The researchers will work to develop “scalable, robust, and accurate simulation capabilities for the complex, multiscale ...

Dowling Catholic High School math teacher Amy Jurasek measuring corn plants in an Iowa State research field southwest of Ames. Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University. A summer training ...

Todd Kingston is using an accelerating rate calorimeter system in his laboratory to test batteries for safety and performance. Photo by Christopher Gannon. AMES, Iowa – You can’t tell it was a lithium ...

Hongqing (Michelle) Guo, an assistant professor of genetics, development and cell biology, uses Arabidopsis thaliana plants to study a gene that controls both growth and survival response. Photo by ...

Iowa State engineers, left to right, Connor Thorpe and Shan Jiang helped invent the "Flow Guiding Barrel," which improves gene gun performance for the genetic modification of plants. Jiang is holding ...

Sociology professor David Peters, from left, with undergraduate student researchers Emily Meyer and Emma Bartling. Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Growing up on her ...

Iowa State University's new undergraduate certificate in cybersecurity is designed to meet the needs of Iowa workers and employers. AMES, Iowa – Iowa, so far in 2025, has had 3,506 job postings for ...

Cantamus returned from its first international concert tour with top honors, three Gold Stamps, at the prestigious Tampere Vocal Festival in Finland. Judges praised the ensemble’s dynamic and ...

Ames, Iowa – In a message sent today to the campus community, Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen announced her plans to retire in January 2026. Wintersteen became the first woman and ...

The 2025 Innovation at Work series illustrates why Iowa State University is a trusted partner. Through research, teaching, service and extension, Iowa State has a long history of providing proactive ...

The root of a corn plant injured by corn rootworm, the crop's most damaging pest in the Midwest. Photo by Erin Hodgson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Widespread planting of corn hybrids designed ...

A farmer applies nitrogen fertilizer to a corn field in Boone County in June 2024. Photo by Alex Schaffer/Iowa Soybean Association. AMES, Iowa – The amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize ...