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Climate and Oceans

Sea star disease epidemic surges in Oregon

An estimated 30-50% of the Oregon sea star populations in the intertidal zone have the disease.

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Health and Biotechnology

The vitamin debate

Linus Pauling Institute researchers and three other institutions refuted recent claims that “the case is closed” on multivitamins.

Viviana Perez sitting in lab
Biochemistry & Biophysics

Drug action may slow aging and related diseases

The drug rapamycin appears to mimic the effects of dietary restriction in slowing the aging process

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Integrative Biology

Lyme disease older than human race

New discoveries of ticks fossilized in amber show that the bacteria which cause it may have been lurking around for 15 million years.

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Integrative Biology

Butterfly “eyespots” add detail to the story of evolution

The evolution of life has never been simple, but one bone or butterfly eyespot at a time, the pieces continue to come together.

May Nyman instructing students in her lab
Chemistry

Fundamental science at its best

Inorganic, molecular materials can effectively degrade dangerous chemical warfare agents.

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Chemistry

Trees go high-tech

Trees may soon play a major role in making high-tech energy storage devices.

Dr. Mas Subramanian analyzing blue pigment in chemistry lab
Faculty and Staff

Living in a new, colorful materials world

College of Science Chemistry Professor Mas Subramanian is the 2013 recipient of the F.A. Gilfillan Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Science.

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Students

Risk assessment

I’ve always had a deep interest in the environment and in environmental toxins and pollution.

Andy Karplus and student analzying X-ray crystallography experiments
Biochemistry & Biophysics

X-ray vision

There’s nothing like a new pair of eyeglasses to bring fine details into sharp relief.

Ethan Minot in physics lab
Chemistry

Turncoat proteins

The proteins in our bodies fight infection, carry messages, ferry oxygen and build tissue. But then they can betray us.

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Physics

Shine a light

Associate professor of physics Oksana Ostroverkhova will spend a year working a research review in the quickly evolving field of optoelectronics.