MEDFORD, Ore. – The Oregon Health Authority and Oregon State University are thanking wastewater utilities around the state, for their help in tracking COVID-19 through the pandemic. The OHA said in a statement Monday, that in September 2020 wastewater utilities ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– ODF and Oregon State University are working on a new version of last year’s wildfire hazard map. New legislation from the state has provided more guidelines for the map, after it was rescinded last year. The biggest change ...
Author: Casey McCabe (KGW) CORVALLIS, Ore. (KGW) — Pacific gray whale populations are threatened by microplastics in the ocean, according to an Oregon State University study that analyzed the poop of whales feeding off the Oregon coast. The researchers determined ...
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University is getting $1 million to study the effects of fire on mass timber. The relatively new category of wood product that’s glued together in a pattern perpendicular to the next, up to more than ...
Author: Tim Gordon (KGW) CORVALLIS, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon State University just learned it will be spearheading a million-dollar project to advance semiconductor technologies in the Pacific Northwest. The project leader hopes it grows Oregon’s silicone forest into more parts ...
Author: Tim Gordon (KGW) CORVALLIS, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon State University is taking a lead role in a big effort to educate the next generation of nuclear forensic scientists It will join 15 other universities focused on researching new technology ...
Author: Tim Gordon (KGW) CORVALLIS, Ore. (KGW) — Promising research at Oregon State University is working on ways to fix blindness for people with rare genetic conditions. The research centers on the same mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines. “Our ...
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University researchers are partnering with a world-renowned vehicle manufacturer to develop zero-emission semi-trucks. OSU’s Yue Cao and Alan Fern are reportedly working with Daimler Trucks North America to develop a zero-emissions heavy-duty truck for regional ...
Author: Evan Watson (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Breakthrough medical research shows nanotechnology could be used to better detect and treat ectopic pregnancies, according to researchers from Oregon Health & Science University and Oregon State University. An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy ...
Author: Tim Gordon (KGW) CORVALLIS, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon State University scientists have taken nanotechnology to a new level targeting cancer cells. They have developed a new heat-efficient nanoparticles, improving their previous cancer fighting ability. “So technically using these nanoparticles ...