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Forests have a significantly higher capacity than previously estimated to sequester, or store carbon - but some of this can be offset by major events such as droughts and hurricanes.

Held each state legislative session, OSU Day puts students, alumni, faculty, staff and other university supporters in contact with state lawmakers to talk about issues important to Oregon State.

Science museums can have a profound influence on how much people around them know about science and how interested they are in it, a new study confirms for the first time. 

A team of researchers, led by Oregon State University's Brian Sidlauskas, used Facebook to help identify 5,000 specimens of fish from Guyana. Within 24 hours, their Facebook friends has IDed 90 percent of them.

The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University is expanding its leadership training program with $50,000 provided by Tektronix.

A new, less costly way to produce microchannel heat exchangers may have many applications in computers, electronics, air conditioning, fuel processing and other uses.

Oregon State University will formally dedicate its new outdoor recreation complex this Friday, celebrating a project voted on and paid for by students.

Oregon State University will present its Distinguished Service Award during commencement this June to Robert Fossum, a 1969 Ph.D. graduate credited with bolstering national security.

Oregon State University Valley Libraries has just completed work on the project that will allow visitors to sift through a library of cultural assets.

Sherm Bloomer, dean of OSU’s College of Science, and Sam Stern, dean of the College of Education, are moving forward with the early steps toward creating a STEM Learning Center where faculty and staff from across the university can come together to work on research related to STEM learning.

OSU researchers are working with Cannon Beach officials and others on the design and testing of a new city hall that could serve as a vertical evacuation shelter during a tsunami.

Damage to nuclear power plants in Japan from the recent earthquake and tsunami pose little risk to the United States, according to radiation health experts at Oregon State University.

One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded rocked Japan and caused a major tsunami - and experts say that the Pacific Northwest faces nearly identical risks for the same thing happening here.

The massive earthquake that rocked Japan Thursday and generated a tsunami that inundated coastal cities at that island nation triggered alerts around the world. The Oregon coast was no exception.

The university issues a formal response to online postings regarding three adult children of congressional candidate Art Robinson who are graduate students at OSU.

Oregon State University has released two new varieties of potatoes that will catch the eye of processors and the gourmet market - including a red-fleshed spud that when cut looks like a slice of pepperoni.

Lodgepole pine, a tree species that for hundreds of years provided many of the "lodgepoles" for Native American tepees, is disappearing from much of the American West due to climate change.

OSU faculty are partnering with colleagues at two other universities and with the USDA on this five-year, $20-million project aimed at ensuring that Pacific Northwest cereal crops are sustainable for the long haul.

Oregon State University’s University Housing & Dining Services will host the fourth annual “Soul Food Café: A Journey Through Culture and Cuisine,” in celebration of Black History Month, on Wednesday, Feb. 23 from 5 to 8 p.m. at McNary Dining Center.

The application of a naturally occurring pheromone to honey bee test colonies increases colony growth resulting in stronger hives overall, according to a new study.