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The College of Science celebrated research, teaching and administrative excellence at its 2017 Fall Faculty and Staff Awards.

Loading nanofiber sutures with vitamin D induces the production of an infection-fighting peptide, new research shows.

Applications are open for Oregon's top academic and professional fellowship program: The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry's OMSI Science Communication Fellowship.

More than a month before a game-changing detection of a short gamma-ray burst – a finding announced today – scientists at Oregon State University predicted such a discovery would occur.

Physics undergraduates had an outstanding summer in 2017! At least 20 physics undergraduates engaged in significant research projects all over the country, including OSU physics labs.

Research-funding agencies that require scientists to declare at the proposal stage how their projects will be “transformative” may actually be hindering discovery, according to a study by OSU ecologists.

The Oregon coast is now facing annual threats from hypoxia, or low oxygen, and scientists liken the phenomenon to wildfire season.

Thirty-one SURE Science students spent their summers immersed in the beauty and drama of science.

Ph.D. student Nicole Hams selected as Western Representative to the National Black Graduate Student Association, the nation’s largest interdisciplinary graduate organization for students of African descent.

Science faculty received $18.7 million in research grants and awards in FY17, the second highest year since FY2013 and a 54% increase from last year.

Biochemists develop a novel method to overcome major challenges in the study of the otoferlin protein and its role in human deafness.

Oregon State microbiologists have suggested a new paradigm for the study of microbiomes—one that has key implications for medical care.