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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
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UO physicist Dave Soper to share a top 2009 APS prize

UO physics professor Dave Soper is a 2009 winner of the J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Physics. He will share the prize with John Collins (Penn State) and Keith Ellis (Fermilab) when presented formally in May during the American Physical Society's annual meeting in Denver. Soper was cited for his "work in perturbative quantum chromodynamics, including applications to problems pivotal to the interpretation of high-energy particle collisions." Quantum chromodynamics is a theory of strong nuclear interactions among quarks -- fundamental constituents of matter.

The prize honors J.J. Sakarai, a Japanese-American particle physicist who authored leading textbooks on quantum mechanics and the principles of elementary particles during a career at the University of Chicago and UCLA. This year's winners bring the total numbers of honorees to 36, including three who later won the Nobel Prize.

UO's Hutchison is part of ACS's touting of global sustainability via chemistry

Face shot of Jim HutchisonCheck out Jim Hutchison's participation in an American Chemical Society production of its "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions" Podcast, in which the society says: "Faced with concerns about dwindling petroleum supplies and environmental pollution, we must begin to consume in a new and more sustainable way." (Listen in)

Also, still available is a report featuring Hutchison by ScienCentral: Some are calling it a revolution in manufacturing technology. But, will nanotechnology be a "green" industry? It’s a question that some scientists are saying needs to be answered now, before nanotech goes big-time. (Check it out)

NPR interviews UO's Frey and hand-transplant recipient about renewed hand-brain connection

Scott Frey-faceNational Public Radio’s science correspondent Richard Knox reported on new research by the UO’s Scott Frey, who has found that a hand-transplant recipient’s brain is re-mapping its connection – to a donor’s hand the recipient received 35 years after losing his in an industrial accident. Knox talked to the patient, and Frey. (Read and Listen)

Investors worried, tuned into news reports, UO psychologists tell Wall Street Journal writer

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Since 2001, investors’ comfort zone with their stocks has nose-dived from little worry about negative returns to growing worry about their stocks going nowhere for maybe a decade, reports UO psychologist Paul Slovic in an interview with Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Zweig about today’s economy. In same article, UO psychologist Ellen Peters notes that American investors are spending a lot of time following, especially on TV news, the economic turmoil. Zweig’s column, however, carries the message that those who have some cash and can conquer their stock-phobia may be a good position, likening their potential investments to a venture in emerging markets. (Read story – may require paid subscription)

 


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