Japan earthquake shifted seafloor 79 feet (National Geographic) Japan’s seabed moved by as much as 79 feet (24 meters) during the giant March 11 earthquake—the largest earthquake slip ever recorded, scientists say. But that doesn’t mean that it’s the largest such shift ever to have been caused by an earthquake, cautioned Chris Goldfinger, director of [...]

Expert: A dirty girl is a healthy girl (KGW) In her research, Oregon State University philosopher, Sharyn Clough, found that women have higher rates of allergies, asthma and other autoimmune disorders because they tend to be so clean. Blood flow relates to clots (Democrat-Herald) To get a fuller understanding of why clots form in blood, [...]

John Kitzhaber to deliver McCall lecture (Gazette-Times) Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber is scheduled to deliver the annual Gov. Tom McCall Memorial Lecture at Oregon State University on Wednesday, May 25. Budget proposal cuts extension by 18.8 percent (Herald and News) Programs offered by the local OSU Extension Service, including child nutrition, agriculture research, master gardeners [...]

OSU maps barley genome in search of hardier crop (KVAL) Oregon State University researchers, supported by a major new initiative to produce climate-change tolerant crops, are working on a hardier variety of barley that can be grown in frostier regions of the United States – and have improved yields and traits allowing growers and processors [...]

Tornado damage raises building questions (UPI) Scientists from Oregon State University said while there is no practical, economical way to build structures that could stand up to the EF5 strength tornadoes that occurred in the outbreak, damage from lesser storms could be reduced by better building practices and better enforcement of existing codes. Oregon State [...]