2003 News & Featured Stories Archive
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May 30, 2003
AMES, Iowa — The Plant Sciences Institute's fifth annual symposium at Iowa State University, June 5-8, will bring together many of the world's leading researchers on plant transposable element research—a science that has made a major impact on agr
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May 30, 2003AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University researchers are using aerial and satellite views of soybean fields to predict the yields, and other crop conditions. Plant pathologist Forrest Nutter leads a research team that is developing predictions of th
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May 29, 2003AMES, Iowa — While most college students have closed their textbooks and cleared out their residence hall rooms, one group of Iowa State University college students is gearing up for their busiest time of year. The 15 students who operate the IS
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May 27, 2003
ISU RESEARCHER TESTS SATELLITES TO MONITOR CORN POLLINATION Mark Westgate, an Iowa State University associate professor of agronomy, is trying to determine whether satellite images can be used to document when corn tassels emerge in a cornfield.
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May 23, 2003AMES, Iowa — Fighting corn rootworms is what Iowa State University entomology professor Jon Tollefson does, and now he's taking his talent to Croatia. Tollefson has received a Fulbright Senior Specialists grant in Environmental Science to the
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May 22, 2003AMES, Iowa — A native Iowan on the Michigan State University faculty has been named the chair of the Department of Animal Science in Iowa State University's College of Agriculture. Maynard Hogberg (pronounced HO-berg) will begin his new resp
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May 19, 2003
AMES, Iowa — The egg production and processing industry has a significant impact on Iowa's economy. If consumer demand for eggs increases and Iowa continues its commitment to grow the industry, expansion of Iowa's egg industry will continue.
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May 16, 2003
AMES, Iowa — Corn producers have until May 31 to file for a share of a $110 million settlement of a lawsuit against companies that produced and marketed StarLink(trademark) corn.
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May 12, 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — At a time of rising concern over food security, public demand is growing for information about where food originates.
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May 12, 2003AMES, Iowa — Awards were presented recently to Iowa State University College of Agriculture faculty members and others by the Iowa Chapter of the Honor Society of Agriculture, known as Gamma Sigma Delta. Dennis Keenney received the Distinguish
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May 2, 2003AMES, Iowa — Scientists at Iowa State University are recruiting postmenopausal women for a three-year clinical trial to examine the effectiveness of isoflavones in preventing bone loss associated with menopause.
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April 28, 2003
AMES, Iowa — A student team from Chapman University in Orange, Calif., took home the top prize for their bite-sized pizza snack in a contest where new foods for space travelers are developed.
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April 24, 2003AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University researchers have begun testing catnip oil as a possible repellent against mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus. Joel Coats, an Iowa State entomologist, began investigating the idea of using catnip oil as a
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April 22, 2003AMES, Iowa — Charles Brummer is out to make better hay while the sun shines. Brummer, an Iowa State University agronomist, is working to breed higher-yielding alfalfa, a legume most commonly used as animal feed.
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April 4, 2003AMES, Iowa — Al Christian, manager of the Swine Teaching Farm, received the 2003 Distinguished Service Award March 8 from the National Pork Board at its National Pork Industry Forum in Dallas.
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April 2, 2003AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University agricultural engineer is conducting research on innovative techniques livestock producers can use to comply with new federal regulations. Jeffery Lorimor, associate professor in the ISU agricultural and bi
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April 1, 2003AMES, Iowa — D. Lee Alekel, associate professor of nutrition at Iowa State University, is recipient of the 2003 Mead Johnson Award for research in nutrition from the American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS).
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March 31, 2003
AMES, Iowa — NASA astronauts soon will have the opportunity to enjoy chili in space thanks to an Iowa-based company. Soy Creations, a division of Triple "F" Inc. has developed a freeze-dried chili with a meat analogue made from soy protein.
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March 28, 2003AMES, Iowa — Swine breeders and medical researchers have some new tools for genetic research, thanks to a team of scientists led by an Iowa State University professor. The group created a library of 21,499 pig gene sequences and mapped the loc
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March 28, 2003Nancy Rabalais of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium will present a seminar titled "Beyond Science Into Policy: Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia" at Iowa State University on April 2. The seminar will begin at 3 p.m. in 1010 LeBaron Hall.