Charcoal: Out of the Grill and into the Ground

4 July 2008, 2:56 pm

A layer of rich, black terra preta lies atop a layer of light brown, nutrient-poor rainforest soil near Manaus, Brazil.... read more

First floods, now pesky mosquitoes for Midwest

2 July 2008, 2:40 pm

CHICAGO - First came the floods _ now the mosquitoes. An explosion of pesky insects are pestering clean-up crews and just about anyone venturing outside in the waterlogged Midwest.... read more

Tree-killing fungus officially named by scientists at Iowa State, other institutions

30 June 2008, 5:21 pm

Tree-killing fungus officially named by scientists at Iowa State, other institutions Jun.... read more

Iowa State students prep $400,000 solar car for cross-continental race

29 June 2008, 5:30 pm

Matt Martin takes his place in the driver's seat of Sol Invictus , Iowa State University's solar race car.... read more

DupTree: a program for large-scale phylogenetic analyses using gene tree parsimony

27 June 2008, 5:24 pm

Bioinformatics Advance Access originally published online on May 12, 2008 Bioinformatics 2008 24 :1540-1541; doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btn230 1Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA ...... read more

Smoking ban raises more questions than answers

25 June 2008, 5:20 pm

With many citizens of Ames curious about the implementation of the upcoming smoking ban, city officials discovered at the City Council meeting Tuesday night that some of the rules were fuzzy for them too.... read more