Oregon State develops interactive computers (KGW) Oregon State University researchers are working on the design of computers that try to learn from people. The so-called “rich interaction” computers learn to change their programming by “listening” to the computer user and comparing what it “hears” to its own internal logic. (See also KTVZ) Scientists Create First [...]

Measurements of conductivity suggest water in mantle associated with subduction (Nature) A team of scientists from Oregon State University has created the first global three-dimensional map of electrical conductivity in the Earth’s mantle and their model suggests that that enhanced conductivity in certain areas of the mantle may signal the presence of water. Vast oceans [...]

The Great Paradox of China: Green Energy and Black Skies (Reuters) A recent study published in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, conducted jointly by Peking University and Oregon State University, found that Beijing’s $20 million investment to scrub the skies for the Olympics in fact had little impact on air quality. Hunger in [...]

Pesticide potency relies on toxic timing (Toronto Star) Using pesticides at certain times of day can double or triple their potency and could dramatically cut the amount of poisons spewed into the atmosphere, says a new study out of Oregon State University. A Hinkle in Time – 10 year logging impact study enters final phase [...]

Happy cows make happy dairy farmers (KMTR) The price of milk and milk exports are plummeting, sending dairy farmers out of business in herds.  Oregon State University researchers may have a solution. Tribal effort to fix broken world hinges on condor (New York Times) Researchers from Oregon State University and the Oregon Zoo are computer [...]