News Archive
Monday, March 29 2021
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ISU students involved in boating accident
Members of the Iowa State Crew Club were practicing Sunday morning at Little Wall Lake in Hamilton County when their boat capsized. Information and updates related to search and rescue efforts.
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Engineers developing COVID-19 tests for mass production, mass distribution
Iowa State University engineers are using their expertise in graphene-based biosensors to develop quick, inexpensive and sensitive saliva tests for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Federal agencies are supporting the research with the goal of producing tests that can be easily mass produced and widely distributed.
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New report offers recommendations to strengthen U.S. supply chain
The pandemic has revealed several weaknesses within the supply chain. A new report, co-authored by an Iowa State University researcher, examines those weaknesses and provides recommendations for government policy makers to address the challenges.
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Pandemic emphasizes need for digital literacy education
Parents would never give their children the keys to the car without supervised training and driver’s education. An Iowa State University researcher says parents and educators need to take a similar approach before handing children a keyboard to access the digital world.
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Iowa State receives national recognition for efforts to encourage voting
Iowa State University is one of more than 230 campuses – and the only one in Iowa – to be designated as a “Voter Friendly Campus,” recognizing the work of ISU students and the Catt Center for Women and Politics to support voter registration efforts and encourage students to vote.
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Field study shows icing can cost wind turbines up to 80% of power production
Researchers led by Iowa State's Hui Hu took their studies of wind-turbine icing out of the lab and into the field to learn how and where ice accumulates on rotating blades. They learned ice on the blades can reduce power production by up to 80%. The field experiments also validated their experimental findings, theories and predictions.
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New cell line could lead to more reliable vaccine development to fight costly pig virus
The production of autogenous vaccines to fight individual strains of the virus that causes porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome depends on the ability of scientists to isolate the virus, but sometimes that’s a tricky process. A new study from an Iowa State University researcher shows that a new cell line may offer a better alternative to the cell line most commonly used to isolate the PRRS virus. But the vast majority of vaccine producers use the established cell line, and it remains to be seen how readily they might adopt the use of a new one.
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Metal whispering: Finding a better way to recover precious metals from electronic waste
With a bit of "metal whispering," Iowa State University engineers have developed technology capable of recovering pure and precious metals from the alloys in our old phones and other electrical waste. All it takes is the controlled application of oxygen and relatively low levels of heat.
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COVID-19 weekly snapshot
The following information is a supplement to the university's COVID-19 Public Health Data weekly updates. It is intended to provide a brief snapshot of the data and trends identified by Iowa State's public health team.
Postcard from Campus: Baby animals
Over the past few weeks, the Iowa State teaching farms have welcomed dozens of new baby animals.
COVID-19 information
The following links include information about test results, campus operations and the work of researchers in response to the pandemic: