Flip-flops remain popular, despite warnings from doctors about foot and back pain

6 July 2008, 3:15 pm

Carly Ross' feet, clad in a pair of slightly squishy-looking Teva flip-flops, were the epitome of summertime during a recent lunch outing in Des Moines.... read more

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