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Invaders in the Dunes
The spread of American beach grass could raise risks for structures along the Northwest coast, such as these new houses at Ocean Shores, Washington. (Photo: Phoebe Zarnetske) Unnoticed by most...
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Scientists to Bark Beetle: “No Vacancy”
Douglas-fir bark beetles can kill healthy trees, but a commercially available pheromone identified by scientists repels the insects. (Photo: Edward H. Holsten, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org) You...
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A Drink to Your (Bone?) Health
Moderate alcohol consumption in adults can have health benefits. It can reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, gallstones and maybe diabetes. Russell Turner, Gianni Maddalozzo and Urszula Iwaniec...
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Last fall’s announcement that virulent antibiotic-resistant staph infections had killed almost 19,000 patients in American hospitals and nursing homes in 2005 didn’t surprise George Allen. With...
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Building the Pauling Legacy
Balz Frei leads the Linus Pauling Institute's drive to understand how micronutrients affect genes and health. On the blackboard are Pauling's handwritten notes on an organic chemical that he thought...
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“Like Looking Over His Shoulder”
The Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers Collection at the Valley Library maintains more than 500,000 letters, notebooks, photographs and personal belongings for access by scholars around the world. WHEN...
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Fear and Loading
The Astoria-Megler Bridge carries U.S. Hwy. 101 across the mouth of the Columbia River from Astoria, Oregon, to Point Ellice, Washington. Whether you venture onto a few wooden planks over a trout...
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Pipeline to Science
Puzzling out the interactions of currents, winds and temperatures to locate a lost ship engaged students in real-world problem-solving, a hallmark of the SMILE approach. (Photo: Karl Maasdam) Strange,...
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Air Beneath Their Wings
Donor support is critical to the success of these OSU students. From left, Laura Marquez-Loza, Stephen Summers, Hiromi Omatsu, Blake Kelley, Nikki Marshall. (Photos: Jim Folts) Five undergraduates —...
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Strong Medicine
Illustration by Scott Laumann In 2005, the Terri Schiavo drama riveted the nation with a cast of thousands: a feuding family, legions of lawyers and judges, dueling neurologists, irate clergymen and...
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