  • Researchers print, tune graphene sensors to monitor food freshness, safety

    Researchers are using high-resolution printing technology and the unique properties of graphene to make low-cost biosensors to monitor food safety and livestock health.

  • Economic analysis shows how ISU soybean trials generate value for farmers

    Farmers and seed companies in Iowa and Illinois saved millions of dollars in recent years because of data generated by Iowa State University field trials that tested soybean varieties resistant to the soybean cyst nematode. A new study used economic models to determine how willing farmers are to pay a premium for resistant soybean varieties compared to susceptible varieties.

  • Researchers building cyber-physical system to monitor crops, drive decisions, boost yields

    Researchers at Iowa State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are combining their expertise in electronics, computing and crops to develop a cyber-physical system that will monitor fields at almost single-plant resolution. The idea is to predict crop productivity and help farmers manage their water and fertilizer use. The project is supported by a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

  • Chemists developing paper-strip urine test for at-home/office/clinic COVID-19 evaluation

    Robbyn Anand and her students are developing a paper-strip urine test to detect the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The tests are based on Anand's expertise in electrokinetics, using electric fields to concentrate, separate, isolate and manipulate charged particles. A grant from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement is supporting the project.

     

  • Engineers work to keep power lines and bridge cables steady when windstorms blow

    Iowa State engineers are doing wind-tunnel tests and computer simulations to understand and predict how the cables that carry power or support bridges will react to high winds. The goal is to prevent them from dangerously whirling in the wind, causing cables or structures to catastrophically fail.