The University of Florida succeeded in growing the first plants exclusively in lunar soil samples. Published May 12, this ongoing research has been funded by NASA since the Apollo samples…
How a recent discovery could redefine seafood agriculture
On May 3, the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications released a report describing a powerful archeological discovery—how Indigenous peoples, of North American coasts and Australia, cultivated and harvested oysters for upwards…
Scientists discover a new way to break down plastic in days
Scientists from the University of Texas at Austin have developed a new way to break down plastics in a matter of days, which would otherwise take centuries to fully break…
Web scraping ruled legal in US appeals court
The United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled April 18 that scraping publicly accessible data was legal and not in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act—the legislation…
FBI Portland sees rise in sextortion schemes amongst teens
As the internet and social media has evolved, so have the dangers that come with it, especially among youth. The level of integration of the internet with our society has…
Scientists have finished decoding the entire human genome
In a landmark feat for scientists, geneticists and health experts, the first complete sequence of the human genome has been mapped, announced on April 1, 2022. Led by the…
Apple’s new subscription model
Bloomberg first reported on March 24, 2022 that Apple Inc. was planning a subscription service for the iPhone and other hardware products. This will be a major shift away from…
A close-up of a component for Oregon's first satellite. Courtesy of Portland State Aerospace Society
The Portland State Aerospace Society launches to success
On the beautiful, calm morning of March 15, 2022, Kodiak Island saw a hint of overcast weather, and later witnessed the launch of Astra rocket LV0009. Inside, the rocket deployed…
A closer look into Samsung and Nvidia’s recent hacks
One word differentiates the paranoid from the conscientious when it comes to cybersecurity—why. Ads from companies like Norton love to explain how their products protect users from hackers, viruses and…
Tech companies respond to the Russian invasion
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to devastate Eastern Europe and stir unrest across the globe, many tech companies are finding ways to fight back against the Russian state. …
The ethics of computational language processing
Ethical considerations in language processing—and in machine learning—are becoming more important, as technology increases in scope and skill. The Association of Computational Linguistics (ACL) is an organization which handles…