“I would never call myself a chemist,” said Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 recipient Eric Betzig. Betzig was this year’s speaker at the annual Mark Gurevitch Memorial Lecture Series, hosted…
SWEETLab deploys half million water filters in Rwanda
There are 783 million people in the world who lack access to clean drinking water, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Water availability is projected to…
Scientists map landslide risk with laser tech
Laser detection technology is making it easier to identify landslide hazard areas in Portland, according to Dr. Scott Burns, Professor Emeritus of Geology at Portland State. The laser detection system,…
Professor finds similarity in viruses SSV1, HIV
Hunting viruses combines danger, detective work and potential leaps forward in medical science and astrobiology. In the Portland State Center for Life in Extreme Environments, professor of biology Ken Stedman…
Stimulus awarded for EPA grant application
A student-led team of researchers was awarded a stimulus grant to support their preparation of a proposal to the Environmental Protection Agency P3 (People, Planet, Prosperity) Award Program. They were…
Science Geek Holiday Guide
For science geeks, this list of locations, events, and shopping ideas is a great place to start celebrating the season of axial tilt in heliocentric style. Exhibits and museums The…
GMO measure cost breaks records
Oregon Measure 92 for Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) food labeling is the most expensive political issue in Oregon’s history, exceeding the previous record set by Measure 50 in 2007, according…
Society of Women Engineers raises funds to expand outreach
The Portland State Society of Women Engineers (SWE, rhymes with “whee”) has raised more than 40 percent of its fundraising goal, which it will use to expand its outreach and…