Innovative Solutions

Five Fall 2023 RIR Proposals Selected for University Strategic Plan Funding
The first Research & Innovation Roundtable (RIR) of the 2023-2024 academic year yielded five projects that were selected for seed funding support from the Office… Read More

Feb 8, 2024
Building a DNA Nanoparticle to be Both Carrier and Medicine
Scientists have been making nanoparticles out of DNA strands for two decades, manipulating the bonds that maintain DNA’s double-helical shape to sculpt self-assembling structures that… Read More

Feb 7, 2024
Bolstered by Undergraduate Research, New Study Guides Model-building for Gene Regulatory Networks
Over the last 20 years, researchers in biology and medicine have created Boolean network models to simulate complex systems and find solutions, including new treatments… Read More

Jan 23, 2024
New Research Finds Half-Cardio, Half-Strength Training Reduces Cardiovascular Disease Risks
Approximately one in three deaths in the U.S. is caused by cardiovascular disease, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A robust… Read More

Jan 19, 2024
Iowa State Researchers Developing an Intelligent Tutoring System to Help Students Write Better
When college students are given a writing assignment, they usually get feedback on the final product, not the process. This can make it difficult to… Read More

Jan 12, 2024
Iowa State Selected as Member of ARPA-H Catalyst Hub Spoke Network
Iowa State University of Science and Technology has been selected as a spoke for the Investor Catalyst Hub, a regional hub of ARPANET-H,… Read More

Jan 11, 2024
ISU Researcher Wins Innovation Challenge to Seek RNA Drug Targets
When Walter Moss first began studying RNA structures, it was a somewhat obscure realm of basic science. A handful of RNA-based drug treatments had been… Read More

Jan 10, 2024
Iowa State Study Exploring Maximizing Exercise Benefits to Improve Mental Health
A slew of studies in recent years has shown that exercise can reduce stress, anxiety and symptoms of depression. Jacob Meyer, associate professor of … Read More

Jan 9, 2024
ISU Researchers Discover Crucial Step in Creating Blood Stem Cells
A microbial sensor that helps identify and fight bacterial infections also plays a key role in the development of blood stem cells, valuable new insight… Read More

Jan 8, 2024
Researchers Advance ‘Placenta-on-a-Chip’ With Sensing, Imaging Technology
A research poster dated Dec. 9, 2015, hangs just outside Nicole Hashemi’s Iowa State University laboratory. It introduces a major project for Hashemi and her… Read More

Nov 30, 2023