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Tag: Science & Technology

Photo of Dr. Chris Monsere. Courtesy of Dr. Chris Monsere
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Conversation with a scientist: The reality of bike crashes in Portland

  • LeeAnn Rooney
  • May 31, 2023

Recently, Clay Veka of Portland Transportation Bureau made the Vanguard aware of an important word distinction between “accident” and “crash.” This article has been edited to reflect this change. For…

Mark Meininger and other NET volunteer presenting at NET Camp (2022). Courtesy of Mark Meininger
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    • Science & Technology

Be prepared, not scared

  • Kat Leon
  • May 24, 2023

The term “the Big One” commonly describes the anticipated seismic event in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which is well-known among Portland residents. While feeling apprehensive about this future threat is…

A K M Golam Murtuz, Ph.D., PSU Alumni, standing beside test bridge columns in iSTAR lab. Courtesy of Dr. Murtuz
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    • Science & Technology

It’s not all doom and gloom for The Big One

  • LeeAnn Rooney and Kat Leon
  • May 17, 2023

Scientists at Portland State are looking into whether or not Portland—the city of bridges—would still have its bridges standing after The Big One, and you might be surprised to hear…

Dr. Ken Stedman holding 3D printed model of Adeno-associated Virus with a simulated silica-coat. Courtesy of Lacey Friedly
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Ken Stedman, PSU’s “virus hunter”

  • LeeAnn Rooney
  • May 10, 2023

Portland State has its very own virus hunter—Dr. Ken Stedman, professor of biology. Stedman has been recognized twice in the last few months for his research and ability to communicate…

Dr. Ameeta Agrawal, Computer Science Assistant Professor at Portland State. Courtesy of Compassionate Computing (CoCo) Lab
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    • Science & Technology

Ideathon event seeks to explore creative storytelling about climate change using AI

  • Kat Leon
  • May 10, 2023

With the establishment of the conversational artificial intelligence ChatGPT in society, AI has been a growing topic of debate. Here at Portland State, the team at the Compassionate Computing (CoCo)…

Illustration by Whitney Griffith
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    • Science & Technology

The future of science and tech

  • Ryan McConnell
  • June 1, 2022

The field of science and technology is one that’s constantly evolving. Over my tenure at Vanguard, I’ve had the pleasure of covering a wide variety of topics that have significantly…

An arabidopsis plant grown in lunar soil. Tyler Jones/University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
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    • Science & Technology

Plants grown in lunar soil for the first time

  • Ryan McConnell
  • May 25, 2022

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…

Illustration by Anastasia Pargett
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    • Science & Technology

How a recent discovery could redefine seafood agriculture

  • Ryan McConnell
  • May 18, 2022

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…

Plastic waste piled up in a landfill. Courtesy of Larry Walshe
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    • Science & Technology

Scientists discover a new way to break down plastic in days

  • Ryan McConnell
  • May 11, 2022

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…

Illustration by Shannon Steed
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    • Science & Technology

Web scraping ruled legal in US appeals court

  • Ryan McConnell
  • May 6, 2022

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…

Illustration by Whitney Griffith
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    • Science & Technology

FBI Portland sees rise in sextortion schemes amongst teens

  • Ryan McConnell
  • April 27, 2022

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…

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