Scientists recruit public to help study "The Blob"

Scientists are seeking help from the public - use of their computers - to aid in a study of the West Coast drought.

Fat, sugar cause bacterial changes that may relate to loss of cognitive function

Both a high-fat and a high-sugar diet cause changes in gut bacteria that appear related to a significant loss of “cognitive flexibility,” or the power to adapt to changing situations.

Toxic algal blooms behind Klamath River dams create health risks far downstream

Toxic algal blooms can travel far downstream from their source in reservoirs on the Klamath River, posing health risks to people and wildlife.

View of "nature as capital" uses economic value to help achieve a sustainable future

By viewing nature as "capital" to help provide ecosystem resources, progress is being made in a wide range of environmental protection issues.

Decades of research yield natural dairy thickener with probiotic potential

OSU has discovered and commercialized a new type of food thickener that may add probiotic characteristics to some of the products in which it's used.

Researchers to complete final deployment of OOI instrumentation this week

OSU scientists will deploy a sophisticated research buoy and two undersea gliders as final pieces of the “Endurance Array,” a major component of the National Science Foundation’s $386 million Ocean Observatories Initiative.

New study: Iceberg influx into Atlantic during ice age raised tropical methane emissions

A new study shows that huge influxes of fresh water into the North Atlantic Ocean from icebergs calving off North America during the last ice age increased methane in tropical wetlands.

Licensing agreement reached on brilliant new blue pigment discovered by happy accident

A brilliant new blue pigment – discovered serendipitously by OSU chemists in 2009 – is now reaching the marketplace, where it will be used in a wide range of coatings and plastics.

Pactamycin analogs offer new, gentler approach to cancer treatment

Compounds being studied at OSU could be part of a new approach to cancer, in which cancer cells and tumors are not so much killed as put to sleep.

New program to train international specialists in water conflict resolution

OSU is a leader in a new international program designed to train students in the art of "hydro-diplomacy" - solving water conflicts.

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