Research

Be kind to others, it can be good for your own health, mind

November 13, 2025
LAS researchers are working to safely advance the capabilities of humanoid robots
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences researchers are working to develop and test new methods that could help advance the physical intelligence and capabilities of humanoid robots, while also prioritizing the development of safety standards that will allow robots and humans to interact safely.

November 4, 2025
Lessons from a temporary organ
As a professor of genetics, development and cell biology, Geetu Tuteja’s research investigates how genes and their regulatory elements control early placental development, particularly how cells establish the connection between mother and fetus.

October 9, 2025
Educating the next generation of researchers
Since joining Iowa State in 1991, Don Sakaguchi, Morrill Professor and Director of Biology and Genetics Undergraduate Programs, has welcomed more than 200 undergraduate student researchers to his projects studying experimental repair strategies for damage to the nervous system.

October 9, 2025
Solving bamboo’s enduring puzzles
Lynn Clark, Distinguished Professor in Liberal Art and Sciences, is one of the world's leading experts in identifying and classifying bamboo.

October 8, 2025
‘Whisper networks’ don’t work as well online – women are better able to look out for each other in person
In this essay for The Conversation, Carrie Ann Johnson, assistant teaching professor of Women's and Gender Studies, discusses how women use "whisper networks" – informal channels used to warn other women about sexual harassment, abuse or assault – to keep safe in organizations.

September 30, 2025
4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias
Jo Mackiewicz, professor in the Department English and a welder, reflects on whether women still battle equality in trade occupations, decades after the publication of Jean Reith Schroedel’s landmark book, "Alone in a Crowd: Women in the Trades Tell Their Stories."

September 18, 2025
Robbyn Anand leads team that will tackle critical water challenges
The leaders of the latest Presidential Interdisciplinary Research Initiative (PIRI), led my Associate Professor Robbyn Anand, Department of Chemistry, are leveraging the best insight and knowledge and latest technology of our time to deliver innovative and impactful solutions for improving water purification for human health and national defense purposes.

August 20, 2025