Iowa State’s herbarium offers window into plant history
Iowa State’s Ada Hayden Herbarium holds more than 700,000 preserved plant, fungal, and algal specimens, a valuable resource for research and instruction.
Category: Research
New study guides model-building for gene regulatory networks
With help from undergraduate researchers, a new study by Claus Kadelka, mathematics, provides guidance for building accurate mathematical models for gene regulatory networks.
CATEGORIES: Research
Last ISU/Civiqs Poll shows stable race days before IA caucuses
The fifth and final wave of results from the Iowa State University/Civiqs poll shows voters are largely set in their preferences for presidential nominees.
Developing an intelligent tutoring system to help students write better
With a new NSF grant, researchers in the English department are developing an intelligent tutoring system to help students become better, faster writers.
Walter Moss wins innovation challenge
Walter Moss, associate professor of biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology, will collaborate with AstraZeneca scientists to identify RNA structures that could be targets for drug compounds.
How the Iowa caucuses became the first major challenge of U.S. presidential campaigns
University Professor Emeritus Steffen W. Schmidt details the history of the Iowa caucuses and their impact on presidential elections.
LAS researchers discover crucial step in creating blood stem cells
New research led by Raquel Espin Palazon, genetics, development and cell biology, could eliminate the need for bone marrow transplants.
Guatemala’s anti-corruption leader-to-be could be prevented from taking office
Associate Professor of History Bonar Hernández Sandoval predicts that Guatemala’s current climate of protest will lead to more Guatemalans migrating to the U.S.