A National Science Foundation study suggests that localized attempts to curb pollution won’t save coral reefs without a worldwide effort to reduce global warming.
In its first week, Oregon State’s new diffractometer has already generated data for eight publishable articles in peer-reviewed science journals.
The hops plant produces a compound that thwarts cancer cells, and two key derivatives of the compound are even more effective.
Support from the John and Diane Howieson Scholarship is transformative for zoology students, who use the time that they would have spent working to engage […]
Marine ecologist and world-renowned leader in environmental research to deliver commencement address at OSU’s 150th graduation ceremony.
Chemists patent a method for making anti-leukemia compounds that until now have only been available via an Asian tree.
A newly discovered parasitic cycle may offer a preview of what further ocean warming will bring.
Microbiologist Andrew Thurber’s discovery is one of the first times a commercially harvested species has been seen using methane seeps as an energy source.
James Winton (Ph.D. ’81) remains grateful for how a single microbiology course changed his life.
Biologist David Maddisonhas been awarded the lifetime honor of being elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Entomologist George Poinar has discovered that the microorganisms that cause malaria, leishmaniasis and a variety of other illnesses today can be traced back at least […]
The more people a city has and the more organized its residents’ movement patterns, the longer its flu season is apt to last.
The College of Science congratulates Courtney Rae Armour, the first graduate student to receive the Larry W. Martin & Joyce B. O’Neill Endowed Fellowship.
The College of Science is co-sponsoring the Fall 2018 Northwest Regional GEM Getting Ready for Advanced Degrees (GRAD) Laboratory on campus Friday and Saturday, September […]
The College welcomes Melissa Lee to a new position—Transfer Student and Recruitment Advisor—on its central advising team.
The College of Science welcomes alumna Tamara Mitchell (’07) as its new Associate Director of Learning Experience Design.
The second Genetic Code Expansion (GCE) Conference accelerated fundamental research into the biology of life as well as drug discovery and material science.
New research shows that a big earthquake can not only cause other quakes, but large ones, and on the opposite side of the Earth.
Q: What is the common denominator between isolating strawberry DNA, building Knex vehicles, spalting wood and probing sea anemone symbiosis?
John Gardner was at the height of his career in solid state physics when he had to put everything on hold.
