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- Claim: Climate change increases potential for conflict and violence Sat, 16 Feb 19, 5:00amFrom Iowa State University AMES, Iowa – Images of extensive flooding or fire-ravaged communities help us see how climate change is accelerating the severity of natural disasters...
- Crop-Ravaging Worm Evolves to Eat Bioengineered Corn Fri, 21 Mar 14, 12:49amIn a giant case of "we told you so", a group of scientists from Iowa State University published a report this week citing evidence that corn rootworms have evolved to become resistant to Bt corn...
- Larger Than Life LEGO Animals Pop Up at Iowa’s Reiman Gardens! Wed, 13 Jun 12, 2:20amRead the rest of Larger Than Life LEGO Animals Pop Up at Iowa’s Reiman Gardens! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: ames, Art, art exhibit, eco design, eco-art, ecology, Gardening, gardens, green...
- Scientists Discover That Spider Silk Conducts Heat 800 Times Better Than Any Other Organic Material Thu, 8 Mar 12, 4:00amFrom violin strings to beautiful golden garments, delicate spider silk is good for much more than trapping delicious insects. Scientists at Iowa State University have put the organic threads to the test, and found that spider...
- Devastating paper on IPCC consensus Sun, 17 Jul 11, 2:30amI’m pinched for time, so I’ll unashamedly pinch this from Bishop Hill (who I don’t think will mind): A devastating paper by Jane Goodwin on Iowa State university is discussed at Judy Curry’s blog...
- Scientists Developing Self-Healing Plastics Inspired by Rubber Tree Plants Thu, 10 Mar 11, 4:11amResearch centers around the globe are working to develop eco-friendly self-healing plastics.