At Iowa State he scored a research gig studying rare earth magnets at nearby Ames Laboratory, famed for its work on the Manhattan Project.

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Iowa State University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Ames Laboratory, in partnership with a network of universities and industrial partners, will be initiating a series of workshops called "Mapping the Materials Genome" focused on identifying the critical research challenges and establishing the experimental and computational techniques by which the "Materials Genome" can in fact be realized.

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It was then sent to the USDA's laboratory in Ames, Iowa, where it tested positive, the agency said.

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It was then sent to the Department of Agriculture's laboratory in Ames, Iowa, where it tested positive, the agency said.

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