Iowa State University (IA) was founded in 1858 in Ames, Iowa. Today, IA has a student body of more than 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students and professional students in Veterinary Medicine. IA is noted for its engineering, science and mechanical engineering. IA is a land grant and space grant university with a number of astronauts and scientists as alumnae. IA manages the Ames Laboratory for the Department of Energy.
Other
In a recent class session devoted to reviewing the components of a monogastric digestive system, Alexandra Else-Keller reminded an animal science student how to position her fingers as they examined how the colon, stomach, ...
Feb 26, 2024
0
24
Engineering
Iowa State researchers in psychology and engineering found women experience cybersickness with virtual reality headsets more often than men. Their ongoing work explores why this difference exists and options to help individuals ...
May 2, 2023
0
8
Consumer & Gadgets
Driven by online shopping, a growing number of retailers have launched virtual fitting rooms in recent years. That includes Amazon, the top apparel seller in the U.S., along with Nike, Macy's and Walmart. The virtual rooms ...
Apr 13, 2023
0
5
Business
With the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence and spillover from Hollywood special effects, digital humans are entering the workforce. They're sales assistants that never sleep, multilingual presenters and trainers, ...
Feb 20, 2023
0
21
Business
On the Upper Mississippi River, a system of locks and dams keeps the artery between Minneapolis and St. Louis open and the U.S. economy pumping. Barges haul around 175 million tons of freight, including 60% of the country's ...
Feb 13, 2023
0
3
Software
While virtual reality has been around for decades, a combination of higher-resolution graphics, smoother tracking of the user's movements and cheaper, sleeker headsets has propelled the immersive technology into arenas beyond ...
Aug 16, 2022
0
10
Engineering
When the power grid goes down, there's a step-by-step recovery process—a "blackstart" that up to now has depended on power from gas or hydro turbines spinning away inside a power plant.
May 31, 2022
0
383
Internet
During the dramatic halt to in-person events in 2020, the use of video call software skyrocketed, transforming Zoom into a household name, opening the door to telehealth, and spurring ongoing conversations about the future ...
Feb 8, 2022
0
6
Energy & Green Tech
Wind turbine blades spinning through cold, wet conditions can collect ice nearly a foot thick on the yard-wide tips of their blades.
Mar 4, 2021
4
1049
Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers dipped their new, printed sensors into tuna broth and watched the readings.
Jun 29, 2020
0
13
