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- Why do women get more cavities than men?
- UO anthropologist John Lukacs reviews historical records, finds links to fertility, hormones and reproductive pressures
- UO's Postlethwait to pursue Fanconi anemia work in Germany
- With Humboldt Research Award, UO biologist will collaborate on potential disease cure in zebrafish
- Climate change, human activity and wildfires
- UO-led study of last 2,000 years of charcoal evidence suggests human impacts have curtailed fires in most areas
- Oregon students explore the ocean floor -- personally -- in the Bahamas
- Imagine being graded on what you see through the porthole of a deep-diving submersible on the bottom of the tropical Atlantic
- A new hand -- and signs of sensory recovery
- University of Oregon neuroscientist finds transplanted hand-to-brain mapping 35 years after loss of limb
- Bone parts don't add up to conclusion of Palauan dwarfs
- University of Oregon skeletal and dental expert Greg Nelson helps rebut recent widely publicized claims of Hobbit-like humans on Palau some 2,000 years ago
- Museum of Natural and Cultural History breaks ground for new wing
- Landmark expansion needed to safeguard Oregon's ancient treasures
- Microbes, by latitudes and altitudes, shed new light on life's diversity
- Oregon biologist Jessica Green is working in the new frontier of ecological and evolutionary research
- Members of consumer-driven health plans choosing less care
- CDHP participants may be at risk by discontinuing meds for serious chronic conditions, University of Oregon-led studies find
- UO biologist among 2008 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences
- Hui Zong will use four-year award to study initial development of cancerous tumors with his own technique
- UO chooses first projects funded by new tax credit program
- Awards will advance power-saving lighting and a technique to assess hearing capability in young or ill
- Oregon BEST makes 1st investment in state sustainability research
- Five UO researchers in three projects get funding from Oregon BEST to use in work focusing on sustainability that has potential for creating new companies and jobs for the state
- Origin of cells for connective tissues of skull and face challenged
- University of Oregon biologist James Weston documents a source distinct from, but near, a long-accepted location
- First steps in Eugene lead to big reductions of greenhouse gas emissions
- Carbon footprints decline by two tons per person in first year's use of UO's Climate Master program
- MitoSciences Inc. and University of Oregon complete biotechnology deal
- Agreement strengthens the sharing of monoclonal antibodies with life-science researchers around the world, brings financial returns to the university
- Two UO faculty selected as 2008 Guggenheim Fellows
- Shawn R. Lockery, biology, and Philip W. Scher, anthropology, are among 190 U.S. & Canadian artists, scientists and scholars chosen this year
- UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History to host Identification Day
- Visitors are invited to shake the dust off of their mystery items and find out more about them.
- Researchers, led by UO archaeologist, find pre-Clovis human DNA
- Discoveries by Dennis Jenkins from Oregon's Paisley Caves validate claims made years ago by UO anthropologist Luther Cressman
- Clovis-age overkill didn't take out California's flightless sea duck
- Scientists, including University of Oregon archaeologist Jon Erlandson, cite radiocarbon dating of bones at coastal archaeological sites
- Researchers make case for standardized analysis of cardiac imaging
- Oregon Heart & Vascular Institute, University of Oregon and L.A.'s Cedar-Sinai find inconsistencies
- UO study raises questions on synthetic progestins
- Focus on healthy young women finds MPA decreases endothelial function, a key to vascular stability
- Sociologist, administrator selected as dean of UO College of Arts & Sciences
- UO dedicates nanoscience research center
- Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories will help boost Oregon’s economy
- Parental intervention boosts education of kids at high risk of failure
- University of Oregon neuroscientists in Helen Neville's Brain Development Lab are using basic research findings to address real world problems, especially socioeconomic stumbling blocks
- Oregon researchers discover a mechanism leading to cleft palate
- Work in zebrafish by researchers in Postlethwait and Kimmel labs points to tiny gene products that regulate specific cell traffic of a key protein
- New devices to boost nematode research on neurons and drugs
- University of Oregon-led project leads to the creation of two nanotech-driven tools for biologists, neuroscientists
- UO researchers find trigger gene for muscle development
- Work with zebrafish embryos identifies protein interaction and timing of the key regulator that turns on gene expression leading to myogenesis -- the transition of cells into muscles
- Take proactive approach to nano, UO's Hutchison tells congressional caucus
- As an invited speaker to the Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus, UO chemistry professor Jim Hutchison urged policymakers and their staffs to pursue a proactive approach to developing design rules so that nanomaterials, for any use, are safe for both the environment and the public.
- Fund for Faculty Excellence honors University of Oregon elite
- Zebrafish study shows key enzyme in gut is a peacemaker
- Findings by Karen Guillemin's UO lab may provide a new window for studying inflammatory bowel diseases
- UO's Hodder, Institute of Marine Biology lead new ocean education center
- COSEE Pacific Partnerships also includes Hawaii, California and Washington marine institutions, with a goal to create projects that promote ocean education to the general public
- UO's Postlethwait is co-winner of Medical Research Foundation's 2007 Discovery Award
- Neuroscientist recognized for his role in advancing zebrafish as a model organism for studying human health and disease
- Oregon team zeroes in on RNA-binding in myotonic dystrophy
- Award-winning study led by doctoral student Bryan Warf in Andy Berglund's lab helps to determine normal functioning, giving clues to how disease state happens
- UO's Joe Thornton honored by President Bush
- White House cites Thornton's innovative research in molecular evolution in presenting him with a PECASE award -- the U.S. government's highest recognition of scientists
- From English major to Greenpeace to White House-recognized evolutionary biologist
- University of Oregon's Joe Thornton was lured into a career pursuing his science through his political activism
- Burrowing mammals dig for a living, but how do they do that?
- University of Oregon researcher focusing on evolutionary changes involved in how burrowing mammals can move soil
- George Sprague, University of Oregon biologist, elected 2007 AAAS Fellow
- Selection made for Sprague's contributions to understanding the molecular basis of cell type determination; formal recognition comes during February's 2008 annual meeting
- UO to young women: Consider career in science
- Saturday (Oct. 20) forum to kick off the new Women in Technology and Science initiative of the UO College of Arts and Sciences
- Marines land at UO, leave with plans to wear Oregon-made training suits
- Human physiology's environmental chamber used to test material worn by jogging soldiers
- Body-mind meditation boosts performance, reduces stress
- Study in China seen as launching pad for larger, more comprehensive inquiry on how meditation works