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Pollution controls used during China Olympics could save lives if continued

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CORVALLIS, Ore. — The air pollution control measures that were put in place in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games — if continued — would cut almost in half the lifetime risk of lung cancer for the area’s residents from certain inhaled pollu…

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Health

OSU helps decode strawberry genome in bid to improve fruit

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CORVALLIS, Ore. — Researchers at Oregon State University have helped sequence the genome of a wild strawberry, laying the groundwork for genetic improvements to related fruits like apples, peaches and pears.
The advance was published today in…

Categories Blog Entry, Health, Life & Non-humans

Microreactor speeds nanotech particle production by 500 times

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CORVALLIS, Ore. — Engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a new method to speed the production rate of nanoparticles by 500 times, an advance that could play an important role in making nanotechnology products more commercially practi…

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Health, Physics & Mathematics, Technology

‘Nanosprings’ offer improved performance in biomedicine, electronics

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CORVALLIS, Ore. — Researchers at Oregon State University have reported the successful loading of biological molecules onto “nanosprings” — a type of nanostructure that has gained significant interest in recent years for its ability to maximize s…

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Physics & Mathematics

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