Thursday, April 6, 2017

OSU Today

Today in the News Media is a synopsis of some of the most prominent coverage of OSU people and programs. Inclusion of any item constitutes neither an endorsement nor a critique, but rather is intended only to make the OSU community aware of significant items in the media.
Compound function of medication may help slow aging (UPI)
Researchers at Oregon State University have found that the compound rapamycin has properties that may help treat neurologic damage in diseases like Alzheimer’s. (see also KTVZ, Science Daily, EMaxHealth)
The scientist who stumbled upon a tick filled with 20-million-year-old blood (The Atlantic)
Poinar, now a retired professor at Oregon State University, has studied hundreds insects caught in amber. His research that caught Crichton’s attention was on a fossilized fly, so well-preserved that its muscle fibers and sub-cellular structures were visible. Crichton conjectured dinosaur blood ingested by a bug in amber might still contain viable DNA, and so the plot of Jurassic Park, and so on.
The Curious Case of Urban Homesteading (Jacobin Magazine)
A piece by Marisa Chappell, associate professor of history at Oregon State University and the author of The War on Welfare: Family, Poverty, and Politics in Modern America.
Little pot of magic! Marmite boosts brain power (Daily Mail)
You can have too much of a good thing. Scientists from Oregon State University have urged people not to consume Marmite, or the niacin (vitamin B3) it contains, in high doses without medical supervision. Excessive niacin — above 35mg daily — can cause skin flushes and liver damage. Six Marmite servings could put you over the safe limit.
Breeding problems another cost of wild cattle (Beef Magazine)
Early studies in Florida showed Brahman-cross cattle with excitable temperaments had lower pregnancy rates than their calmer herd mates. Ongoing studies at Oregon State University are looking at effect of temperament on reproductive performance in ...

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