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The value of physical intelligence: How @IowaStateU researchers are working to safely advance the capabilities of humanoid robots, one step, turn and leap at a time.
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ALT Iowa State 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.
AI in farming? Some growers aren’t sure what to make of it — but Iowa State researchers are showing how it can make agriculture smarter and more sustainable.
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ALT Dr. Arti Singh wearing a broad brimmed hat talking to the camera while standing next to farm implements.
Vitriol on social media isn't really about politics, according to a human development researcher.
It's about existential anxiety – fears of death, meaninglessness and moral failure. And both sides experience it, though different triggers activate it. buff.ly/hE1YvPE
What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel theconversation.com/what-is-…
Do our memories of traumatic events evolve over time? A new developmental theory from an @IowaStateU researcher describes how childhood trauma memories and perspective can shift as new experiences and cognitive and emotional development take place.
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ALT A new developmental theory from an Iowa State researcher describes how our memory and perception of trauma can evolve over time, shifting with new experiences and as cognitive and emotional development take place, and challenges assumptions that trauma reporting is either true or false. Illustration: Adobe Stock Images.
Injecting carbon-rich bio-oil into the deep shafts of abandoned crude oil wells could be an economically feasible system of removing carbon dioxide from the air for long-term storage, a new Iowa State University study found.
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ALT An illustration depicts an oil derrick in a mine with well shafts, corn and trees in the foreground.
Big step for bio-based innovation in Iowa: BioMADE Iowa State will add a multi-use fermentation facility at the BioCentury Research Farm—helping ideas like biopesticides, feed ingredients & bioplastics grow from lab to market. More: news.iastate.edu/news/isu-in…
ALT Aerial view of Iowa State’s BioCentury Research Farm, future site of the multi-use fermentation scale-up facility.
Miko Wilford, associate professor of psychology at Iowa State, is researching plea bargaining and its impact on the U.S. criminal justice system.
Her work examines how people, including innocent ones, are persuaded to plead guilty under enormous pressure.
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With 71,000 miles of gravel roads in Iowa, this 3D-printed geogrid is designed to improve maintenance and longevity of county roads. The innovative solution – designed by an @IowaStateU engineering student – could save counties time and money.
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Iowa State researchers studying how solar energy production and agriculture can co-exist say the first year of a four-year study showed without a doubt that produce farming can work amid solar panels. Some plants grown near panels even produced better.
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ALT Ajay Nair crochet over a row of peppers, planting seedlings with solar panels in the background and other plants in the foreground.
Wenli Zhang, @IvyIowaState professor of information systems and business analytics, is part of a research team that has developed a deep learning model to detect mental health symptoms and risk factors using digital traces on social media.
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ALT Researchers have developed a deep learning model to detect mental health symptoms and risk factors on social media. They say it could assist individuals and provide population-level data to help public health professionals and policymakers make informed decisions.
Sandpiles. Rockslides. Coffee grounds. These “granular systems” are all around us—but tough to understand.
New insights from Iowa State professor Jacqueline Reber could help scientists finally describe how they work.
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Research from scientists like Geetu Tuteja could uncover how the placenta influences asthma, brain disorders and even heart disease later in life. 🎧 She breaks it down on "After the Fact." pewtrsts.org/3FNpBdi
Iowa State researchers are building "digital twins" that are regularly updated with data from their physical twins. A national committee said digital twins have "immense promise in accelerating scientific discovery and revolutionizing industries."
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ALT Iowa State engineers and leaders of the university's Translational AI Center, left to right, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Adarsh Krishnamurthy and Soumik Sarkar are developing "digital twins" as powerful research tools. Photo by Christopher Gannon.
Transforming used plastics into renewable resources is an example of Iowa State’s innovative research and one the university’s 60 patents for 2024.
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Iowa State is moving ⬆️to #57 on the list of Top 100 worldwide universities granted U.S. patents in 2024. The annual @AcadofInventors rankings highlight the importance of university research and innovation.
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“This combination of biology and electricity is unique to Iowa State. I don’t know anybody else in the U.S. who’s doing this.”
Jean-Philippe Tessonnier, Chemical and Biological Engineering
📰Charging toward greener chemicals; news.iastate.edu/news/chargi…
ALT Jean-Philippe Tessonnier, right, and Prathamesh Prabhu, a doctoral student, work to combine electro- and bio- reactions to create the building blocks of common nylons and plastics. Photo by Christopher Gannon.