The Greening of Fertilizer
The current industrial method for producing chemical fertilizer uses about 2 percent of the world's energy each year. But that could soon change dramatically because of the work of a team of UO chemists.
Natural Sciences
Hutchinson Advocates for Green Nano
The reauthorization of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Act -- which now includes language that supports "green nano" -- was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives in June and has moved on to the Senate for action. The Senate is scheduled to consider it in September.
A "Software Pharmacy" for Cognitive Impairments
When it comes to computer technology, it's usually one size fits all, but a new research project in the Department of Computer and Information Science could change that notion.
Paul Slovic's Risky Business
Choosing to live in wildfire zones. Learning your drinking water is contaminated. Trying to comprehend genocide. What could these topics possibly have in common?
The Quantum Nature of Light
By sending high-power pulses of laser light of a certain color (wavelength) through a custom-made optical fiber to produce single particles of light with different colors, physics graduate student Hayden McGuinness is studying the quantum nature of light.
This is Your Brain on Meditation
A team of researchers from China and the UO are studying how meditation might provide improvements in a person's attention and response to stress.
Science Outreach Program is a Win-Win-Win
Thanks to a five-year $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, elementary school students in northern Oregon's Umatilla-Morrow Education Service District are taking part in an interactive science outreach program.
Online Extras
Slanguage Arts
Check out the complete UO Slang Dictionary.
Real Research, Real People
Learn about ongoing research in human physiology.
Immigration in Oregon
Read the full report on the state's immigration history.
Pre's Rock Pilgrimage
Watch videos of visitors to the runner's roadside shrine.
Memoir Roundtable
Listen to CAS literary thinkers debate the pitfalls of memoir.Daily Life in a Nairobi Slum
Watch and listen to a slideshow of photos by children in Kenya.
Will Nano be Green?
Watch a video of chemistry professor Jim Hutchinson.