Knowledge & Discovery

Expanding opportunities for women and economic uncertainty are both factors in declining US fertility rates
The decline in population growth in the U.S. from 2010 to 2020 is part of a broader national trend linked to falling birth rates, but also … Read More

Jul 6, 2021
Studying how microbiome affects immunity could improve vaccine effectiveness
So many microbes live in and on your body that it might be helpful to think of them functioning collectively as a separate organ. That’s… Read More

Jun 30, 2021
Iowa State physicist wins early career grant to study nuclear physics, quantum phenomena
In these days of science-by-supercomputer, Iowa State University physicist Srimoyee Sen still prefers to go about her work with pen and paper. Read More

Jun 18, 2021
‘Mosquitoes SUCK!’ comic book explores a world without mosquitoes
The story begins in the year 2080 and the American Museum of Natural History – forced to relocate from New York City to Des Moines… Read More

Jun 17, 2021
Integrated framework helps scientists explain biology and predict crop performance
Scientists have invested great time and effort into making connections between a plant’s genotype, or its genetic makeup, and its phenotype, or the plant’s observable… Read More

Jun 9, 2021
Researchers build structured, multi-part nanocrystals with super light-emitting properties
Researchers have developed new types of materials that combines two or three types of nanoparticles into structures that display fundamental new properties… Read More

Jun 1, 2021
Engineered defects in crystalline material boosts electrical performance
Materials engineers don’t like to see line defects in functional materials. The structural flaws along a one-dimensional line of atoms generally degrades performance of electrical… Read More

May 26, 2021
New Study Finds Pollinating insects can help soybean yields
A new study indicates that insects like honey bees in many cases can do a better job of pollinating soybeans than the… Read More

May 25, 2021
Glaciologists measure, model hard glacier beds, write slip law to estimate glacier speeds
The field photos show the hard, rough country that some glaciers slide over: rocky domes and bumps in granite, rocky steps and depressions in limestone. Read More

May 17, 2021
Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers
Agriculture has not been a central part of U.S. climate policy in the past, even though climate change is altering weather patterns that farmers rely… Read More

May 3, 2021