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Scientists say new compounds may prove cheap supply for solar cells

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

By Steve Law, The Portland Tribune   Researchers at Oregon State University found that compounds related to iron pyrite, or “fool’s gold,” might offer cheap and promising applications in the fabrication of solar energy cells.   Read More

College of Science honors faculty, staff

Friday, October 7th, 2011

Oregon State University News and Communications CORVALLIS, Ore. – The College of Science at Oregon State University recently honored a number of its faculty and staff for their accomplishments over the past year. Tevian Dray of the Department of Mathematics and Richard Nafshun of the Department of Chemistry received the Loyd Carter Award for Outstanding […]

Lasting evolutionary change takes about one million years

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Oregon State University News and Communications CORVALLIS, Ore. – In research that will help address a long-running debate and apparent contradiction between short- and long-term evolutionary change, scientists have discovered that although evolution is a constant and sometimes rapid process, the changes that hit and stick tend to take a long time. Give or take […]