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Tired of overripe avocados? @oregonstate.edu researcher Luyao Ma has a solution. She has developed a smartphone-based artificial intelligence system that accurately predicts the ripeness and internal quality of avocados. beav.es/xLr @osuagsci.bsky.social

Twin threat: Cascadia and San Andreas faults may be seismically linked | Newsroom CORVALLIS, Ore. – Two fault systems on North America’s West Coast – the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault – may be synchronized, with earthquakes on one fault potentially triggering s...

Twin threat: Cascadia and San Andreas faults may be seismically linked, new research from @goldfinger300.bsky.social of @osuceoas.bsky.social finds: beav.es/x6o

Researchers from @osuagsci.bsky.social are working to understand how smoke exposure affects hops—and, ultimately, the flavor and quality of beer.

It's hop harvest time in the Willamette Valley. Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit @osuagsci.bsky.social researchers studying the impact of smoke on hops at Westwood Farms. That led to a tour of the farm, from the hop fields to the processing facilities.

Next week @oregonstate.edu is excited to welcome 14 journalists to learn from top researchers during the 2025 Robotics and AI Media Fellowship: beav.es/NfA @dpeterschmidt.bsky.social @ianrosewrites.bsky.social @harrymccracken.com @smjyoti.bsky.social @rachelcourtland.com @miyadavid.bsky.social

YouTube video by Oregon State University New Lemur Discovery

The video footage from this @osuscience.bsky.social lemur research project is incredible! To learn more: beav.es/xYy

Jaguar population increases after wildfire and drought, indicating area’s role as climate refuge | Newsroom CORVALLIS, Ore. – Following a large-scale wildfire, more jaguars migrated to a study site in the Brazilian wetlands that already had the largest population density of jaguars in the world, a new study...

Following a large-scale wildfire, more jaguars migrated to a study site in the Brazilian wetlands that already had the largest population density of jaguars in the world, @oregonstate.edu researchers find: beav.es/x4u

Commencement 2025 @oregonstate.edu

Deadline alert! Applications for the @oregonstate.edu Robotics and AI Media Fellowship are due this Sunday, June 8. More details and the short application: beav.es/NfA

$3.5 billion in Oregon State economic impact builds regional economy | Newsroom CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University research is a significant contributor to the state’s economy, providing $797.5 million in value and 3,300 jobs annually, according to an economic impact repor...

New report finds @oregonstate.edu has $3.5 billion in economic impact on Oregon's economy: beav.es/Nrm

The past two years I have documented
@oregonstate.edu research on the $500 million dam removal and restoration project on the Klamath River. More here: beav.es/GAz. I returned Saturday, rafting the former dam and reservoir sites. The river has returned and it's remarkable to see.

Attention journalists: @oregonstate.edu is hosting a Robotics and AI Media Fellowship Sept. 10-12. Fellows will meet top robotics and AI researchers and tour unique labs. For more information about the fellowship and to access a short application visit: beav.es/NfA

With the future of federal funding in doubt, an Oregon facility takes its first step in robotics Agility Robotics, in collaboration with Oregon State University, recently opened a Salem facility to test and enhance a humanlike robot. The federal grants that helped jumpstart the robot project have...

Agility Robotics, in collaboration with @oregonstate.edu, recently opened a Salem facility to test and enhance a humanlike robot: beav.es/N28 via @opb.org @engineering.oregonstate.edu

Screaming for ice cream? OSU re-opens campus creamery and research facility Oregon State University is offering free ice cream on Friday to celebrate the grand re-opening of an on-campus creamery.

Screaming for ice cream? @oregonstate.edu re-opens campus creamery and research facility and will dish out a free scoop to up to 1,000 people at 5 p.m. Friday. beav.es/NYF @osuagsci.bsky.social

Oregon's timber industry: Lumbering back? A conversation with Iain Macdonald of the TallWood Design Institute and Tom DeLuca, Dean of the OSU College of Forestry about Mass Timber.

Oregon's timber industry: Lumbering back? Listen to this segment from @klccoregon.bsky.social with @coforegonstate.bsky.social leaders: beav.es/NpA

Researchers advance effort to turn spent coffee grounds into food packaging | Newsroom CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers have made a key advance in turning spent coffee grounds into food packaging materials that can extend the shelf life of products.

Researchers @oregonstate.edu are brewing up solutions to tackle waste and environmental challenges by turning coffee grounds into food packaging materials, giving new life to what’s often discarded. beav.es/Nwi

Really cool work led by Lane Selman @oregonstate.edu!

blue Oregon license plate showing several sharks.

Support shark research @oregonstate.edu by reserving your shark license plate today. beav.es/N4H

Vineyard with some grapevines covered by tent-like structure to study impact of smoke on grapes.

New @oregonstate.edu study finds consumer openness to smoke-impacted wines, offering new market opportunities: beav.es/GjH

Nicholas Kristof in front of farm equipment

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @nickkristof.bsky.social to give @oregonstate.edu commencement address June 14: beav.es/GaR

Scientists at Oregon State and USGS track changes at the Yellowstone supervolcano. Could it blow again? beav.es/Gex by @elizabethweise.bsky.social for @usatoday.com

It has been incredible learning about this beautifully complicated place the past two years. Rewilding the Klamath: Inside the world’s largest dam removal and salmon restoration project. beav.es/GAz