University of Oregon
The University of Oregon, (U of O) was established in 1876 in Eugene, Oregon. It is classified as high research activity university by the Carnegie Foundation. The student body of undergraduate and graduate students is approximately 20,400. U of O is noted for its science curriculum, architecture and School of Journalism and Communications. U of O has the 2nd oldest school of journalism in the U.S.
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Media Relations, Eugene, Oregon 97403
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"University of Oregon" in the news:
Many lack the skills to make good health decisions
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some 93 million Americans do not have the numerical skills necessary to make well-informed decisions about their medical care, reports a Cornell professor, who has some suggestions on changing that.
Possible help in fight against muscle-wasting disease (w/ Video)
Nov 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A compound already used to treat pneumonia could become a new therapy for an inherited muscular wasting disease, according to researchers at the University of Oregon and the University of ...
Why sex with a partner is better (w/ Video)
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- OK, it takes two for human reproduction, and now it seems that plants and animals that can rely on either a partner or go alone by self-fertilization give their offspring a better chance for ...
Ratchet-like genetic mutations make evolution irreversible
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Oregon research team has found that evolution can never go backwards, because the paths to the genes once present in our ancestors are forever blocked. The findings -- the ...
Genes may explain why children who live without dads have earlier sex
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Previous research has found that children raised in homes without a biological father have sex earlier than children raised in traditional nuclear families. Now a new study that used a novel and complex design to investigate ...
Picking quality health care: New study shows a little context makes a big difference
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 10, 2009 |
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A hospital pneumonia survival rate of 93 percent may sound good, but knowing that it's actually merely "fair" can help people pick a better hospital, according to new research. A "good" survival rate would be from 95 percent ...
Boron-based compounds trick a biomedical protein
Sep 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists and biologists have successfully demonstrated that specially synthesized boron compounds are readily accepted in biologically active enzymes, a move that, they say, is a proof of concept that could ...
Boron-based compounds trick a biomedical protein
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Chemists and biologists have successfully demonstrated that specially synthesized boron compounds are readily accepted in biologically active enzymes, a move that, they say, is a proof of concept that could ...
Little safe haven for sexually assaulted LGBTQ victims
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Being a victim of sexual assault and seeking help is difficult for anyone, but when the victim is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) the thought of reporting a crime may well be laced ...
Beep, beep, oops, what was I doing? (w/ Video)
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 06, 2009 |
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"That blasted siren. I can't focus." That reaction to undesired distraction may signal a person's low working-memory capacity, according to a new study.
New windows opened on cell-to-cell interactions (w/ Video)
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Applying biological molecules from cell membranes to the surfaces of artificial materials is opening peepholes on the very basics of cell-to-cell interaction.
California's Channel Islands hold evidence of Clovis-age comets
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2009 |
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A 17-member team has found what may be the smoking gun of a much-debated proposal that a cosmic impact about 12,900 years ago ripped through North America and drove multiple species into extinction.
Who am I? Adolescents' replies depend on others (w/ Video)
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Ask middle-school students if they are popular or make friends easily, they likely will depend on social comparisons with their peers for an answer. Such reliance on the perceived opinions of others, or reflected ...
Brown professor continues debate over recovered memory
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Fueling the debate over the controversial psychiatric disorder known as dissociative amnesia, or repressed memory, Brown University political scientist Ross Cheit is challenging claims by two Harvard University psychiatrists. ...
Ancient fossils shed light on anatomical changes accompanying evolution of first land vertebrates
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Cartoon depictions of the first animals to emerge from the ocean and walk on land often show a simple fish with feet, venturing from water to land. But according to Jennifer Clack, a paleontologist at the ...
