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Teams from Des Moines and Dubuque dominated the competition at Saturday’s Ames Laboratory/Iowa State University Regional High School Science bowl. But West Des Moines Valley outlasted Central Academy in one of the closest matches in recent history to win the championship and the right to represent the regional at the National Science Bowl, April 26-30 in Washington D.C.

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On Jan. 5, R&D Magazine carried the Ames Lab press release announcing that lead-free solder had taken over the top spot in the amount of royalty revenue generated by a technology developed at Ames Laboratory.

The environmentally-friendly solder was the first cost-effective, broadly useable alternative to tin-lead solder, a toxic but necessary ingredient in a range of popular—and proliferating—consumer electronics.

Latest Feature Story

Computers, smartphones, tablets – they’re ubiquitous in today’s society and many of them have one thing in common – the use of lead-free solder.  The Exchange host Ben Keiffer talks with senior metallurgist Iver Anderson of the Ames Lab about the technology that earns Iowa State University millions of dollars in royalties every year.