News Archive

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The fastest, most creative and last-robot-standing will reign victorious at a competition at the Oregon State Fair in August, and for the first time young participants who do not belong to 4-H can be in the winner's circle.

CORVALLIS, Ore. —High-density, "flat" pear orchards may gradually replace the conventional-looking 3-D variety if growers adopt a new system expected to help Oregon growers keep ahead of international competition by countering rising labor, land and fuel costs.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A team of scientists is studying the complex ocean upwelling process by mimicking nature – pumping cold, nutrient-rich water from deep within the Pacific Ocean and releasing it into surface waters near Hawaii that lack the nitrogen and phosphorous necessary to support high biological production.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study at Oregon State University has finally resolved a controversy that cellular biologists have been arguing over for nearly 50 years, with findings that may aid research on everything from birth defects and genetic diseases to the most classic “cell division” issue of them all – cancer.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Scientists at Oregon State University have received two of the 10 federal grants to accelerate genomic research in cellulosic biofuel feedstock crops, which many believe will be the future of ethanol and an alternative to food-based biofuels.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – One of Gilbert & Sullivan’s most famous operettas, “The Mikado,” opens at Oregon State University on Aug. 14.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Swing shift workers and frequent fliers beware – scientists have identified yet another biological issue that relates to the “circadian clock” found in almost every species from insects to humans, and discovered that the time of day also affects the ability to resist oxidative stress.

CORVALLIS, ORE.—Jim Youde and Judith Atwood Youde, founders of Northwest Economic Associates, Inc., a natural resource and economic consulting firm based in Vancouver, Wash., have committed $1.4 million to support Oregon State University's first capital campaign.