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Oregon State University Improves Quantum DOT Manufaturing
Nov 11, 2015Advances at Oregon State University in manufacturing technology for “quantum dots” may soon lead to a new generation of LED lighting that produces a more user-friendly white light, while using less toxic materials and low-cost ...
Tags: quantum dots, LED lighting, color control
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Researchers at The OSU Have Patented a New Strain of Succulent Red Marine Algae
Jul 20, 2015Researchers at the Oregon State University (OSU) in the US have patented a new strain of succulent red marine algae called dulse, which tastes like bacon. The protein-rich dulse, which is usually grown in the wild along the Pacific and ...
Tags: agricultural goods, marine algae, dulse
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Nathan Sports Extended Partnerships with Four of The Brand's Elite Runners
Mar 31, 2015Nathan Sports extended partnerships with four of the brand's elite runners Emily Harrison, Stephanie Howe, Michael Wardian and Ian Torrence. On the heels of last week's addition of Rob Krar, the 2013 and 2014 Utra Runner of the Year, to the ...
Tags: Nathan Sports, Utra Runner, Sporting Goods
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a Team of French Investigators Has Discovered Viruses Containing Genes
Mar 5, 2014A team of French investigators has discovered viruses containing genes for antibiotic resistance in a fossilized fecal sample from 14th century Belgium, long before antibiotics were used in medicine. They publish their findings ahead of ...
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Streetline,Inc. Announced The Release of ParkSight 2.0
Feb 27, 2014Streetline, Inc. announced today the release of ParkSight™ 2.0, the most advanced real-time and historical parking data and analytics platform. ParkSight 2.0 was released to Streetline's existing customers today and is now a standard ...
Tags: cloud-based software, sensors, parking management tools
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Researchers Made This Argument in a Journal Article in Response to a Debate
Feb 10, 2014Eliminating grazing won't reduce the impact of climate change on rangeland, according to nearly 30 scientists in the western United States. The researchers, who work for nine universities and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, made this ...
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Detect Underwater Volcanic Eruptions Is Imaged by Satellite
Feb 8, 2014(Phys.org) —Oregon State University scientists have discovered how to pinpoint the time and place of underwater volcanic eruptions using satellite images. Volcanic eruptions on the ocean floor can spew large amounts of pumice and ...
Tags: NASA, OSU, Remote Sensing, satellite
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A Startling 59% College Students Were "Food Insecure" at Some Point
Feb 7, 2014One of the few studies of its type has found that a startling 59 percent of college students at one Oregon university were "food insecure" at some point during the previous year, with possible implications for academic success, physical and ...
Tags: food insecure, the freshman 15, Oregon, College Student
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Researchers Took a Giant Step Towards Controlling a Growing Problem in The Wine Community
Jan 19, 2014A team of Australian researchers has taken a giant step towards controlling a growing problem in the wine community. They have identified special yeast that produce a lower level of alcohol, helping to preserve the flavor. Their research is ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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The Researchers to Study Human Walking
Jan 17, 2014Humans and some of our hominid ancestors such as Homo erectus have been walking for more than a million years, and researchers are close to figuring out how we do it. It's never been completely clear how human beings accomplish the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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in a Finding That Overturns The Conventional View That Large Old Trees Are Unproductive
Jan 15, 2014In a finding that overturns the conventional view that large old trees are unproductive, scientists have determined that for most species, the biggest trees increase their growth rates and sequester more carbon as they age. In a letter ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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Most Clinical Studies of Vitamins Are "Flawed by Poor Methodology", Review Finds
Jan 14, 2014Most clinical studies of vitamins are "flawed by poor methodology", review finds Most large clinical trials of vitamin supplements, including those that have concluded supplements are of no value or even harmful, have a “flawed ...
Tags: vitamin supplements, flawed methodology, useless, micronutrients
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Researchers at Oregon State University Have Discovered Novel Compounds
Jan 7, 2014Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered novel compounds produced by certain types of chemical reactions – such as those found in vehicle exhaust or grilling meat - that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than their ...
Tags: Oregon State University, novel compounds, chemical reactions, mutagenic
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Vitamin Supplements Have a Flawed Methodology
Jan 3, 2014Most large, clinical trials of vitamin supplements, including some that have concluded they are of no value or even harmful, have a flawed methodology that renders them largely useless in determining the real value of these micronutrients, ...
Tags: vitamin supplements, flawed methodology, micronutrients
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Most Effective Ways to Cut Methane Is to Reduce Global Populations of Ruminant Livestock
Dec 24, 2013While climate change negotiators struggle to agree on ways to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, they have paid inadequate attention to other greenhouse gases associated with livestock, according to an analysis by an international ...
Tags: Climate Change, Livestock