Postcard from Campus: Summer Bliss
As the temperatures heat up, Iowa State's campus is showing off its summer colors.
News and Featured Stories
- Researchers show weather variability impedes ability to assess trends in Iowa’s water quality
- Visiting students showcase summer research projects
- Virtual reality could boost poultry health, say Iowa State University researchers
- Agronomists join forces with engineering students to create innovative in-field research chamber to breed heat tolerant varieties
Innovation in Action

Researchers look at breeding mung bean for plant-based protein market
Iowa State plant breeders and researchers are working to develop new varieties of mung bean suited for the plant-based protein market. The “unsung mung” is a drought tolerant, nitrogen fixing legume that can be used as a plant-based protein source and is currently used in numerous edible food products around the world.