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Cotton's roots trace to Yucatan Peninsula, where wild gene pool runs deepest
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (758+ words) A research team led by Iowa State University botanists confirmed cotton was domesticated from a diverse population native to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, a potentially fruitful target for finding genetic traits that could strengthen the world's most important fiber crop." AMES,…...
Writing with AI demands more thought from students, not less
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (843+ words) In a new study, an Iowa State researcher upends the idea that AI simplifies writing, showing instead that it raises the cognitive stakes for students. The study identifies three key thresholds that reveal why using AI well takes more judgment,…...
Hydrogen from deep under Iowa? State universities can help build a hydrogen economy - News Service
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1627+ words) As companies search for geologic hydrogen deep below Iowa's farms, towns and cities, university scientists are starting to discuss how they could help the state develop a hydrogen economy. AMES, Iowa " The geologists spoke in apocalyptic terms about Iowa's distant…...
Preparing future math teachers to teach data science
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1071+ words) Future math teachers may be the key to bringing data science into high'school classrooms, and curriculum designed by researchers from Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa is helping pre-service teachers build their data'science skills by tapping into…...
Artist residency shares unique art process with Des Moines students
2+ week, 2+ day ago (807+ words) This fall, Iowa State's College of Design will introduce Fiber Arts and Textiles: Structure and Form, a new course taught by Valentine that will introduce the university's one-of-a-kind digital weaving loom. AMES, Iowa " Eager to pick up the paintbrushes waiting…...
Integrating "citizen science" with experimental data helps uncover how plants adapt
2+ week, 2+ day ago (589+ words) A research team led in part by an Iowa State University agronomy professor combined public data with designed experiments to discover how different variants of switchgrass adapt to their environment, causing the plant to flower earlier in northern latitudes." AMES,…...
Hands-on precision ag lessons yield "aha" moments for Iowa high school students
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1031+ words) A program sponsored by Iowa State University's Digital Ag Innovation Lab provides Iowa ag teachers the training, tools and curriculum to introduce high school students to the basics of precision agriculture." AMES, Iowa " Students from Jim Fitzgerald's precision agriculture class…...
Cameras and sensors bringing digital-farm transformation to hog barns
3+ week, 1+ day ago (876+ words) A team of animal science professors at Iowa State University is studying how automated monitoring and advanced data science " the same digital tools that power self-driving cars and facial recognition " could modernize livestock production, especially in swine barns. AMES, Iowa…...
Helping Iowa companies build new skills and capabilities through custom education
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1129+ words) The Ivy Custom Education program led by Iowa State's Ivy College of Business has become a go'to partner for Iowa companies and organizations seeking targeted, research'driven training created to meet their specific needs. Grounded in deep discovery and a listen'first…...
From a vision of AI in plant science to the reality of Pest-ID in global agriculture
8+ mon, 6+ day ago (1250+ words) Nine years after exploring a vision of AI tools helping plant scientists, Iowa State's AI in Ag team has built a web-based tool that helps farmers identify and manage crop pests. The tool was even featured at this year's Iowa…...