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Dr. Adrian Gombart, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at Oregon State University is researching the benefits that hops and a derivative in hops called xanthohumol, can help fight metabolic syndrome affecting an estimated 35% of U.S. adults.
Chemists are suggesting a relatively abundant metal could hold the key to more sustainable battery technology amid the intense demand for resources by industries in the green energy transition.
I-ron, not so far away.
A future where electric cars are cheaper, safer and more sustainable is coming — and affordable, easily obtained iron is the key, scientists say.
A team of researchers hopes to ignite the next green revolution by demonstrating that the extremely ordinary element — rather than rare, expensive cobalt and nickel — can be used to construct the cathode in lithium-ion batteries.
Scientists have recently developed a new type of cathode material using iron to make lithium-ion batteries for electric cars. This would replace the more expensive and scarce metals such as cobalt and nickel and pave the way for cheaper, safer, and more sustainable batteries with higher energy densities.
A collaboration co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher is hoping to spark a green battery revolution by showing that iron instead of cobalt and nickel can be used as a cathode material in lithium-ion batteries.
Over a century ago, settlers altered the Pacific Coast’s natural shape with the introduction of two non-native grass species. Now, a new hybrid grass species is making headway and presenting challenges for dune restoration, say Oregon State scientists.
Despite the ubiquity of silver nanoparticles, little is known about their environmental toxicity or how it might be mitigated. Researchers at Oregon State University have taken a key step toward closing the knowledge gap with a study that indicates the particles' shape and surface chemistry play key roles in how they affect aquatic ecosystems.
An international collaboration that includes two Oregon State University scientists says the world’s largest marine protected areas aren’t collectively delivering the biodiversity benefits they could be because of slow implementation of management strategies and a failure to restrict the most impactful human activities.
“Saying that these areas that are touted to be for biodiversity conservation should also do double duty for fishing as well, especially highly impactful gears that are for large-scale commercial take, there’s just a cognitive dissonance there,” said Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, a marine biologist at Oregon State University who led a group of scientists that in 2021 published a guide for evaluating marine protected areas.
A video focused on a new magenta pigment discovery from Oregon State.
Ecologists today are working to refine what “keystone species” means and advocate for a more discerning application. With a more rigorous identification of keystone species, policymakers can better identify and safeguard species that have disproportionate impacts on ecosystems, they argue.
From April 15-17, state delegates, organization representatives, academics and philanthropists met at the 9th Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Athens to discuss the protection of the world’s oceans and pledge actions to safeguard their future. College of Science marine ecologists Kirsten Grorud-Colvert and Jenna Sullivan-Stack presented at the conference about the importance of highly protected marine areas.
An Oregon State University researcher who made color history in 2009 with a vivid blue pigment has developed durable, reddish magentas inspired by lunar mineralogy and ancient Egyptian chemistry.
A group of researchers from the Oregon State University has recently published a new study illustrating how it has developed durable chromium-based reddish magenta pigments inspired by lunar mineralogy and ancient Egyptian chemistry, which can be employed during the manufacturing process of energy-efficient coatings for vehicles and buildings.
An Oregon State University researcher develops durable, reddish magentas inspired by lunar mineralogy and ancient Egyptian chemistry. The new pigments can be used as energy-efficient coatings for vehicles and buildings. The pigments are based on divalent chromium - Cr2+. “To date, no earth-based mineral has been reported to contain chromium in the divalent state as one of the components,” said Mas Subramanian, the Milton Harris professor of Materials Science in the OSU College of Science.
An Oregon State University researcher who made color history in 2009 with a vivid blue pigment has developed durable, reddish magentas inspired by lunar mineralogy and ancient Egyptian chemistry.
“This kind of a phenomenon is certainly not something that I’ve ever been aware of,” said Oregon State University marine ecologist Bruce Menge, who studies how currents shape coastal ecosystems but was not involved in the fish kill research, published today in Nature Climate Change.
Scientists at Oregon State have discovered a new prehistoric species of spider with a genius strategy for hiding from its predators. In rare cases, spiders can become trapped in various tree resins, such as amber and copal, preserving their bodies for millennia. Even more unusual is finding a fossilized spider masquerading as something else—in this case, an ant.
Oregon State University scientists studying ways to filter greenhouse gases from the air recently discovered that when molecules of the metal vanadium are bound with oxygen molecules as peroxide, they can pull carbon dioxide from the air.
A metal found in the Earth’s crust could be used to attract and remove climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Oregon State University scientists studying ways to filter greenhouse gases from the air recently discovered that when molecules of the metal vanadium are bound with oxygen molecules as peroxide, they can pull carbon dioxide from the air. May Nyman, the Oregon State chemistry professor who led the research, said vanadium and peroxide could be used in filters behind industrial fans to trap the carbon dioxide.
