News Archive
Tuesday, March 4 2025
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Ideal nitrogen fertilizer rates in Corn Belt have been climbing for decades, study shows
The amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize the profitability of corn production in the Midwest has been increasing by about 1.2% per year for the past three decades, a trend driven by higher yields and wetter springs, according to new Iowa State University study.
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Robert C. Brown elected to National Academy of Engineering
Robert C. Brown, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and the Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering, one of the most prestigious recognitions in the field of engineering.
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A call for help leads ISU Police to sexual predator, international investigation
An Iowa State student's call for help back in 2020 led Iowa State University Police down a long and often disturbing path that more than four years later has finally resulted in federal indictments for a ring of sexual predators accused of preying on young women – many of them minors – from around the world.
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Pit stops in Iowa precede nonstop flights to South America, bird-tracking study shows
Nonstop flights direct from Iowa to Venezuela are rare, unless you happen to be a well-fed pectoral sandpiper. If it finds plentiful resources to refuel here, the migratory shorebird can travel thousands of miles from Iowa to South America without stopping, research by two Iowa State University ecologists shows.
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InsectNet technology identifies insects around the world and around the farm
Iowa State University researchers led development of InsectNet to help farmers around the world. The application – which is backed by a dataset of 12 million insect images, including many collected by citizen-scientists – provides identification and predictions for more than 2,500 insect species at more than 96% accuracy.
Innovation at Work
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