Posts Tagged ‘Iowa State University’
Earth & Environment - Apr 29, 2011 13:46 - 0 Comments
Self-help eases stressed out plants
IOWA STATE (US) — Plants are able to tolerate stress because of a built-in alarm system. In the wild, the move is a survival tactic, but for agricultural crops, the self-defense move is counterproductive, reducing yield. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 11, 2011 9:51 - 5 Comments
Gene pumps up protein in soybeans
IOWA STATE (US) — Placing a newly discovered gene into soybean plants increases the amount of protein in the soybean seeds by 30 to 60 percent. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 8, 2011 13:12 - 0 Comments
Sun-like stars brighten and dim
IOWA STATE (US) — Five hundred stars similar to our sun in size, age, composition, and location in the Milky Way are bringing to new light how stars evolve. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 31, 2011 16:18 - 0 Comments
Peering deep to see red (stars)
IOWA STATE (US) — Astronomers are getting a clear enough view of changes in star brightness from NASA’s Kepler Mission that they are now able to see what’s happening inside red giant stars. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 14, 2011 12:48 - 0 Comments
Humans, monkeys age the same way
DUKE / IOWA STATE (US) — The assumption that humans age more slowly than other animals may not be true. It seems all primates follow a similar pattern of getting older. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 1, 2011 19:01 - 1 Comment
Another piece to Parkinson’s puzzle
IOWA STATE (US) — There’s hope that a newly discovered protein pathway could lead to a much clearer understanding of Parkinson’s disease. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 25, 2011 10:19 - 0 Comments
Bacteria use pump to resist drugs
IOWA STATE (US) — Researchers have uncovered two parts of the three-part crystal structures of pumps that recognize and remove heavy metal toxins from bacteria. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 16, 2011 13:46 - 0 Comments
Instant relief leads to false confessions
IOWA STATE (US) — Innocent people may confess to a crime they didn’t commit to avoid short-term distress without regard to long-term consequences. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 9, 2011 13:02 - 3 Comments
Why witnesses can’t recall just the facts
IOWA STATE (US) — People who witness a crime and are tested about it immediately afterward are more susceptible to misinformation, making it more difficult to recall the facts accurately later. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 17, 2011 9:59 - 1 Comment
When video gaming turns wicked ‘sick’
IOWA STATE (US) — A new study adds to growing evidence that video gaming can become a pathological problem for some young players. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 11, 2011 10:21 - 0 Comments
Freshwater adds to greenhouse equation
IOWA STATE (US) — Methane emissions from inland freshwater has been underestimated, according to a new study, that finds that greenhouse gas uptake by continents is less than previously thought. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 4, 2011 15:36 - 1 Comment
Gritty look at sex in ancient Greece
IOWA STATE (US) — A new collection of essays offers a rare peek inside the early days of the world’s oldest profession and challenges glamorized views of the ancient sex trade. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 3, 2011 12:31 - 7 Comments
Many adults are chronically lonely
IOWA STATE (US) — A national survey suggests that for many older Americans being lonely is more than a passing feeling. It’s a way of life. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 28, 2010 12:09 - 0 Comments
Biomass dilemma: Double crop or not?
IOWA STATE (US) — An experiment to test the benefits of double-cropping to grow more biomass for ethanol production yields mixed results. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 19, 2010 19:04 - 0 Comments
The unnatural charm of metamaterials
IOWA STATE (US) — New fabrication techniques are yielding metamaterials—exotic creations that provide optical properties not found in nature. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 8, 2010 20:37 - 1 Comment
Lovely weather for ducks and primates
DUKE (US) — Primates have special traits, such as their social nature and flexible diets, that give them an edge over other animals more susceptible to changing weather. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 8, 2010 19:53 - 0 Comments
Coated solar cells soak up more light
IOWA STATE (US) — Polymer solar cells that absorb more light—and are therefore more efficient—are now possible thanks to a new fabrication technology. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 24, 2010 9:42 - 0 Comments
Listen up! How to grow better corn
IOWA STATE (US) — When researchers re-sequenced six elite inbred corn lines, they found more than 100 genes present in some lines, but not in others. (more…)
