https://iowascienceinterface.com/2025/01/30/des-moines-forum-participants-blast-science-standard-changes-see-a-political-motive/2025-01-30T20:55:32+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2025/01/20/iowa-department-of-education-attempting-to-undermine-science-standards/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/kcrg-changeed-standard-cropped.jpgkcrg changeed standard croppedhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/kcrg-changed-standard.pngkcrg changed standardhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/kcrg-original-standard.pngKCRG original standard2025-01-21T01:51:46+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2022/11/01/we-sought-candidates-science-policy-views-one-side-mostly-ignored-us/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/policy-survey-screenshot.pngpolicy-survey-screenshot2022-10-31T10:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2022/04/05/the-ramifications-of-using-pigs-for-people-parts/2022-04-06T00:56:00+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2021/11/28/iowa-company-produced-first-pig-kidney-grafted-onto-a-human-patient/2021-12-01T02:32:45+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2021/03/24/sun-sand-suds-and-covid-an-anthropologist-returns-to-iowa-and-probes-the-viruss-spread/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/koon.jpgKoonAdam Koonhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/mendenhall.jpgmendenhallEmily Mendenhall2021-04-01T12:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2021/03/31/framing-how-dickinson-county-denizens-comprehended-and-handled-the-pandemic/2021-04-01T12:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2021/03/03/save-tenure-save-science-save-iowa-education/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/okoboji-boats.pngOkoboji boatsA common sight on the Iowa Great Lakes: Boats lashed together as their occupants drink, mingle and swim. Credit: Tom Gustafson via Instagram. URL!!!!https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/okoboji-postcard.jpgOkoboji postcardLake Okoboji (which is a misnomer; there is no Lake Okoboji, but there are West Lake Okoboji and East Lake Okoboji) postcard, circa 1949. Copyright 2012 by Steven R. Shook. Used with permission. 2021-03-23T22:06:53+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2021/02/22/the-covid-19-pandemic-personal-responsibility-political-crutch/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dm-vaccinate.jpgdm-vaccinateDes Moines Public Schools employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine on February 13, 2021. Photo credit: Phil Roeder Vaccinate to Educate via photopin (license).2021-03-23T00:54:19+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2020/11/10/big-scope-in-the-deep-woods-the-fate-of-isus-mather-telescope/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/p1080310.jpgP1080310The Mather Telescope optical tube. Deep inside, probably at the bottom of the optical tube, is the mirror Milo Mather ground himself and that technicians later refurbished. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/p1080307.jpgP1080307Another look at the Mather Telescope. The optical tube is at right, pointed toward the heavens.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/p1080306.jpgP1080306The Mather Telescope, dusty and derelict some five years after Iowa State University abandoned the Fick Observatory. Note the heavy counterweight at the right.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/p1080295.jpgThe Fick ObservatoryThe Fick Observatory on Halloween, with grass and weeds springing up around it. Somehow, my camera got set on black and white, but it looks kind of cool.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fick2.jpgfick2The Mather Telescope in its glory days. 2020-11-17T02:33:45+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/07/08/going-dark-isu-abandoning-the-fick-observatory/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-07-02-14-10-01.jpg2015-07-02 14.10.01The defunct radio telescope at ISU's Fick Observatory. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-07-02-14-12-07.jpg2015-07-02 14.12.07The small dome and posts for mounting small, portable telescopes at the Fick Observatory.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-07-02-14-11-09.jpg2015-07-02 14.11.09The utilitarian Fick Observatory, including a small observing dome on the left.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-07-02-14-06-06.jpg2015-07-02 14.06.06The deteriorating sign marking the entrance to ISU's Fick Observatory southwest of Boone.2020-11-11T02:04:58+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2019/10/07/the-mom-and-the-hurdler-an-update/2019-10-08T01:38:54+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2016/02/11/this-iowa-mom-uses-a-scooter-this-olympian-vaults-hurdles-a-rare-condition-links-them/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/w2012-06-07_bislett_games_priscilla_lopes-schliep.jpgW2012-06-07_Bislett_Games_Priscilla_Lopes-SchliepPriscilla Lopes-Schliep at the 2012 Bislett Games. Besides the distinctive muscular upper arms, Betsy Dopf and Jill Viles also noticed the strong muscle definition, somewhat visible here, between Lopes-Schliep's buttock and thigh. It's another characteristic of partial lipodystrophy. Photo by Chell Hill via Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons license.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/vileslopesschliepcomposite-size-xxlarge-promo.jpgvileslopesschliepcomposite.jpg.size.xxlarge.promoJill Viles (with her son, Martin) in 2017 and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep. Image via the Toronto Star.2020-08-07T00:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2019/08/19/climatologists-offer-evidence-and-encourage-action-on-climate-change/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/nebraska-national-guard-flood-2.jpgCamp Ashland FloodingAn aerial view of the flooding at the Camp Ashland, Nebraska on March 17, 2019. The levee to the north of the camp broke and water from the swollen Platte River poured thousands of gallons of water into the low-lying area trapping vehicles on the high ground and damaging buildings. Nebraska has experienced its worst flooding ever; displacing hundreds of people and causing millions of dollars in damages to homes, farmland, and cities. (Nebraska National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Herschel Talley)2019-08-19T01:18:13+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2019/07/31/50-shades-of-brown-heres-a-chance-to-hear-about-iowas-manure-quandary-and-drink-beer/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/jones-human-eq.jpgJones human-eqhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/jones-manure-map.pngJones manure mapHogs, cattle, laying hens and turkeys produce manure equivalent to the human population found in many of the world's major cities. From Christopher Jones's presentation to the Iowa Academy of Science.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/jones-swine-operations.pngJones swine operationsA map of swine feeding operations in Iowa, with a big concentration in the state's northwest corner. From Christopher Jones's presentation to the Iowa Academy of Science. 2019-07-31T15:36:10+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2019/07/25/poll-iowans-care-about-science-issues-but-do-they-care-enough-to-push-candidates/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/science-poll-policy.pngScience poll-policyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/science-poll-candidates-discuss.pngScience poll-candidates discusshttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/science-poll-climate.pngscience poll-climatehttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/science-poll-proscience.pngScience poll-proscience2019-07-25T11:30:05+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2019/05/20/to-get-candidates-to-debate-science-ask-the-right-questions/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mfsi-panel-1.pngMFSI panel 1David Courard-Hauri makes a point at Drake University during the March for Science Iowa "Science on the Stump" panel. Dierdre Egan and David Kurns look on. Photo by Joe Sheehan.2019-07-25T02:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2019/06/17/in-the-iowa-caucuses-campaign-science-voters-have-the-power-to-prod-candidates/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sots-journalists-2.pngSOTS journalists 2Burns, Pfannenstiel and Rynard.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sots-journalists-1.pngSOTS journalists 1Sarah Beckman of WOI-TV speaks to the audience at the March for Science Iowa Science on the Stump forum. From left, Douglas Burns, Brianne Pfannenstiel and Pat Rynard listen in.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/mfsi-panel-1.pngMFSI panel 12019-06-16T20:55:06+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2019/04/24/putting-science-on-the-iowa-presidential-caucus-campaign-agenda/2019-04-23T00:30:20+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/about-thomas-r-odonnell/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/odonnell_thomas_july2017-2.jpgODonnell_Thomas_July2017 (2)https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/odonnell5030.jpgO'Donnell5030.jpg2019-02-10T23:42:10+00:00weekly0.6https://iowascienceinterface.com/2018/09/23/the-woollybear-boogie-a-fall-trek-of-lilliputian-proportions/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/woollybear-5.jpgwoollybear 5A fuzzy forager beating multiple feet across a little-used blacktop in Van Buren County. See you hanging around my yard light next spring, little fella.2018-09-26T04:04:58+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2018/09/03/just-the-facts-maam-and-sir-website-offers-valid-science-to-reporters-and-the-public/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/static1-squarespace-com.pngstatic1.squarespace.comhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/science-comics-003-052.jpgScience-Comics-003--052A page from Science comics, circa 1939, when newspapers warned of a mad scientist rampage – and the president trusted the FBI. Via the Digital Comic Musem.2018-09-05T00:29:43+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2018/08/08/forget-the-big-boar-pin-down-some-candidates-on-science-at-the-iowa-state-fair/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/635751502638560243-bush4.jpg635751502638560243-Bush4Jeb! Bush speaks at The Des Moines Register's political soapbox at the 2016 Iowa State Fair. Credit: Zach Boyden-Holmes,The Des Moines Register2018-08-08T02:25:39+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2018/05/29/candidates-a-few-come-clean-on-science-views/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mfsi-stick.jpgMFSI stickMarch for Science Iowa organizers hope to do this in gathering information from candidates in the June 5 primary election. The photo was taken at the 2017 March for Science Iowa in Des Moines.2018-05-29T01:27:09+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2018/04/19/weather-chills-march-for-science-iowa-turnout-but-cant-freeze-plans-to-hold-politicians-accountable/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mfsi-2018.jpgmfsi 2018All but a couple of the hardy folks who turned out on April 14 for the second March for Science Iowa at the Capitol. Credit: Shari Hrdina, Bold Iowa.2018-04-19T12:35:16+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2018/04/09/science-marches-on-with-some-conspicuous-absences/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mfsi-trump.jpgMFSI trumpA pointed sign from the 2017 March for Science Iowa. 2018-04-12T02:15:02+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2018/03/08/cooler-wetter-weather-thanks-corn-and-beans-i-think/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cornfield-1.jpgcornfield 1Cornfields might not understand it, but they're messing with our weather.2018-03-09T23:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2018/02/21/famed-climate-change-warrior-and-former-iowan-headlines-darwin-day-in-iowa-city/2018-02-21T02:19:09+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2018/02/14/iowas-march-for-science-sets-second-event-looks-to-the-future/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mfsi-posters.jpgMFSI postersScience backers listen to speakers during the March for Science Iowa on April 22, 2017 at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.2018-02-14T01:45:42+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2017/11/05/documentary-draws-lines-in-gmo-debate/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/fe-poster-final.jpgfe-poster-finalThe "Food Evolution" movie poster, courtesy of Black Valley Films.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/fe_fraley_banana_activist.jpgFE_Fraley_Banana_activistMonsanto's Robert Fraley, left, talks to a GMO protester after Fraley spoke at Iowa State University. The "Food Evolution" documentary noted that Monsanto hasn't genetically altered any bananas, but anti-GMO laws and sentiments threaten to keep a GE banana out off Ugandan plantations, threatening food security in the African nation. Photo courtesy of Black Valley Films.2017-11-09T18:03:22+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2017/04/27/whats-ahead-for-the-march-for-science-iowa-what-sparked-dissent-at-the-event/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1070371.jpgP1070371One of the better signs at last year's March for Science Iowa featured dear old Darwin. Credit: Paula Mohr.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/p1070338-e1493260254191.jpgP1070338A forest of signs sprouts as marchers prepare to head south on Finkbine Drive. Credit: Paula Mohr.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170422_132033108.jpgIMG_20170422_132033108The leading edge of the March for Science Iowa coming down Grand Avenue, with organizer Shamus Roeder wielding the bullhorn. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_20170422_142150442.jpgIMG_20170422_142150442The science commandments, from a 2017 March for Science Iowa participant. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dji_0190-e1493259565793.jpgDCIM100MEDIADJI_0190.JPGAerial view of the March for Science Iowa crowd, via drone. Credit: Thomas Critelli O'Donnell.2017-04-27T20:36:21+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2017/03/15/stepping-up-in-iowa-to-support-science-facts-and-evidence/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/trump-postcard.jpegTrump postcardA postcard to President Trump from Deborah Bunka, via the March for Science Iowa Facebook page. 2017-03-15T13:17:52+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2017/01/30/march-for-science-iowans-organizing-rally-for-research/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/science-march-logo-2.jpgscience-march-logo-2Iowa's take on the official March for Science logo.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/science-march-comic.jpgscience-march-comicA March for Science Iowa comic by designer Miles Greb (@goldrushcomic) via the March for Science Iowa Facebook page. I think the model looks like a dark-haired Scarlett Johanssen.2017-02-11T22:10:10+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2016/12/21/run-run-reindeer-climate-change-other-factors-sap-herd/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/reindeer-graph.jpgreindeer-graphSize of the Taimyr Peninsula reindeer herd over time. Courtesy of Andrey Petrov.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/reindeer-migration.jpgreindeer-migrationHistoric reindeer migration in the Taimyr Peninsula. Courtesy of Andrey Petrov.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/reindeer-run.jpgreindeer-runReindeer on the run in Norway. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/reindeer-1.pngreindeer-1https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/reindeer-map.jpgreindeer-mapThis map of the Arctic shows reindeer and caribou herd status, with red marking regions of declining population. Taimyr is on the right, in northern Russia. Image courtesy of Andrey Petrov.2016-12-21T02:44:51+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2016/11/14/too-many-tubes-iowa-medical-study-finds-most-blood-specimens-wasted/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/blood-draw-1.jpglab workWith one full tube already in hand, a healthcare worker draws a second blood specimen. It may never get lab testing. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/blood-draw-2-hor.jpgblood drawWith one full tube already full and held in the right hand, a healthcare worker draws a second tube of blood. It may never get lab testing. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/humble.jpghumbleHumblehttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/matthew-krasowski-md-phd.jpgmatthew-krasowski-md-phdKrasowski2016-11-14T02:02:50+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2016/11/02/does-planting-gmos-increase-pesticide-use-it-depends/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/f2-large.jpgf2-largeA: Year-specific impacts of GT soybeans on herbicide use, by weight and EIQ, showing a steady increase in the later years. B: Year-specific impacts of GT corn on herbicide use, by weight and EIQ, also showing a steady increase in later years. C: Year-specific impacts of Bt corn on insecticide use and EIQ. For all panels, vertical bars denote 95 percent confidence intervals. From "Genetically engineered crops and pesticide use in U.S. maize and soybeans," Edward E. Perry, Federico Ciliberto, David A. Hennessy and GianCarlo Moschini (August 31, 2016) Sci Adv 2016, 2:. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1600850.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/soybean-sprayer-1.jpgsoybean-sprayer-1A common Iowa sight: a rig spreading herbicide on glyphosate-tolerant soybeans. 2016-11-02T02:58:34+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2016/08/29/isu-profs-microfluidics-machine-promises-nearly-instant-wine/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/winemachine.jpgwinemachinePhillippe Renaud, left, and Daniel Attinger make a tiny toast with wine from Attinger's microfluidics fermenter, front and center. How does it taste? Not so hot, Renaud says. Photo credit: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/winecave.jpgwinecavePretty much the opposite of instant wine: a former military tunnel in Taiwan, now converted to a cave to age rice wine in clay jars. OK, It's not really related to microfluidics and Switzerland, but it's a cool photo. 2016-08-29T02:15:57+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2016/07/17/mucking-about-the-des-moines-river-with-project-aware-and-getting-some-science-to-boot/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/paula-on-river-21.jpgPaula on river 2Paula Mohr paddling the lower Des Moines River with other Project AWARE volunteers. The infamous recliner chunk is behind her. Click to enlarge.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/tire-load-1.jpgTire load 1A few of the tires pulled from the lower Des Moines River in one morning.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mary-koester-e1468792191969.jpgMary KoesterMary Koesterhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/car-frame-1.jpgcar frame 1One of at least two nearly complete car frames volunteers wrestled from the lower Des Moines River during Project AWARE July 11-15.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/lecture.jpgLectureProject AWARE volunteers listen at the Lacy Keosauqua State Park campgrounds as Connie Mutel lays out the evidence for action on climate change.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/chuck-tonelli-e1468791848718.jpgChuck TonelliChuck Tonellihttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/paula-on-river-2.jpgPaula on river 2Paula Mohr paddles the SS Vernon on the Des Moines River during Project AWARE. Part of a soggy recliner, recovered from the river, sits behind her.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/junk-2.jpgJunk 2Volunteers gathered piles of castoffs like this during their week-long sojourn on the lower Des Moines River.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/junk-1.jpgJunk 1Some of the metal junk gathered from the Des Moines River in Van Buren County during just half a day's work.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/canoe-lineup.jpgCanoe lineupCanoes are lined up like "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" pod people at the Bentonsport boat ramp. Project AWARE put dozens of canoes and kayaks on the river for five days, July 11-15.2016-07-20T15:23:16+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2016/05/09/moniz-mother-nature-could-persuade-climate-change-deniers-will-it-be-in-time/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/moniz.jpgMonizEnergy Secretary Ernest Moniz talks to reporters in Ames, Iowa, on May 6, 2016.2016-05-09T12:52:33+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2016/04/27/those-wild-and-crazy-snails-are-back-with-lessons-about-sex/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/neiman-nz-600x900.jpgneiman-nz-600x900Maurine Neiman, collecting freshwater snails at Lake Grasmere, on the South Island of New Zealand. She and her colleagues found sexual reproduction yields new gene combinations that help the snails fend off threats. Photo courtesy of Neiman, from the U of I news website.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/150814-fpo-b-jt-snail-lab-42.jpg150814 FPO B JT Snail Lab-42University of Iowa researchers grew multiple generations of tiny freshwater snails in lab cups, part of a study into whether multiple genomes provide advantages. Photo by Justin Torner from the U of I news website. 2016-04-27T02:17:40+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2016/04/25/ernest-moniz-is-coming-to-iowa-next-month-heres-why-you-should-care/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/moniz1.jpgMoniz1Ernest Moniz at the Solar Decathlon competition.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/moniz2.jpgMoniz2Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz greeting friends on his first day on the job, May 2013. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy2016-04-26T02:38:45+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2016/04/04/big-bots-debut-in-iowa-competition/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/437541028519-r1-052-24a.jpg437541028519-R1-052-24AStrange headgear (and safety glasses) are de rigueur at FIRST competitions, as Team ASAP demonstrates. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sherman-firing.jpgSherman firingSherman fires a boulder (upper left) into the blue alliance tower during FRC Iowa Regional competition.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/437540028520-r1-009-3.jpg437540028520-R1-009-3ASAP's Sherman negotiates the sally port obstacle during FRC competition.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/437541028519-r1-048-22a.jpg437541028519-R1-048-22AFRC robots mix it up on the playing field at Cedar Falls' McLeod Center.2016-04-04T03:07:17+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2016/01/05/ames-lab-gets-small-with-new-microscopes/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1060808.jpgP1060808Kramer points to areas of a sample that have been "machined" with the FIB's gallium ion beam. The bean has hollowed out sections of the sample, leaving a thin strip to be removed for further study. The scale indicates the strip is only about 20 millionths of a meter long. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1060805.jpgP1060805The focused ion beam (FIB) microscope, which not only produces enlarged images of materials' structures, but also can sculpt out samples for further study.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1060800.jpgP1060800Another look at the transmission electron microscope that was moved to the SIF from the ISU campus. The main tower is where electrons are fired down and focused through apertures and lenses to the sample below, where the eyepieces are located.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1060797.jpgP1060797Matt Kramer and Ames Lab science writer Kerry Gibson look over the markings where the aberration-corrected STEM will be installed.2016-01-03T23:08:29+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/12/22/whats-shaking-at-this-building-not-a-thing/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/page0005.jpgpage0005A SIF schematic with notations designating the location of each instrument. From Ames Laboratory's Inquiry magazine.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p10608121.jpgP1060812The SIF at ISU's Applied Science Complex, northwest of campus.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1060804.jpgP1060804Ames Lab's Matt Kramer with the Tecnai transmission electron microscope at the new Sensitive Instrument Facility (SIF). The Tecnai TEM was moved to the SIF from Wilhelm Hall, one of the buildings the lab occupies on the Iowa State University campus.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1060799.jpgP1060799A SIF control room: not a place for claustrophobes.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1060793.jpgP1060793Kramer in the SIF's unfinished double-width bay, designed to hold at least two instruments.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1060791.jpgP1060791Microscope images line the hall that separates SIF offices from the control rooms, bays and service corridor.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1060798.jpgP1060798Copper chains hang from lab chairs to ground them.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1060795.jpgP1060795A copper grounding strip reduces charge disparities between the instrument bay and the control room.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1060794.jpgP1060794The SIF service corridor, sited on a separate slab from the rest of the building.2015-12-22T18:58:01+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/12/06/this-biotech-discovery-could-help-malnourished-millions-plus-a-rare-earth-landmark-and-a-distant-dirty-river/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wurtele-and-li.jpgWurtele and LiISU researchers Eve Syrkin Wurtele and Ling Li. ISU photo by Christopher Gannon.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/karl-colloquium.jpgKarl-ColloquiumAmes Laboratory's Karl Gschneidner taking in the talks at the colloquium in his honor last month. Ames Laboratory photo.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bagmati_at_ringroad0090.jpgBagmati, looking north from Ring Road Bridge betw. Lalitpur and KathmanduBagmati, looking north from Ring Road Bridge betw. Lalitpur and Kathmanduhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/verschmutztes_kathmandu.jpgVerschmutztes_KathmanduOverlooking the garbage-littered Bagmati river bed near Kathmandu. Michael Knoblach/Wikimedia commons via Wikimedia commons.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/arabidopsis_thaliana_jdp_2013-04-28.jpgArabidopsis_thaliana_JdP_2013-04-28Arabadopsis thaliana. © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons, via Wikimedia Commons.2015-12-06T20:30:03+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/10/19/roundup-pitchman-or-teacher-borg-mussels-and-tell-all-textbooks-with-videos/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cisna.jpgCisnaThe cover to John Cisna's book about his diet experiment and leap to fame, via Amazon.2015-10-19T00:58:10+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/09/14/a-huge-iowa-impacts-role-in-a-big-scary-fossil-discovery/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/eurypterids-3-1-horizontal-cropped-credit-patrick-lynch-yale-university-620x342.jpgEurypterids-3-1-Horizontal-Cropped-CREDIT-Patrick-Lynch-Yale-University-620x342A conception of Pentecopterus, drawn by Yale University's Patrick Lynch.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/winneshiek-dig-092010-web.jpgWinneshiek-dig-092010-webPaul Liu (right) with colleagues Carrie Davis and Robert McKay of the Iowa Geological Survey in 2010, at the excavation pit in the diverted Iowa River. Image from the IGS website.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pentecopterus-leg.jpgPentecopterus-LegA fossilized Pentecopterus leg. The image comes from the BMC Evolutionary Biology paper.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/liu.jpgLiuH. Paul Liu with a partial fossil of a eurypterid. Image from the Iowa Geological Survey website.2015-09-18T00:36:29+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/08/10/iowa-approves-ngss-as-opposition-fizzles/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/drought.jpgdroughtAn April 2015 photo at California's Lake Isabella. Once a tourist destination, the lake is going dry in an inexorable drought. Climate scientists say such severe weather episodes are more likely as global warming persists. 2016-07-05T01:55:01+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/08/02/roundup-ebola-shots-big-computer-plans-and-a-sunny-outcome-for-isu/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/prisum.pngPrISUmPhaëton, from the Team PrISUm website.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/reed-mug.jpgreed mugThe University of Iowa's Daniel Reed, from his blog.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ebola-tem-2.jpgebola TEM 2A colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) image of an Ebola virus virion, created by CDC microbiologist Cynthia Goldsmith. Credit: CDC global Flickr stream.2015-08-02T22:31:41+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/07/02/isu-aids-research-fraud-the-denouement/2015-07-02T14:13:57+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/06/14/a-brief-update-next-generation-science-standards/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/science-comics-003-051.jpgScience-Comics-003--051From Science Comics, April 1939, via the Digital Comics Museum2015-06-15T01:43:06+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/05/24/roundup-smartphone-phobia-alzheimers-proteins-and-fracking-water/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hydraulic-fracturing-reservoirs.jpghydraulic fracturing reservoirsPonds of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the Marcellus Shale formation. Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30664807@N02/3342025316/">PennFuture</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/help/general/#147">cc</a> https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/willette.jpgwilletteIowa State University researcher Auriel Willette. ISU photo by Blake Lanser.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/crackberry.jpgcrackberryPhoto Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/32049194@N00/2252294608/">me_chris</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/help/general/#147">cc</a> 2015-05-23T18:40:21+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/05/06/the-des-moines-register-catches-up-on-the-next-generation-science-standards-a-critique/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/science-comics-003-001-scan-woozy.jpgScience-Comics-003--001-scan-WoozyScience Comics, April 1939, via the Digital Comics Museum.2015-05-07T00:51:28+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/04/20/ngss-moves-forward-in-iowa-skeptical-review-team-member-discusses-why-he-voted-no/2015-04-20T00:49:18+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/04/13/next-generation-science-standards-gain-attention-and-near-approval/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/iowa-restored-comments.jpgIowa RestorEd commentshttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ide-logo.jpgIDE logo2015-04-13T03:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/03/10/review-panel-data-finds-strong-support-for-the-next-generation-science-standards/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ngss-chart.jpgNGSS chartChart showing sentiment toward the depth and breadth of the Next Generation Science Standards among Iowans in an unscientific survey. 2015-03-10T13:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/02/25/why-you-shouldnt-fear-the-next-generation-science-standards/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/smoking.jpgsmokingIf local schools can dictate what science is taught, what's to stop a North Carolina school from teaching that cigarettes aren't unhealthy?2015-02-25T14:03:06+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/02/17/parents-pack-waukee-forum-to-comment-on-next-generation-science-standards/2015-02-21T03:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/02/09/make-your-voice-heard-again-on-the-next-generation-science-standards/2015-02-10T14:24:03+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/02/02/isu-star-discoveries-from-babies-to-seniors/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/yellowballs.jpgyellowballsThe "yellowballs" in the middle of this image from the Spitzer Space Telescope caught the attention of a volunteer classifying objects for the Milky Way Project. Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech, from the ISU release.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kepler-image.jpgKepler imageAn artists' conception of Kepler-444, a recently discovered star with at least five planets. The system is 11.2 billion years old, more than twice as old as Earth. Illustration by Tiago Campante/Peter Devine, from the ISU release.2015-02-02T13:31:34+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/01/26/marker-to-recognize-location-of-h-a-wallaces-first-corn-breeding-experiment/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wallace-1.jpgwallace 1Henry A. Wallace in 1939, as secretary of agriculture under Franklin D. Roosevelt.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/carver-statue.jpgGeorge Washington Carver statueDetail from a statue of Carver at the George Washington Carver Garden in the Missouri Botanical Garden.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wallace-marker.jpgWallace markerGrace United Methodist Church in Des Moines and the corner at 38th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue where a marker honoring Henry A. Wallace would be placed. Credit: Paula Ann Mohr.2015-01-29T00:13:55+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2015/01/05/roughly-speaking-how-corn-fields-affect-wind-power-production-versus-soybean-fields/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/windfarm-1.jpgWind turbines near Blairsburg, Iowa.Soybeans, like these planted on a wind farm near Blairsburg, impart less aerodynamic roughness to the air layer near the ground. Credit: Todd Spink, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/windfarm-2.jpgWind turbines near Blairsburg, Iowa.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/windfarm-3.jpgWind turbines near Blairsburg, Iowa.The corn beneath these MidAmerican Energy wind turbines near Blairsburg isn't yet quite as high as an elephant's eye. When the stalks reach maturity, their roughness can cut wind speed (and power production) at the turbine's hub, hundreds of feet up.2015-01-04T22:16:56+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2014/12/15/roundup-with-video-glycerin-glue-prairie-strips-and-crop-generated-co2/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/postits.jpgpostitsResearch into glycerin-based adhesives includes pressure-sensitive substances, like those used on 3M's Post-it sticky notes.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/strips-2.jpgstrips 2https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/co2.jpgCO2A screenshot from a NASA video visualizing a simulation of a year's worth of carbon dioxide emissions. Image from NASA at http://www.nasa.gov/press/goddard/2014/november/nasa-computer-model-provides-a-new-portrait-of-carbon-dioxide/2014-12-15T14:18:37+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2014/11/13/roundup-mars-meteors-robotic-gardeners-a-tight-squeeze-for-molecules-and-atom-bomb-history/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mars-express-marsis-north-pole-ionsphere-pia18860-br2.jpgMars-Express-MARSIS-north-pole-ionsphere-PIA18860-br2https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/enviratron.jpgenviratronThe Enviratron: several growth chambers that a robotic rover will pass through gathering huge amounts of plant development data via sensors. Credit: Stephen Howell, Iowa State University. 2014-11-13T04:18:55+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2014/10/27/researchers-accuse-iowa-company-of-delaying-ebola-vaccine-safety-trial/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/medium_15030242570.jpgmedium_15030242570Advice to avoid Ebola; also good advice for avoiding flu, food poisoning, etc. 2014-10-27T19:34:26+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2014/07/02/rats-on-the-brain-u-of-i-researchers-chase-a-stress-memory-connection/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/brain-diagram.jpgbrain diagramA brain diagram from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, published in Russia,1890-1907. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lab-rat.jpglab ratYour typical rat, on the hunt for a nice piece of chocolate.2014-07-02T03:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2014/06/12/talkin-science-talks-and-cyclone-survivor/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/roboticraiders_2014.jpgRoboticRaiders_2014The Williamsburg Robotic Raiders and coaches. Photo courtesy ISU Extension Servicehttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gort.jpggort with KlaatuA key scene from the 1951 version of "The Day the Earth Stood Still," produced by 20th Century Fox. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/6862200695_09040663fc.jpgGray WolvesCanis lupus: the gray wolf, once found in Iowa. Steve Jurvetson/Creative Commons2014-06-12T13:11:30+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/04/15/u-of-i-professors-slimed-for-their-snail-research/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/snails.jpgsnailshttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/snails-32.jpg?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/snails-3.jpg?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????2014-05-22T13:30:08+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2014/05/13/materials-roundup-disappearing-antennae-metal-molding-tiny-cubes-and-pond-scum/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/nanocubes-600.jpgNanocubes-600"Hairy" polymer-coated nanocubes and DNA-coated nanocubes get in line. Image from the Ames Laboratory website.2014-05-13T02:52:32+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2014/04/30/next-generation-science-standards-an-update/2014-05-10T20:00:36+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2014/04/14/a-zombie-tractor-and-isu-plant-researchs-new-direction/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/schnable-tractor-2.jpgschnable tractor 2The automated phenotyping robot, or as I call it, the zombie garden tractor: RTK-GPS, autosteer system, multiple 3-D digital camera. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/schnable-tractor.jpgschnable tractorThe automated phenotyping robot, or as I call it, the zombie garden tractor: RTK-GPS, autosteer system, multiple 3-D digital camera. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/schnable.jpgSchnablePatrick Schnable (Credit: Schnable lab)2014-04-15T17:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2014/03/10/cold-facts-uni-led-effort-probes-arctic-sustainability/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/arctic_ocean.jpgArctic_OceanNord Polar Meer, Justhus Perthes See Atlas 1906 Good map of the Arctic, with inset maps of Drontheim, Drontheim fjord, Jan Mayen, Bering strait, Reykjavik, Hammerfest, Plover Bay, Nordkap, Nowaja zemlja. This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1923. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_5302.jpgIMG_5302UNI Geography Professor Andrey Petrov shows off a piece of Lake Baikal during his most recent Siberian visit. Credit: Andrey Petrov.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/structure.pngArctic-FROST structureAn idea of the subjects and interactions Arctic-FROST will probe. From the project website.2014-03-10T13:04:33+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2014/01/27/isu-research-fraud-probe-staked-out-faked-results/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/origin_8344600413.jpgorigin_8344600413Lactobacillus casei, a strain of bacterium similar to what Michael Cho and colleagues have engineered to express proteins in the hope of sparking an immune response to HIV. 2014-01-26T20:08:05+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2014/01/21/documents-hint-at-rationale-for-isu-fraud/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hivvirion.jpgHIVvirionIn this schematic of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the glycoproteins gp41 and gp120 are the base and tip, respectively, of the "spikes" protruding from the virus membrane.2014-01-21T14:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2014/01/06/iowa-state-vaccine-research-scandal-an-update/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/oriweb_logo.pngoriweb_logo2014-01-06T02:07:46+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/12/31/isu-scandal-a-science-failure-not-so-much/2014-01-01T18:04:42+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/12/05/selected-shorts-crappy-typing-pays-off-bone-regrowth-and-babies-grasp-food-and-words/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mary-in-high-chair.jpgmary in high chairThis is not Pat. This is big sister Mary, many years ago. She's a little more neat at dinner these days.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bone-regeneration-aerial-edited-640.jpgbone-regeneration-aerial-edited-640Missing bone from a section of skull is nearly completely regenerated, at right, after application of a plasmid-doped collagen scaffold developed at the University of Iowa. Image courtesy of Satheesh Elangovan, U of I.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/handwriting.jpghandwritingA typical selection from my reporter's notebook. Can you make out any of it?2013-12-05T13:53:52+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/10/27/exoplanets-at-a-slightly-different-angle/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/kepler-diagram.jpgKepler diagramKepler-56, with its two inner planets orbiting at a tilt to their host star. Image courtesy of Daniel Huber/NASA's Ames Research Center. https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/medium_6995842901.jpgmedium_69958429012013-10-30T00:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/10/08/beware-conservatives-are-targeting-the-next-generation-science-standards/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/medium_2923015579.jpgmedium_2923015579photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2923015579/">woodleywonderworks</a> via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>2013-10-18T11:54:51+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/10/18/ngss-on-to-the-next-battle/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1016131243c.jpgIowa NGSS parents, businessA summary of comments on the NGSS from Iowa parents, business people and others.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1016131243b.jpgNGSS communityA summary of comments on the NGSS from Iowa community members, students, nonprofits and philanthropic groups.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1016131243a.jpgIowa NGSS admins/higher edA summary of comments on the NGSS from Iowa school administrators and higher education and other educators.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1016131243.jpgiowa NGSS teachersA summary of comments from Iowa teachers on the NGSS.2013-10-18T11:53:29+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/09/25/take-this-important-survey-to-support-fact-based-science-in-iowa-schools/2013-09-25T02:30:23+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/08/20/could-branstads-task-force-be-a-smokescreen-to-kill-new-science-education-standards/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/medium_5285850137.jpgmedium_5285850137https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ngsslogo.jpgngsslogo2013-09-24T00:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/09/13/isus-big-computer-on-campus-and-why-its-not-as-flashy-as-you-might-think/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/somani.jpgsomani2013-09-13T14:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/08/26/roundup-van-allen-belts-give-electrons-a-jolt-a-super-scanner-and-a-flood-study-dries-up/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dnpsolids-photo.jpgDNPsolids-photohttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/van-allen-illustration.jpgvan allen illustrationhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vanallen-arraydeployment.jpgVanallen ArrayDeployment2013-08-26T15:38:04+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/07/14/paper-too-much-precaution-stilts-innovation-could-perpetuate-hunger/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/medium_7989100872.jpgmedium_79891008722013-07-14T18:08:58+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/06/16/roundup-obsessive-mice-strange-quasicrystals-and-the-peckscreen-with-video/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quasicrystal-2.jpgQuasicrystal-2High-energy X-ray diffraction patterns from a single grain of iodine-gadolinium-cadmium taken at Argonne National Laboratory's powerful X-ray device, the Advanced Photon Source, with the beam parallel to the grain's five-fold axis. Scientists can tell something about a material's structure by the way it diffracts X-rays, with more powerful sources providing greater detail. 2013-06-16T14:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/06/11/nasa-flood-study-splashes-down-in-iowa/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ifloods-npol-dusk_lrg.jpgifloods-npol-dusk_lrgNASA's NPOL radar in late May, located south of Waterloo, Iowa, under a large anvil cloud with mammatus clouds. Copyright Brenda Dolan, Colorado State University.https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/xband_468.jpgxband_468University of Iowa graduate research assistant Vijay Mishra performs maintenance on the Iowa Flood Center's X-Band radar in the Turkey River basin. Credit: Matt Schwaller/ NASAhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ifloods_instrumentmap.jpgIFloodS_InstrumentMapIFloodS map showing instrument location, including radar antennae, rain gauges and soil moisture probes.2013-06-11T01:17:15+00:00monthlyhttps://iowascienceinterface.com/2013/06/09/checking-the-nursery-in-a-baby-star-boom/https://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/523014_10151154445636598_1041140731_n.jpg523014_10151154445636598_1041140731_nSarah Willishttps://iowascienceinterface.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/catspaw_noao_big.jpgcatspaw_noao_bigAn optical view of the end of the Cat's Paw Nebula, imaged from the Blanco 4-meter Telescope in Chile. Copyright: T. A. Rector (U. Alaska), T. 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