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Lunging for Life
Self-paced routines instill confidence. Kathy Gunter admits that if she had approached exercises for older women with a competitive attitude, many would have objected. "They had no problems telling me...
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Lessons from the Magic Planet
The rockfish tank captivates Newport first-grader and oceanography buff Noah Goodwin-Rice during a visit to the Visitor Center at the Hatfield Marine Science Center (Photo: Jim Folts) From their...
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Wired Watershed
Researchers lay cable at Blue Lake Reservoir in Oregon's Cascades for an experiment measuring relative humidity during an OSU-led summer workshop. (Photo: Lina DiGregorio) High-tech science got a lift...
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Was Nature Ever Wild?
Illustration by Scott Laumann When Spanish expeditions explored what is now the Santa Barbara, California, region in the 16th and 17th centuries, they found thriving native communities. Explorers’...
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Committed to a Fault
As an undergraduate, Ajeet Johnson (left) worked with Andrew Meigs to study the ages of fault lines. Research, says Meigs, requires students to think differently. “If I tell you that something is one...
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Once and Future King
Salmon seiners on the Columbia River, 1914 (Photo, courtesy of the U.S. Geologtical Survey) Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were early witnesses to the majesty that is the salmon in the Pacific...
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Targeting an Old Foe
As drug-resistant strains of TB spread around the world, Luiz Bermudez works urgently on new treatments. (Photo: Karl Maasdam) M. tuberculosis is a tenacious germ. Armored in a thick, waxy wall...
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On Course
A day after his high-school graduation, Rob Golembiewski landed a summer job experimenting with turf grass at Michigan State University. The self-confessed perfectionist says he still loves to work in...
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Oregon’s Linguistic Landscape
Editor’s note: Euro-American traders and settlers brought Russian, French, Spanish and English to the region we call Oregon, but native people spoke at least 18, possibly more than 25 distinct...
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Lubchenco Nomination Underscores OSU’s National Leadership
The Oregon coast is both laboratory and teaching arena for Jane Lubchenco (Photo: Kelly James) The nomination of Oregon State University marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco to head the National Oceanic and...
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Chemistry Goes Green in New OSU-UO Center
Creating more efficient, environmentally friendly electronics manufacturing practices is the goal of a new Green Materials Chemistry Center at Oregon State University and the University of Oregon....
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“Expedition” in Computational Sustainability
Scratch below the surface of a natural resources question and you’ll often find a tough nut to crack. The complex interactions among species and their habitats have bedeviled scientists from before...
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Living Downwind
Pacific Ocean breezes carry more than the smell of the sea. They transport pollutants from Asia to the United States. By collecting and testing the toxicity of particles in Northwest air samples, OSU...
View ArticleResilience
Three times a week, as dawn breaks over the Willamette Valley, 25 women show up at the Benton Center gym in Corvallis. Their exercise clothes are loose and casual. No spandex for this crowd. On...
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From Margin to Mainstream
On Mustard Seed Farms in the northern Willamette Valley, farmer Dave Brown switched over to organic methods after making a personal commitment to healthier eating. (Photo by Jan Sonnenmair) “The...
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Scientists at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center look for clues to what salmon eat in an unlikely place: the mucus that fish produce on their skin. In this video, David Noakes, professor in the OSU...
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Targeting an Old Foe
As drug-resistant strains of TB spread around the world, Luiz Bermudez works urgently on new treatments. (Photo: Karl Maasdam) M. tuberculosis is a tenacious germ. Armored in a thick, waxy wall...
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On Course
A day after his high-school graduation, Rob Golembiewski landed a summer job experimenting with turf grass at Michigan State University. The self-confessed perfectionist says he still loves to work in...
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Oregon’s Linguistic Landscape
Editor’s note: Euro-American traders and settlers brought Russian, French, Spanish and English to the region we call Oregon, but native people spoke at least 18, possibly more than 25 distinct...
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Lubchenco Nomination Underscores OSU’s National Leadership
The Oregon coast is both laboratory and teaching arena for Jane Lubchenco (Photo: Kelly James) The nomination of Oregon State University marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco to head the National Oceanic and...
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