ISU researchers establish link between copper exposure and prion protein neurotoxicity
Study has major implications for understanding the role of metals in protein misfolding diseases including prion, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
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Nanomachines that diagnose illness
Eric Henderson’s laboratory designs nanomachine capable of detecting a mockup of the Ebola virus.
Barriers to acquiring mental health services
LAS researchers discover significant effect of stigma on seeking out mental health services.
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Cyclone Religion and Politics Survey
What do young people in a purple state think about religion and politics? Amy Erica Smith, assistant professor of political science, and her Political Science 370 (Religion and Politics) class uncovered some intriguing answers in their Cyclone Religion and Politics Survey, published this May.
Turtles immune to old age? Maybe not, according to new ISU research
Nearly 30 years of data collected on painted turtles in the Mississippi River near Clinton, Iowa, show that females suffer a steep dip in fertility before the end of their lives, a finding that flies in the face of what scientists have believed about turtles and aging.
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Interdisciplinary research explores biomass
Scientists will explore production and storage of energy in plants and how to potentially optimize those metabolic processes.
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New grant will help researchers to explore genetics of stress resistance in corn
A $2.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will help ISU plant scientists build a better understanding of how corn plants deal with stress conditions such as heat waves.
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Scientists acquire new resources to explore plant responses to environmental stress
A $2.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will help ISU plant scientists build a better understanding of how corn plants deal with stress conditions such as heat waves.