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The "green revolution" may be about ready to come to forestry, using semi-dwarf trees for various advantages such as biomass production, drought stress resistance or greenhouse gas mitigation.

A West Coast research team led by Oregon State University will explore the impacts of ocean acidification in the California Current System in a project funded by the National Science Foundation.

Improved communication about sex from a wide range of sources, working in collaboration, might help reduce an epidemic of STDs in black urban teenagers from low-income families.

A free film festival of German language movies will show in Corvallis Oct. 8-12.

The Oregon coastal communities of Newport and Reedsport are finalists for the possible location of the Pacific Marine Energy Center, a planned $8 million, grid-connected wave energy testing facility in the Northwest.

Technology being developed at OSU based on diatoms could help make biofuels from algae more cost effective, while producing other products at the same time.

Oregon State University Libraries is helping Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes to preserve some of their most important historical records.

OSU and the City of Newport are collaborating on a project to create an educational exhibit using a section of the Japanese dock that washed ashore on the Oregon coast earlier this summer.

Oregon State University, Linn-Benton Community College and Lebanon High School will sign a memorandum of understanding at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30, at the LBCC Lebanon Center Annex. The agreement will enable Lebanon High School students to enroll early at LBCC and have a pathway cleared for their eventual entrance to OSU.

Vitamin B-3 may provide an alternative approach to combat antibiotic-resistant staph infections that have killed thousands of people around the world, according to researchers at OSU's Linus Pauling Insitute.

Microwave ovens may be used to improve a process that produces solar cells with less energy, expense and environmental concerns, according to researchers at Oregon State University.

Oregon State University will revise its First Year Experience program for new students over the next several years in an effort to help students succeed academically and improve retention.

A group of researchers has scored nations around the world for their contributions to ocean health, and found considerable room for improvement. The U.S. rated slightly above average.

OSU scientists discovered "selfish DNA" in the mitochondria of animals for the first time, in findings that could provide an important new model to study human aging.

Oregon State University is hoping to inspire a new generation of students to consider pursuing medical careers by giving high school students from the Woodburn area the chance to spend a week exploring the world of veterinary medicine.

Oregon State University and Linn-Benton Community College today signed a new agreement to help students attain a “reverse transfer” associate’s degree.

Young children who are able to pay attention and persist on a task have a 50 percent greater chance of completing college, according to a new study at Oregon State University.

Beginning Sept. 1, Oregon State University will prohibit smoking on campus, in the health interests of the campus community.

The most comprehensive study ever done on the earthquake risks facing the Cascadia Subduction Zone has been completed, and it indicates the southern section is at highest risk.

Childhood obesity may cause a range of problems other than the usual health effects, including accelerating the onset of puberty and causing reproductive concerns later in life.

The coming century may bring a succession of droughts as bad or worse than a 2000-04 drought that devastated much of the West, an ecological problem that researchers say is due to global warming.

Active management to reduce fire risks to vulnerable Pacific Northwest forests could, in the long run, help improve survival chances for the northern spotted owl.

Infectious disease is causing much of the mortality among amphibians around the world, triggered by multiple causes such as climate change and pollution.

People who experience a physical health problem, from diabetes and back pain to cancer or heart disease, are three times more likely to seek mental health care than patients who report having no physical ailment.

A new study by an Oregon State University researcher suggests that higher blood pressure is associated with lower mortality in extremely frail, elderly adults.

Public health could be significantly improved by raising the RDA of Vitamin C to more than twice its current level, Oregon State University researchers say in a new report.

A newly published study, which includes researchers from OSU, suggests viruses that may be infecting corals could be partly responsible for the decline of coral reefs around the world.

A survey of pediatric physicians and nurse practitioners in the Portland metro area shows that a majority are not regularly asking about household food practices, including nutritional quality or whether there is enough food in the home.

Former Oregon State University librarian Rodney Waldron died June 22 in Mt. Angel. He was 92 years old. Waldron served as University Librarian at OSU from 1965 to 1984.

Major earthquakes have devastated Japan, Chile, New Zealand and Haiti in the past couple of years, and an expert says danger zones also include Iran, Cuba, Afghanistan and Venezuela.

Male right whales don't get around much - a new study shows most calves off New Zealand were fathered by local males. Such fidelity may preserve genetic diversity, but could create in-breeding.

In two studies out online today, OSU researchers examined how parenting style – whether a strict but loving parent or a less-involved and more permissive parent – was associated with sedentary behavior.

OSU research has traced carcinogens in cooked meat through a complex path to their impact on microRNA and cancer stem cells - and documented how spinach can make a difference.