Posts Tagged ‘Iowa State University’
Science & Technology - May 31, 2011 15:51 - 0 Comments
How carbon-14 lives long and prospers
IOWA STATE (US) — Thirty million process hours on the Jaguar supercomputer was enough to explain carbon-14′s long, slow decay and how it is able to accurately date relics as far back as 60,000 years. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 9, 2011 12:04 - 1 Comment
Farmers need to mix it up
IOWA STATE (US) — To reduce financial risk and improve sustainability, U.S. farmers need to plant a wider variety of crops and make better use of marginal land. (more…)
Top Stories - May 9, 2011 11:39 - 1 Comment
Cheaply made in the USA
IOWA STATE (US) — The U.S. apparel industry’s attempt to satisfy demand for cheap clothes and compete with inexpensive imports has led to diminishing returns on market share—both at home and abroad in Japan. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 3, 2011 10:28 - 0 Comments
New tricks from old polymers
IOWA STATE (US) — Organic solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and thin-film transistors could be enhanced by polymers that mimic the properties of traditional inorganic semiconductors. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 2, 2011 13:29 - 1 Comment
152,000 cousins in fly’s ‘family bush’
IOWA STATE (US) —Talk about extended families: Houseflies have more than 152,000 relatives—and those are just the ones that researchers know about. (more…)
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 - 1 Comment
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 - 3 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…)
