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OPB: Researchers identify toxin that tainted Salem’s drinking water in 2018

OPB: Researchers identify toxin that tainted Salem’s drinking water in 2018

by The Beaver Caucus | Jun 19, 2022 | News

The research pinpointed the organisms at source of dangerous algae bloom. A new study pinpoints the type of toxic algae that bloomed in Detroit Lake in 2018 and made the drinking water in Salem potentially hazardous for some people to drink. Theo Dreher, emeritus...
OPB: Oregon scientists will use parasitic wasp to control invasive pest damaging fruit crops

OPB: Oregon scientists will use parasitic wasp to control invasive pest damaging fruit crops

by The Beaver Caucus | Jun 13, 2022 | News

Starting next month in Marion county, scientists at Oregon State University will release a parasitic species of wasp to control an invasive pest that infests fruits as they ripen, costing half a billion dollars worth of crop damage each year in the U.S. The...
Newsweek: Mental Health Warning: Study Shows High Post-COVID Anxiety Disorder Risk

Newsweek: Mental Health Warning: Study Shows High Post-COVID Anxiety Disorder Risk

by The Beaver Caucus | Jun 8, 2022 | News

Scientists have urged patients and health care staff to be more proactive about addressing mental health concerns as a new study identifies a higher risk of psychiatric disorders among people suffering from COVID-19. Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) used...
OPB: Oregon State University names Jayathi Murthy its next president

OPB: Oregon State University names Jayathi Murthy its next president

by The Beaver Caucus | Jun 7, 2022 | News

Oregon State University’s Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to confirm Jayathi Murthy as the university’s next president. Murthy is currently dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of California Los Angeles, where she’s the first woman...
Medical Xpress: Research sheds light on why not all obese patients develop type 2 diabetes

Medical Xpress: Research sheds light on why not all obese patients develop type 2 diabetes

by The Beaver Caucus | Jun 4, 2022 | News

Researchers at Oregon State University have invented a new analytical method that sheds light on an enduring mystery regarding type 2 diabetes: Why some obese patients develop the disease and others don’t. Type 2 diabetes is a serious metabolic disease...
OPB: US Department of Energy awards $25M for wave energy testing at first-in-nation Oregon facility

OPB: US Department of Energy awards $25M for wave energy testing at first-in-nation Oregon facility

by The Beaver Caucus | May 26, 2022 | News

Researchers from across the country can test new technology at the wave energy test site Oregon State University is building near Newport. Just south of Newport, a new wave energy facility called PacWave is about a year away from being operational. It will be the...
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