News Archive
Monday, January 23 2023
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Iowa State University researchers will harness machine learning to provide residents with personalized warnings of heat emergencies
An automated heat alert system built using innovative machine learning technology could improve preparedness for extreme heat. A research team led by Iowa State University has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to gather data and develop an automated heat warning system for susceptible Des Moines neighborhoods.
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Discovery of metabolic switch could lead to targeted treatment of obesity, cancer
Iowa State University researchers have discovered how to modify the function of an enzyme crucial to fat production in fruit flies, which could lead to more effective treatments of cancer and childhood obesity in humans.
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MLK Jr. events include lecture by civil rights leader, carillon concert and city program
Iowa State University and the Ames community will mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with lectures, a musical tribute from the Campanile’s carillon and other events in the coming weeks.
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Cyclone researchers: Warming climate means more and stronger Atlantic tropical storms
Christina Patricola is studying tropical cyclones here in Cyclone Country. In one new research paper, Patricola and her collaborators report a warming climate could increase the number of tropical cyclones and their intensity in the North Atlantic, potentially creating more and stronger hurricanes. A second paper with other collaborators examines a possible explanation for the relatively constant number of tropical cyclones around the globe every year.