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Ken Aho in his lab

ISU Professor Aho studies how airborne bacteria, fungi help it rain and snow

November 5, 2019

POCATELLO – Most people don’t think of weather as having a biological component and aren’t aware of the role airborne bacteria and fungi have in helping create rain and snow. But Ken Aho, Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV associate professor of biological sciences, studies this phenomenon.

Jesse Pruitt and Leif Tapanila with a Edestus shark model hanging behind them

Museum, virtual lab team up to learn natural history of ancient scissor-tooth sharks

October 30, 2019

POCATELLO – Oh, what a weird, wonderful and wet world it was in the midwestern United States about 250 million years ago when what is now land was covered by a giant sea.

ISU nuclear engineering professor receives $800,000 grant for materials science research

October 25, 2019

IDAHO FALLS – Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV nuclear engineering Associate Professor Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar is the principal investigator on a $800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Program to study itsy-bitsy, teeny-tiny, 10-to-the-minus-6-meter materials to determine their strength to support development of new nuclear fuels.

Burrow after excavation.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV researcher discovers first Idaho dinosaur burrow  

October 23, 2019

POCATELLO –Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV Department of Geosciences affiliate researcher L.J. Krumenacker has discovered and documented the first dinosaur burrow in Idaho, which is just the second dinosaur burrow discovered in North America and the third discovered in the world. Both North American burrows are from the dinosaur Oryctodromeus, Idaho’s most common dinosaur.

Goby fish

ISU biology professor, student conduct research in Catalina Island; Master's student to present findings in January

October 23, 2019

POCATELLO – Santa Catalina Island is known for its glass bottom boats, scuba and snorkeling spots, and panoramic views of the pacific, but to Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV biological sciences Assistant Professor Devaleena Pradhan, the island is known for the Bluebanded Goby fish.

Public invited to view ISU vice president for research finalist presentations

October 16, 2019

POCATELLO – The public is invited to watch presentations by the three finalists for the Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV vice president for research and economic development position, who will be visiting campus Oct. 21- Nov. 1. 

Mustafa Mashal and Bruce Savage

ISU awarded more than $1 million to build Disaster Response Complex in Pocatello

September 23, 2019

ISU civil and environmental engineering faculty work in collaboration with INL, CAES

members of team RAMA in front of their beam

Two ISU civil engineering student teams record Top-10 finishes at national PCI Big Beam Competition

September 17, 2019

POCATELLO – Two teams of Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV civil and environmental engineering students finished in the top 10 at the 2019 Precast/Prestressed Institute (PCI) Big Beam Competition.

Amazon Rainforest Fires-What are the impacts and what can we do about it?

September 16, 2019

Peer and Lawyer, principal investigators

ISU awarded $1.1 million grant that will help treat opioid-use disorder

September 13, 2019

POCATELLO – The Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV Department of Psychology has been awarded a $1.1 million federal grant that focuses on improving the prevention and treatment of opioid use disorder in Southeast Idaho.