The news service team shares some of its favorite and most popular stories of 2023 in this look back.
Last month, President Wendy Wintersteen and spouse Robert Waggoner sent out their annual holiday message. The video featured Lydia Lee, a senior in music and English from Inwood, playing her own arrangement of "The Bells of Iowa State" on a red piano at familiar campus locations. Lee's hometown newspaper, the N'West Iowa Review, posted a story on her involvement in the project.
Genetics, development and cell biology assistant professor Raquel Espin Palazon led a team that found microbial sensors that help identify and fight bacterial infections also play a key role in the embryonic development of blood stem cells. The discovery could eliminate the need for bone marrow transplants.
Iowa State researchers will assess whether different types and doses of exercise can improve mental health, either on their own or integrated with treatment plans. Their research focuses on a large group using resistance exercise.
In an essay for The Conversation, civil, construction and environmental engineering assistant professor Lu Liu explains how small-scale water treatment systems close to the source can be cheaper and easier to maintain than a centralized system. They're also better for water security and the environment.
