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Astronomers with Kepler Mission find puzzling pair of planets

AMES, Iowa – Two planets with very different densities and compositions are locked in surprisingly close orbits around their host star, according to astronomers working with NASA’s Kepler Mission. One planet is a rocky super-Earth about 1.5 times the size of our planet and 4.5 times the mass. The other is a Neptune-like gaseous planet … Continue reading Astronomers with Kepler Mission find puzzling pair of planets

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LAS research group first to use innovative technology to modify plant DNA

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences team uses TALEN technology to alter a gene in rice to make the plant resistant to bacterial blight. Bing Yang, center, examines a greenhouse rice plant with Bo Liu, left, and Ting Li. AMES, Iowa – In 2010, Iowa State University researcher Bing Yang led a team that developed … Continue reading LAS research group first to use innovative technology to modify plant DNA

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Applied linguistics program hosting international educators

Volker Hegelheimer AMES, Iowa – Twenty-six teachers, professors and education officials from a dozen nations are coming to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University later this month to continue their training in English language learning materials development. Faculty, staff and graduate students in Iowa State’s applied linguistics program in the … Continue reading Applied linguistics program hosting international educators

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Economist Peter Orazem earns Nobel laureates’ approval of education plan

AMES, Iowa — Peter Orazem doesn’t claim to have the answers to all the world’s problems. But when it comes to strategies on how best to use limited resources to improve education in developing nations, he feels pretty confident that he has some of the right answers — and five top economists, including four Nobel … Continue reading Economist Peter Orazem earns Nobel laureates’ approval of education plan

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Carver Charitable Trust awards $7.5 million to advance research initiative in biomolecular structure

Ames, Iowa — Pending approval by the Board of Regents, Iowa State University’s Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology will be named in honor of the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust, in recognition of gifts and commitments to the department totaling more than $12.3 million. This support includes a $7.5 million commitment announced today … Continue reading Carver Charitable Trust awards $7.5 million to advance research initiative in biomolecular structure

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Iowa State physics researchers find new properties of the carbon material graphene

Findings could have applications in high-speed communications fields. AMES, Iowa – Graphene has caused a lot of excitement among scientists since the extremely strong and thin carbon material was discovered in 2004. Just one atom thick, the honeycomb-shaped material has several remarkable properties combining mechanical toughness with superior electrical and thermal conductivity. Now a group … Continue reading Iowa State physics researchers find new properties of the carbon material graphene

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26 on Liberal Arts and Sciences tenure, promotion list for 2012

AMES, Iowa – Promotions have gone to 26 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty members, including 13 assistant professors who received tenure and promotion to associate professor. The other 13 faculty have been promoted to professor. "Please join me in congratulating these faculty members on their accomplishments," said dean Beate Schmittmann. "Tenure and promotion … Continue reading 26 on Liberal Arts and Sciences tenure, promotion list for 2012

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Online learning’s Tom Brumm receives Student Affairs honor

Since 1998, the Division of Student Affairs has annually awarded one Iowa State University faculty member the Thomas B. Thielen Award. This year’s awardee is Tom Brumm, associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering (ABE) and professor-in-charge of online learning for the colleges of Engineering and Liberal Arts and Sciences.