Science And Technology

Scientists, researchers and students from several Oregon universities were among the crowd of more than 500 people rallying against federal directives threatening funding for scientific and medical research at the state capitol Friday.

Major chipmaker Intel will get more than $1.8 billion in federal funding to upgrade parts of its campus in Hillsboro, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday.

SAD is thought to be caused by the body’s internal clock being disrupted by a lack of sunlight in autumn and winter months. The new light therapy targets this by mimicking sunrise and sunset to reset the body's clock.

The Bonneville Power Administration is proposing 13 new projects that would strengthen and increase energy capacity in the Pacific Northwest as electricity demands rise.

On rocky outcrops 6,000 feet up Mount Hood’s ski slopes, Spirit the robot took one small step for robots, one giant leap for science.

The process could help improve nascent technologies in capturing carbon dioxide from the air to slow the impacts of global climate change.

Oregon State University is in the running for up to $150 million dollars in federal funding to advance semiconductor and timber development.

Artificial intelligence is all the rage, and now it’s helping some Pacific Northwest seniors live in their own homes for longer. Twenty grandmas and grandpas on the Washington coast joined a pilot project that is trialing how AI-driven companion robots could reduce loneliness and social isolation among seniors — especially those living alone.

Chemists at the University of Oregon recently made a big discovery in the extremely small world of nanotechnology. It’s a brand-new kind of nanomaterial.

Global honeybee populations have been declining for many years, due to disease, loss of habitat and poor beekeeping practices. A newly approved vaccine helps fight American Foulbrood disease.