Successful control of reproduction could help address concerns about use of engineered trees

Forestry scientists have found a way to arrest the development of flowers in poplar trees, paving the way for control of the unintentional spread of engineered or non-native tree species.

Lacking other meaningful data, university faculty devise their own teaching evaluation systems

Faculty teaching in the STEM disciplines at large research universities are devising their own systems to collect instructional data from their classrooms and using that data to inform their teaching, new research shows.

Conservation scientists call for global strategy to halt threatened animal extinctions

Aiming to stop the looming extinction of large wild-animal species across the globe, a group of international conservation scientists has issued a call for actions to halt further declines.

When kids learn to conserve energy, their behavior also spreads to parents

Girl Scouts and their parents reported increases in energy-saving behaviors, such as turning off power strips at night and washing clothes in cold water, after the children participated in an intervention program, new research shows.

Study finds major earthquake threat from the Riasi fault in the Himalayas

New geologic mapping in the Himalayan mountains of Kashmir suggests that the region is ripe for a major earthquake that could endanger the lives of as many as a million people.

Small headwater streams export surprising amounts of carbon out of Pacific Northwest forest

Scientists have tracked a higher-than-expected amount of carbon flowing out of a Pacific Northwest forest from month to month through a small headwater stream, suggesting that forested watersheds may not store quite as much carbon as previously thought.

Massive online database lays the foundation for mathematics of the 21st century

An international team of mathematicians that includes an Oregon State University professor has released a massive mathematical database that catalogs objects of central importance in number theory and maps out the intricate connections between them.

Engineers create a better way to boil water - with industrial, electronics applications

Engineers at Oregon State University have found a new way to induce and control boiling bubble formation, that may allow everything from industrial-sized boilers to advanced electronics to work better and last longer.

Hydropeaking of river water levels is disrupting insect survival, river ecosystems

A group of researchers concluded today in a study in the journal BioScience that “hydropeaking” of water flows on many rivers in the West has a devastating impact on aquatic insect abundance.

Comprehensive report of world's transboundary water basins finds hotspots of risk

Climate change and population growth will have an enormous impact on the world’s waterways that cross international borders, but economic development may have consequences just as far-reaching.

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