News Archive
Saturday, January 4 2020
-
ISU experts available to discuss Iowa caucuses
As the Democratic candidates make their final push before the Iowa caucuses, Iowa State University experts are available to discuss campaign strategy, caucus history, the economy and more.
-
Engineers developing machine-learning tools to quickly, cheaply design better solar cells
Iowa State engineers are working with collaborators to develop machine learning theories and software tools that can quickly and cheaply design better solar cells. Those theories and tools could also be applied to the rapid design of all kinds of new technologies. The engineers' research is supported by a grant of up to $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency -- Energy.
-
Stability at the top, growing opposition to Bloomberg, Steyer
The top tier of Democratic presidential candidates remains relatively unchanged in the latest Iowa State University/Civiqs poll, and the second tier candidates show no signs of a breakthrough. In fact, poll organizer Dave Peterson says there is growing opposition to candidates at the bottom of the second tier.
-
Study shows integrated organic crop and livestock production systems can conform to food safety standards
The integration of crop and livestock production on organic farms doesn’t appear to pose substantial food safety risks and could yield benefits for producers, according to a study involving Iowa State University scientists. The experiments involved three sites in the Midwest on which acres were rotated between organic crop and livestock production.
-
2019 Year in Review
As 2019 comes to an end, the Iowa State University News Service staff is looking back and sharing some of its favorite and more popular stories of the year.
-
Iowa State student balances school, children, journalism in pursuit of passion
Manichanh Naonady is a mother, journalist, non-traditional student and so much more. She’ll soon have another identity: college graduate. She graduates from Iowa State University this weekend with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication and a newfound passion for food journalism.
-
Burial traditions are evolving, designers see call to action
Iowa State University interior design students are responding to changing beliefs and traditions surrounding funerals and burials in the United States by studying cemeteries, funeral homes, mortuaries and interment practices. By the end of this semester, each student designed a unique, never-before-seen space for the future of burial.
-
Contributions of Iowa athletes featured in new book
You don’t have to be a sports fan or athlete to find inspiration from the stories and artwork in an Iowa State professor's new book "Amazing Iowa Athletes." Katy Swalwell says all the athletes featured in the book faced various forms of oppression, but used their sport to do incredible things.
-
Sorghum study illuminates relationship between humans, crops and the environment in domestication
A new study illustrates the concept of a domestication triangle, in which human genetics interact with sorghum genetics and the environment to influence the traits farmers select in their crops. The concept gives a more complete systemic picture of domestication.
-
Regional trends in overdose deaths reveal multiple opioid epidemics, according to new study
A recently published study shows the United States in the grip of several simultaneously occurring opioid epidemics, rather than just a single crisis. The epidemics came to light after the researchers analyzed county-level data on drug overdose deaths. The study highlights the importance of different policy responses to the epidemics rather than a single set of policies.