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Researchers at Portland State University and Oregon State University looking at the aftermath of wildfires in southwestern Oregon and northern California found that after 20 years, even in severely burned areas, Douglas-fir grew back on its own without the need for salvage logging and replanting....

Researchers from Portland State University and the Oregon Department of Geology...

With the help of a federal grant, a Portland State University professor is trying to make it faster and easier to diagnose an increasingly common language disorder known as anomia. Gerasimos Fergadiotis, a speech-language pathologist in PSU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Steven...

Antarctica's sandy polar desert, the McMurdo Dry Valleys, has undergone changes over the past decade and the recent discovery of thawing permafrost, thinning glaciers and melting ground ice by a Portland State University-led research team are signs that rapid and widespread change could be...

A group of Portland State University students recently returned from a five-day oceanographic research expedition off the coast of Oregon with more than 175 specimens collected from the deep sea and an experience that few undergraduate students will ever have. The opportunity for the field...

Gene-editing technology is rapidly advancing, opening up the possibility that one day embryos could be altered so that babies don't inherit a disease that runs in the family. That day is still a long way away, but a Portland State University professor will begin tackling the ethical, legal...

Portland State University recently received a $460,000 grant in support of a study that aims to answer questions about how “regular” nuclear genomes and smaller mitochondrial genomes coevolve enabling cells to maintain essential functions....

A new Portland State University study found that graduate students are on board with wanting to adopt interactive teaching methods but often don't get the training or support they need from their institutions to do so. Research has shown that students may benefit more from the use of student-centered...

DesignMedix’ lead product, experimental anti-malaria medicine DM1157, has begun human clinical trials. DM1157, discovered at Portland State University (PSU) and developed by PSU spin-out DesignMedix, was designed to overcome the serious issue of growing drug resistance among malaria medicines....

Chile had some of the worst wildfires in its nation's history in 2017, but policymakers and communities should expect larger and more frequent wildfires in the years to come, according to a new study co-authored by a Portland State University professor. In the study, published online Aug....

The drone whirred to life, then shot skyward for a bird's-eye view of an upland prairie habitat in Cooper Mountain Nature Park just outside Beaverton. Equipped with a camera, the small white drone buzzed overhead, snapping photos of the...

Portland State University biologist Deborah Lutterschmidt won a $700,000 continuation grant from the National Science Foundation to study an essential choice all organisms make in using their limited resources: whether to produce young or feed and maintain themselves. “Despite the critical...