Website of the Week — Linus Pauling Online (Voice of America) OSU Libraries’ Chris Peterson talks to Voice of America about the Pauling collection. 10 Ways Universities Are Engaging Alumni Using Social Media (Mashable.com) Oregon State University uses Google Maps (Google Maps) on its Powered By Orange site, as well. The site includes a map [...]

SWAT team practices at Reser Stadium (Gazette-Times) In a few weeks, Oregon State University’s football team will be going through drills at Reser Stadium, but on Tuesday, the facility hosted a much different sort of practice. Oregon Ag Research Foundation Grants $400,000 for Farm Research (Western Farmer-Stockman) Grants totaling nearly $400,000 have been awarded by [...]

Underseas exploration (BBC) Oregon State University’s Jake Hamblin is interviewed as part of this broadcast (note to listeners, Hamblin’s university is misidentified by the BBC) OSU researchers say wood fiber can make car tires more energy efficient, less expensive (Oregonian) An Oregon State University researcher who developed a non-toxic adhesive for kitchen cabinetry says he [...]

Update: Previously Unidentified Black Blob ID’ed (Discover) A few days ago, we wrote about a mysterious black blob floating off of Alaska’s coast. At that point, experts hadn’t been able to identify what the goo was made of. New information, however, brings an end to the speculation: Authorities say it’s a gigantic algae bloom. “We’ve [...]

Birth control pill takes longer to work in obese women (Baltimore Sun) Obese women starting to take the birth control pill should also use an alternative method of contraception for at least 10 days, and perhaps for as long as 20 days because it takes that long for effective levels of the drug to build [...]