Life at OSU

Tsunami debris is still arriving from Japan, nearly four years after the big earthquake, and each arriving item carries the risk of introducing non-native species to the Northwest.

A new study published this week in Science links increases in greenhouse gases during a warming climate after the last ice age to increases in African rainfall.

OSU researchers have found a way to make high-tech electronic materials out of a resource we have too much of - atmospheric carbon dioxide.

A new study suggests that the ocean may absorb carbon dioxide more efficiently than previously thought, but it may come at a cost - decreased oxygen in ocean environments.

New studies of lionfish may help researchers better understand how they, and other animal species, select their prey.

A new biomarker has been identified that will give pet owners more advance notice that their cats may be suffering from kidney disease, a common cause of death for cats

A new way to use lidar technology could revolutionize the understanding of landslides around the world, and reveal them in some areas to be far more pervasive than ever before understood.

Researchers have discovered that the bacteria causing problems for oysters on the Pacific Northwest coast is not the pathogen they believed it was - but instead, one that's even more deadly.

OSU engineers have identified a way to speed up the processing of frozen blood, which may have significant impacts on management of the world blood supply.

Some experiments have shown how butterflies can use "eyespots" to deflect attacks on them, and live long enough to reproduce.