Oregon State University

The National Academy of Sciences, established in 1863, advises on science and technology, with a focus on transportation through the Transportation Research Board (TRB). TRB addresses patient movement, disaster response, and public safety, emphasizing the unique role of Mobile Medicine in delivering care directly to patients. The 2025 TRB meeting highlighted research on AI ethics, safety performance, and disaster management, underscoring the importance of Mobile Medical professionals' involvement in shaping future policies and practices.

Winners of the 2024 Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award and Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence include educators and researchers from various universities, recognized for their teaching abilities, leadership, and innovative research advancing veterinary medicine.

A study in PLOS One found that less complete solitude, like reading in a coffee shop, is more restorative than intense isolation. Lead researcher Morgan Quinn Ross suggests that maintaining some social connectedness during me-time balances social interaction with solitude, benefiting well-being for both extroverts and introverts.

The article outlines several projects aimed at improving child care access and workforce dynamics through data and research capacity building. Projects include partnerships between universities, research organizations, and state agencies in Alabama, Montana, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Oregon. Each project focuses on enhancing data systems, addressing policy questions, and improving access to child care and early education services.

Oregon Department of Agriculture launches milk testing program to monitor H5N1 avian influenza, with over 75% of Oregon's milk under surveillance by January. Oregon State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory will test samples weekly. The program aims to protect farms, farmworkers, and communities, with collaboration from Oregon’s dairy industry and processors.

Cheryl and Allyn Ford of Roseburg, Oregon, donated $16 million to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital to establish a comprehensive clinic for pediatric neuromuscular disorders, marking the largest private donation in the hospital’s history.

Oregon State University scientists have developed a method to more than double the carbon dioxide uptake ability of a copper-based metal-organic framework (MOF) by exposing it to ammonia gas, enhancing its effectiveness for industrial CO2 capture.

Devin Roach of OSU College of Engineering developed a 3D printing method for liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs), which can change shape with stimuli like heat, useful in robotics, biomedical devices, and energy applications. Roach and collaborators aligned LCE molecules using a magnetic field during digital light processing, unlocking their potential for advanced, functional uses.

SpaceX's 31st CRS mission for NASA will launch to the ISS on Nov 4, carrying over 24 ISS National Lab-sponsored payloads aiming to advance human health, space debris removal, and biomanufacturing in low Earth orbit.

Oregon State University researchers will study the impact of Pacific dulse seaweed on methane emissions in cattle grazing sagebrush steppe. Funded by a $1 million USDA grant, the 5-year project aims to reduce enteric methane emissions and benefit seaweed producers. Cows will be supplemented with dried dulse, and researchers will monitor atmospheric changes using an Eddy Covariance Flux Tower.