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Soybean cyst nematode can cut yields by 30–40%—even when plants look healthy.
Iowa State nematologist Greg Tylka explains how decades of research are helping Iowa farmers fight back.
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#IowaStateResearch #SCN
Iowa State nematologist Greg Tylka explains how decades of research are helping Iowa farmers fight back.
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#IowaStateResearch #SCN
The Man That Battles The $1.5 Billion Pest Problem
Meet the man who's been battling the $1.5 billion pest problem. That pest is soybean cyst nematode (SCN). With vital support from the soybean checkoff, Dr. Greg Tylka at Iowa State University has…
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November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Soybean cyst nematode can cut yields by 30–40%—even when plants look healthy.
Iowa State nematologist Greg Tylka explains how decades of research are helping Iowa farmers fight back.
🎥 via Iowa Soybean Association buff.ly/PRwm7HX
#IowaStateResearch #SCN
Iowa State nematologist Greg Tylka explains how decades of research are helping Iowa farmers fight back.
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#IowaStateResearch #SCN
How can robots move more like us — and stay safe while doing it?
Iowa State’s Bowen Weng and his team are exploring the limits (and ethics) of physical intelligence.
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Iowa State’s Bowen Weng and his team are exploring the limits (and ethics) of physical intelligence.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
How can robots move more like us — and stay safe while doing it?
Iowa State’s Bowen Weng and his team are exploring the limits (and ethics) of physical intelligence.
go.iastate.edu/KU6KB4
Iowa State’s Bowen Weng and his team are exploring the limits (and ethics) of physical intelligence.
go.iastate.edu/KU6KB4
AI in farming? Some growers aren’t sure what to make of it — but Iowa State researchers are showing how it can make agriculture smarter and more sustainable.
🎥 Watch the Washington Post feature: buff.ly/FJxwEQR
🎥 Watch the Washington Post feature: buff.ly/FJxwEQR
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
AI in farming? Some growers aren’t sure what to make of it — but Iowa State researchers are showing how it can make agriculture smarter and more sustainable.
🎥 Watch the Washington Post feature: buff.ly/FJxwEQR
🎥 Watch the Washington Post feature: buff.ly/FJxwEQR
Great explainer article by Iowa State's own Doug Jacobson.
When Amazon Web Services’ DNS failed on October 20, the problem wasn't that servers went down. It was that millions of people couldn't find them. DNS is the internet's phone book, and a single bug exposed how centralization is quietly creating invisible points of failure buff.ly/ITkS6HS
What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel
The Domain Name System, like most pieces of the internet, was designed to be distributed across many computers. Concentration on few cloud providers is changing that.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Great explainer article by Iowa State's own Doug Jacobson.
New in The Conversation US from Iowa State’s Carl Weems: how our existential anxieties affect the way we take in information.
Vitriol on social media isn't really about politics, according to a human development researcher.
It's about existential anxiety – fears of death, meaninglessness and moral failure. And both sides experience it, though different triggers activate it. buff.ly/4Clnsd8
It's about existential anxiety – fears of death, meaninglessness and moral failure. And both sides experience it, though different triggers activate it. buff.ly/4Clnsd8
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself
Whichever side of an issue you’re on, it’s likely that at the root of what gets you fired up are deep, fundamental human fears about mortality, moral responsibility and meaning.
theconversation.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New in The Conversation US from Iowa State’s Carl Weems: how our existential anxieties affect the way we take in information.
When extreme heat hits, lives are at risk.
At Iowa State, researchers from engineering, data science, and architecture joined forces to pilot CommHEAT, a new heat alert app that could save lives — showing what’s possible when disciplines work together.
At Iowa State, researchers from engineering, data science, and architecture joined forces to pilot CommHEAT, a new heat alert app that could save lives — showing what’s possible when disciplines work together.
Researchers pilot potentially life-saving heat alert app - News Service
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October 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
When extreme heat hits, lives are at risk.
At Iowa State, researchers from engineering, data science, and architecture joined forces to pilot CommHEAT, a new heat alert app that could save lives — showing what’s possible when disciplines work together.
At Iowa State, researchers from engineering, data science, and architecture joined forces to pilot CommHEAT, a new heat alert app that could save lives — showing what’s possible when disciplines work together.
How do you train for chaos?
Our engineers built a game that helps emergency managers practice decisions when disasters strike.
It’s based on lessons from Iowa’s 2020 derecho, developed alongside Iowa emergency management pros, and funded by NSF.
#InnovateIowaState #greysky
Our engineers built a game that helps emergency managers practice decisions when disasters strike.
It’s based on lessons from Iowa’s 2020 derecho, developed alongside Iowa emergency management pros, and funded by NSF.
#InnovateIowaState #greysky
When a derecho strikes: Engineers build emergency management training game - News Service
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research.iastate.edu
October 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
How do you train for chaos?
Our engineers built a game that helps emergency managers practice decisions when disasters strike.
It’s based on lessons from Iowa’s 2020 derecho, developed alongside Iowa emergency management pros, and funded by NSF.
#InnovateIowaState #greysky
Our engineers built a game that helps emergency managers practice decisions when disasters strike.
It’s based on lessons from Iowa’s 2020 derecho, developed alongside Iowa emergency management pros, and funded by NSF.
#InnovateIowaState #greysky
Nine years ago, Iowa State researchers dreamed up a future where AI could help farmers fight pests.
Now that future has arrived.
Pest-ID can identify insects and weeds with 96% accuracy from just an uploaded photo.
It's AI for ag, built here in Ames. 🧪
Now that future has arrived.
Pest-ID can identify insects and weeds with 96% accuracy from just an uploaded photo.
It's AI for ag, built here in Ames. 🧪
From a vision of AI in plant science to the reality of Pest-ID in global agriculture - News Service
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October 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Nine years ago, Iowa State researchers dreamed up a future where AI could help farmers fight pests.
Now that future has arrived.
Pest-ID can identify insects and weeds with 96% accuracy from just an uploaded photo.
It's AI for ag, built here in Ames. 🧪
Now that future has arrived.
Pest-ID can identify insects and weeds with 96% accuracy from just an uploaded photo.
It's AI for ag, built here in Ames. 🧪
Turning ag waste into a double win: 🌱⚡
Iowa State research shows that digestate has boosted soil carbon by nearly 50% over 12 years—work co-authored with farmers who are also alumni.
Iowa State research shows that digestate has boosted soil carbon by nearly 50% over 12 years—work co-authored with farmers who are also alumni.
Byproduct of making fuel from ag waste boosts soil organic carbon on Iowa farm - News Service
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September 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Turning ag waste into a double win: 🌱⚡
Iowa State research shows that digestate has boosted soil carbon by nearly 50% over 12 years—work co-authored with farmers who are also alumni.
Iowa State research shows that digestate has boosted soil carbon by nearly 50% over 12 years—work co-authored with farmers who are also alumni.
Electrochemistry is everywhere: batteries, fuel cells, even medical devices.
Iowa State researchers (with @tufts.edu and @stanford.edu) are building open-source tools to make simulations faster + more accurate—helping us get from lab to real-world breakthroughs sooner.
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Iowa State researchers (with @tufts.edu and @stanford.edu) are building open-source tools to make simulations faster + more accurate—helping us get from lab to real-world breakthroughs sooner.
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September 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Electrochemistry is everywhere: batteries, fuel cells, even medical devices.
Iowa State researchers (with @tufts.edu and @stanford.edu) are building open-source tools to make simulations faster + more accurate—helping us get from lab to real-world breakthroughs sooner.
go.iastate.edu/SFAFS2
Iowa State researchers (with @tufts.edu and @stanford.edu) are building open-source tools to make simulations faster + more accurate—helping us get from lab to real-world breakthroughs sooner.
go.iastate.edu/SFAFS2
The placenta might hold the key to healthier pregnancies.
Iowa State’s Geetu Tuteja is using cutting-edge tools to help scientists worldwide unlock its mysteries.
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Iowa State’s Geetu Tuteja is using cutting-edge tools to help scientists worldwide unlock its mysteries.
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Move toward healthier pregnancies with research from Iowa State
Geetu Tuteja has always enjoyed puzzles — especially ones that fuse her passion for computer science and medical research. At Iowa State University, Tuteja, a professor of genetics, development, and…
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September 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The placenta might hold the key to healthier pregnancies.
Iowa State’s Geetu Tuteja is using cutting-edge tools to help scientists worldwide unlock its mysteries.
🎥 Watch her story:
Iowa State’s Geetu Tuteja is using cutting-edge tools to help scientists worldwide unlock its mysteries.
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Bamboo isn’t just panda food 🌱—it’s one of the most puzzling plants on Earth. Iowa State botanist Lynn Clark has spent 50+ years trying to untangle its mysteries. (1/4) research.iastate.edu/2025/09/16/s...
September 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Bamboo isn’t just panda food 🌱—it’s one of the most puzzling plants on Earth. Iowa State botanist Lynn Clark has spent 50+ years trying to untangle its mysteries. (1/4) research.iastate.edu/2025/09/16/s...
Iowa State writing professor Jo Mackiewicz explores the often overlooked genre of women in the skilled trades.
Women still make up just 5% of the skilled trades workforce, and many face the same harassment, bias and isolation documented 40 years ago in the landmark book “Alone in a Crowd.”
A welder-professor reflects on what’s changed — and what hasn’t.
A welder-professor reflects on what’s changed — and what hasn’t.
4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias – a professor-turned-welder reflects
Jean Reith Schroedel’s 1985 book captured the struggles and triumphs of tradeswomen. Forty years later, its lessons remain urgent.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Iowa State writing professor Jo Mackiewicz explores the often overlooked genre of women in the skilled trades.
Managing chronic illness often means juggling clinic visits, follow-ups, and telemedicine. Iowa State’s Kevin Scheibe and colleagues found that patients prefer doctors who make it easy to move between online and in-person care — a model called omnichannel healthcare.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Managing chronic illness often means juggling clinic visits, follow-ups, and telemedicine. Iowa State’s Kevin Scheibe and colleagues found that patients prefer doctors who make it easy to move between online and in-person care — a model called omnichannel healthcare.
doi.org/10.1080/0742...
doi.org/10.1080/0742...
And then there were 15.
The RuralSTAMINA project, led by Iowa State, is a finalist in NSF's $160M Engines competition. Together with our core partners across Iowa and Nebraska, we're working to transform the Heartland into a bioeconomy powerhouse.
research.iastate.edu/2025/09/18/i...
The RuralSTAMINA project, led by Iowa State, is a finalist in NSF's $160M Engines competition. Together with our core partners across Iowa and Nebraska, we're working to transform the Heartland into a bioeconomy powerhouse.
research.iastate.edu/2025/09/18/i...
Iowa-Nebraska Collaboration, RuralSTAMINA, Named NSF Engines Finalist - Iowa State Research
An ambitious and broad-sweeping Iowa State University-led project proposal, has been selected as one of 29 semifinalists for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engi...
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September 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And then there were 15.
The RuralSTAMINA project, led by Iowa State, is a finalist in NSF's $160M Engines competition. Together with our core partners across Iowa and Nebraska, we're working to transform the Heartland into a bioeconomy powerhouse.
research.iastate.edu/2025/09/18/i...
The RuralSTAMINA project, led by Iowa State, is a finalist in NSF's $160M Engines competition. Together with our core partners across Iowa and Nebraska, we're working to transform the Heartland into a bioeconomy powerhouse.
research.iastate.edu/2025/09/18/i...
From heritage cultivars to trellised orchards, Iowa State's horticulture researcher Suzanne Slack is helping apple growers adapt to modern production systems. Research rooted in Iowa’s history is shaping the orchards of tomorrow.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
From heritage cultivars to trellised orchards, Iowa State's horticulture researcher Suzanne Slack is helping apple growers adapt to modern production systems. Research rooted in Iowa’s history is shaping the orchards of tomorrow.
www.cals.iastate.edu/news/2025/io...
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How does research move from the lab to the field? 🌱 One Iowa startup is developing slow-release fertilizer technology to improve efficiency and reduce environmental impact. Backed by Iowa State’s research and innovation ecosystem, this is discovery in action. www.news.iastate.edu/news/iowa-st...
September 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
How does research move from the lab to the field? 🌱 One Iowa startup is developing slow-release fertilizer technology to improve efficiency and reduce environmental impact. Backed by Iowa State’s research and innovation ecosystem, this is discovery in action. www.news.iastate.edu/news/iowa-st...
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Balancing crop protection and public concern: The role of neonicotinoids in U.S. potato production
Researchers led by Iowa State University sociologist Katie Dentzman are examining neonicotinoid use in U.S. potato production, probing consumer perceptions, regulatory gaps, and farmer trade-offs.…
Researchers led by Iowa State University sociologist Katie Dentzman are examining neonicotinoid use in U.S. potato production, probing consumer perceptions, regulatory gaps, and farmer trade-offs.…
Balancing crop protection and public concern: The role of neonicotinoids in U.S. potato production
Researchers led by Iowa State University sociologist Katie Dentzman are examining neonicotinoid use in U.S. potato production, probing consumer perceptions, regulatory gaps, and farmer trade-offs. While neonics are banned or restricted in parts of Europe and Canada, U.S. regulation is largely retailer-driven. The study combines consumer surveys, farmer focus groups, and policy analysis to assess real-world impacts, aiming to guide future decisions on pesticides, sustainability, and agricultural resilience.
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August 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Balancing crop protection and public concern: The role of neonicotinoids in U.S. potato production
Researchers led by Iowa State University sociologist Katie Dentzman are examining neonicotinoid use in U.S. potato production, probing consumer perceptions, regulatory gaps, and farmer trade-offs.…
Researchers led by Iowa State University sociologist Katie Dentzman are examining neonicotinoid use in U.S. potato production, probing consumer perceptions, regulatory gaps, and farmer trade-offs.…
From “what if?” to “here’s how.” Iowa State's study models mobile fast-pyrolysis units that turn field and forest leftovers into bio-oil—then lock carbon underground by plugging abandoned wells. That's the thrill of research: solutions hiding in plain sight. research.iastate.edu/2025/09/03/b...
September 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
From “what if?” to “here’s how.” Iowa State's study models mobile fast-pyrolysis units that turn field and forest leftovers into bio-oil—then lock carbon underground by plugging abandoned wells. That's the thrill of research: solutions hiding in plain sight. research.iastate.edu/2025/09/03/b...
Big step for bio-based innovation in Iowa: BioMADE + Iowa State will add a multi-use fermentation facility at the BioCentury Research Farm—helping ideas like biopesticides, feed ingredients & bioplastics grow from lab to market. More: www.news.iastate.edu/news/isu-inf...
September 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Big step for bio-based innovation in Iowa: BioMADE + Iowa State will add a multi-use fermentation facility at the BioCentury Research Farm—helping ideas like biopesticides, feed ingredients & bioplastics grow from lab to market. More: www.news.iastate.edu/news/isu-inf...
This year brought plenty of challenges, but Iowa State’s research community kept showing up—and it mattered.
For the third year in a row, they brought in more than $300M in external funding.
Here’s what their persistence made possible 👇
For the third year in a row, they brought in more than $300M in external funding.
Here’s what their persistence made possible 👇
External Sponsored Funding for Iowa State Research Surpasses $300 Million for Third Straight Year
In a year of rapidly evolving federal priorities, Iowa State researchers once again brought in more than $300 million in funding in FY25, marking the third year in a row. These funds support research…
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July 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This year brought plenty of challenges, but Iowa State’s research community kept showing up—and it mattered.
For the third year in a row, they brought in more than $300M in external funding.
Here’s what their persistence made possible 👇
For the third year in a row, they brought in more than $300M in external funding.
Here’s what their persistence made possible 👇
Meet Mark Mba-Wright, professor of mechanical engineering. His work at Iowa State's Bioeconomy Institute exemplifies the integration of visionary ideas with practical applications, driving forward the boundaries of what is possible. research.iastate.edu/faces-of-dis...
July 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Meet Mark Mba-Wright, professor of mechanical engineering. His work at Iowa State's Bioeconomy Institute exemplifies the integration of visionary ideas with practical applications, driving forward the boundaries of what is possible. research.iastate.edu/faces-of-dis...
In 1895, Iowa State built Marston water tower to solve a campus crisis.
130 years later, we're leading a new water innovation effort—HYDRO—to develop next-generation solutions for clean water: rural access, dialysis, space travel, and rare earth recovery.
research.iastate.edu/2025/07/09/n...
130 years later, we're leading a new water innovation effort—HYDRO—to develop next-generation solutions for clean water: rural access, dialysis, space travel, and rare earth recovery.
research.iastate.edu/2025/07/09/n...
July 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In 1895, Iowa State built Marston water tower to solve a campus crisis.
130 years later, we're leading a new water innovation effort—HYDRO—to develop next-generation solutions for clean water: rural access, dialysis, space travel, and rare earth recovery.
research.iastate.edu/2025/07/09/n...
130 years later, we're leading a new water innovation effort—HYDRO—to develop next-generation solutions for clean water: rural access, dialysis, space travel, and rare earth recovery.
research.iastate.edu/2025/07/09/n...
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❤️💍 The more school you attend, the later you’re likely to marry, but you’re not less likely to marry overall.
A nuanced look at how schooling shapes love lives (By John V. Winters @iastateresearch.bsky.social):
theconversation.com/higher-eds-r...
#highered #edusky
A nuanced look at how schooling shapes love lives (By John V. Winters @iastateresearch.bsky.social):
theconversation.com/higher-eds-r...
#highered #edusky
Higher ed’s relationship with marriage? It’s complicated – and depends on age
Higher education often delays the age of a first marriage, but its effects later on in life are more mixed.
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July 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
❤️💍 The more school you attend, the later you’re likely to marry, but you’re not less likely to marry overall.
A nuanced look at how schooling shapes love lives (By John V. Winters @iastateresearch.bsky.social):
theconversation.com/higher-eds-r...
#highered #edusky
A nuanced look at how schooling shapes love lives (By John V. Winters @iastateresearch.bsky.social):
theconversation.com/higher-eds-r...
#highered #edusky
Have you heard of legal deserts? More than half of rural U.S. counties have few or no practicing lawyers, highlighting a growing access-to-justice gap. A new Iowa State study examines the implications for rural communities.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Have you heard of legal deserts? More than half of rural U.S. counties have few or no practicing lawyers, highlighting a growing access-to-justice gap. A new Iowa State study examines the implications for rural communities.
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