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.
Associate professor Ling Zhang's innovative, multi-layered maternity garment recently earned an apparel design patent, marking a first for the ISU Research Foundation. Zhang was inspired to create better maternity and nursing garments after her own struggles as a new mom. The patent will now serve as a foundational element of her startup company.
The U.S. National Science Foundation is supporting scholarships for Iowa State graduate students with $3.7 million over five years. The CyberCorps grants will help students learn cybersecurity in exchange for government service protecting critical infrastructure.
The White House is honoring three Iowa State researchers for their work in artificial intelligence, genome editing and synthetic biology. The researchers are among this year's winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
The Iowa Board of Regents approved a 30-year development agreement at its Jan. 15 meeting that allows Iowa State University, Goldenrod Companies and the Iowa State University Research Park to move forward with the CyTown multi-use district.
Longer, more diverse rotations of crops fertilized with livestock manure have many environmental benefits, but carbon sequestration isn’t one of them, according to a new study led by Iowa State University researchers.
Laboratory experiments designed to deform ice at its pressure-melting temperature were like grabbing a bagel at the top and the bottom, then twisting the two halves to smear the cream cheese in the middle, said Iowa State's Neal Iverson. The resulting data could lead to more accurate models of temperate glacier ice and better predictions of glacier flow and sea-level rise.
Commencement is a time for celebration. For some Iowa State University students graduating this fall, the milestone is even more meaningful because of the financial support they received in the final stretch to earn their degree.
Sybil Below originally went to Iowa State on a pre-law track. But unsure if that was the right path for her, Below’s parents suggested education. An opportunity to substitute teach ultimately cemented her love for the classroom. She's now student teaching, and feels like she's like she's doing exactly what she's supposed to be doing.
As 2024 comes to an end, the Iowa State University News Service team is looking back and sharing some of its favorite and more popular stories of the year.
