![[Researchers at OSU Seafood Lab test the effects of a new kind of ice, made fro]](http://oregonstate.edu/foodsci/sites/default/files/imagecache/733x314/feature-stories/osu-seafood-laboratory.jpg "[Researchers at OSU Seafood Lab test the effects of a new kind of ice, made from salt-water brine, on fish preservation & quality]")
![[Students touring wine facility in Italy, boy climbing rocks, girl holding kiwi]](http://oregonstate.edu/foodsci/sites/default/files/imagecache/733x314/feature-stories/professor-shares-love-italy-students_4.jpg "[Students touring wine facility in Italy, boy climbing rocks, girl holding kiwis]")
![[Rachel Miller visits France Summer 2102 to test ice-cream recipes]](http://oregonstate.edu/foodsci/sites/default/files/imagecache/733x314/feature-stories/milky-way.jpg "[Rachel Miller visits France Summer 2102 to test ice-cream recipes]")
![[OSU students making cheese with same vats and molds as used in U.S. and Europe]](http://oregonstate.edu/foodsci/sites/default/files/imagecache/733x314/feature-stories/age-cheese.jpg "[OSU students making cheese with same vats and molds as used in U.S. and Europe]")
![[Closeup of mug of beer with foamy head]](http://oregonstate.edu/foodsci/sites/default/files/imagecache/733x314/feature-stories/bitter-words-beer.jpg "[Closeup of mug of beer with foamy head]")
![[OSU food scientist Yanyun Zhao (right) and research associate Jingyun Duan dip]](http://oregonstate.edu/foodsci/sites/default/files/imagecache/733x314/feature-stories/fresh-frontiers.jpg "[OSU food scientist Yanyun Zhao (right) and research associate Jingyun Duan dip lingcod fillets in fish oil and chitosan solution]")
![[Local berry farmer, Cyndi Snegirev, and OSU scientist Yanyun Zhao pour pomegra]](http://oregonstate.edu/foodsci/sites/default/files/imagecache/733x314/feature-stories/special-treatment_0.jpg "[Local berry farmer, Cyndi Snegirev, and OSU scientist Yanyun Zhao pour pomegranate concentrate]")
![[Graduate student Harper Hall checking a yeast culture]](http://oregonstate.edu/foodsci/sites/default/files/imagecache/733x314/feature-stories/fermentation-its-culture.jpg "[Graduate student Harper Hall checking a yeast culture]")
![[Student Jeb Hollabaugh working with pipette in FST Pilot Brewery]](http://oregonstate.edu/foodsci/sites/default/files/imagecache/733x314/feature-stories/art-and-science.jpg "[Student Jeb Hollabaugh working with pipette in FST Pilot Brewery]")
![[Graduate Student Tomomi Fujimaru tasting green vegetable juice while wearing a]](http://oregonstate.edu/foodsci/sites/default/files/imagecache/733x314/feature-stories/beyond-junk-food.jpg "[Graduate Student Tomomi Fujimaru tasting green vegetable juice while wearing a nose clip]")
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The Department of Food Science and Technology at Oregon State University is one of the nation’s oldest established
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Our department is a key player in OSU’s drive to build healthy communities, a sustainable planet and a thriving economy.
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Scientists caution against exploitation of deep ocean
-Jul 29, 2014
The world’s oceans are vast and deep, yet technology and the quest for extracting resources from previously unreachable depths is beginning to put the deep seas on the cusp of peril.… Read full story.
Strategies identified to improve oral contraceptive success with obese women
-Jul 28, 2014
Oral birth control may not work as well in obese women, but Oregon researchers have found new strategies to help address that concern.… Read full story.
