Current Issue:Winter 2007
For millennia the people of King Island have depended on the walrus hunt. But as Arctic ice recedes in response to a changing climate, hunters have to go further to reach their quarry. OSU anthropologist Deanna Paniataaq Kingston leads a team documenting the culture, language and natural history of her ancestral homeland.
Water binds communities, from villages to nations. From traditional knowledge to modern conflict resolution, Aaron Wolf has assembled the tools to help manage international waters and promote peace.
Nanotechnology is not just a pipe dream. It’s on store shelves, in clothing and in our vehicles. OSU researchers and their partners are delving deeper into the molecular machinery that may underlie new 21st century products.
Erin Rieke wants to be a doctor. So on her way, this senior from Tualatin, Oregon, is learning to culture breast cancer cells and make high-tech dendrimers, synthetic particles that can deliver drugs to specific cells.
