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Students

Chemistry student praises value of research

Senior Collin Nicholas Muniz from Portland, Oregon, has a voracious appetite for science.

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Students

Microbiology student contributes to groundbreaking research

Undergraduate Christina Moody was part of a research team that recently constructed a powerful molecule that can inhibit deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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Events

Gilfillan Lecture: The Garden of Eden Revisited

Robert Mason, a nationally recognized researcher on reproduction in garter snakes, presents 2017 F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Lecture April 3, 2017.

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Women in Science

Chemist addresses scientific challenges under an 'inconvenient administration'

An apparent lack of concern for scientific evidence” poses a challenge to environmental management, writes chemist Staci Simonich in a recent editorial.

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Biomedical Science

New technology for attaching proteins offers many life-changing applications

Since the mid-1990s, biochemistry professor Ryan Mehl has been working to find the perfect chemical reaction for attaching proteins to just about anything. And now his persistence is finally paying off.

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Marine Science

Funding for long-term studies promotes better science, environmental policy

The need for long-term research—which is highly valued by environmental scientists and policymakers—far outstrips the amount of funding awarded for it, according to a recent study.

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Biomedical Science

Toxic particles linked to higher lung cancer risk

A new way of looking at how pollutants travel has quadrupled the estimate of global lung cancer risk from a pollutant caused by combustion.

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Microbiology

Microbiologist finds warming temperatures could trigger extinctions in deep oceans

Microbiologist Andrew Thurber has co-authored a study which warns the deep ocean floor may face starvation and sweeping ecological change by the year 2100.

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Research

Mathematician receives NSF CAREER Award

Elise Lockwood, assistant professor of mathematics, receives a five-year $800K National Science Foundation CAREER Award.

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Chemistry

Chemists develop new hydronium-ion battery

Chemists develop new type battery with promise for sustainable, high-power energy storage.

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Integrative Biology

Amber reflections from the scientist who inspired Jurassic Park

George Poinar, Jr. has had a long and storied career studying strange creatures from 100 million years ago preserved in amber.

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Biomedical Science

Disease "superspreading" driving force in Ebola epidemic

A new study reveals nearly 3% of people infected with Ebola in the 2014-15 epidemic were "super spreaders," responsible for infecting 61% of all cases.