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Oregon State receives $2.5 million grant to create wood stoves that burn more cleanly

Oct 11, 2021

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A team of Oregon State University researchers has received a $2.5 million federal grant to work on reducing harmful emissions from wood-burning stoves, a primary source of heat in Native American communities and in low-resource areas in the United States. … Read full story.

Oregon State receives $10 million grant to study hemp market in western U.S.

Oct 6, 2021

Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center has been awarded a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to define economic opportunities for hemp in the western United States. … Read full story.

Oregon State University research enterprise continues upward trend

Sep 16, 2021

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Research funding at Oregon State University has topped $380 million for the fifth straight fiscal year, and research expenditures by the university, a key measure of research output, rose despite the pandemic for the seventh consecutive year, increasing by 5%. … Read full story.

OSU research shows scale models effective for predicting storm damage to wood-frame buildings

Aug 24, 2021

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A pair of scale model structures subjected to simulated storm conditions in an Oregon State University lab responded like real wood-frame homes during recent hurricanes, suggesting model buildings can yield important design information for low-lying areas vulnerable to storm surges and big waves. … Read full story.

OSU cryptography research leads to huge efficiency gain in secure computing

Aug 18, 2021

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University researchers have developed a secure computation protocol that’s 25% more efficient than what had been thought the best possible, meaning future savings in time and energy costs for groups needing to team up on computations while keeping their individual data private. … Read full story.

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