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OSU Cascades
Nov. 23, 2021
OSU-Cascades spinout is semifinalist in $4 million federal lithium extraction contest
BEND, Ore. – A company started by an Oregon State University – Cascades researcher is a semifinalist in a $4 million federal competition to develop green, economically viable methods for extracting from geothermal brine a chemical element important for electric vehicles.
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College of Forestry
Nov. 22, 2021
Snow cover critical for revegetation following high-severity forest fires, OSU study shows
CORVALLIS, Ore. – How much and how long a severely burned Pacific Northwest mountain landscape stays blanketed in winter snow is a key factor in the return of vegetation, research by Oregon State University and the University of Nevada, Reno shows.
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College of Science
Nov. 16, 2021
OSU study yields a first in fossil research: Seeds sprouting from an amber-encased pine cone
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University research has uncovered the first fossil evidence of a rare botanical condition known as precocious germination in which seeds sprout before leaving the fruit.
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College of Health, College of Liberal Arts
Nov. 15, 2021
Major water birth safety study from OSU finds no increased risk of death, major trauma
Oregon State University researchers have conducted the largest study of water births to date and found they were associated with better overall outcomes than non-water births.
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College of Forestry
Nov. 15, 2021
OSU to host mini-symposium on 2021 ‘heat dome’ event and impact on PNW forests and trees
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The effect on trees of this year’s early summer Pacific Northwest heat wave is the subject of a Nov. 19 event hosted by the Oregon State University College of Forestry.