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20 mph speed limit sign
December 29th 2020

EFFECT OF RESIDENTIAL STREET SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION FROM 25 TO 20 MI/HR ON DRIVING SPEEDS IN PORTLAND, OREGON

In 2015, the City of Portland adopted Vision Zero's objective of eliminating...
Portland State University
December 16th 2020

PSU researchers among top in the world

A new study published in PLOS Biology Journal lists Portland State researchers...
Smoke and fire billowing in the sky and burned trees
December 14th 2020

Oregon's Western Cascades watershed to experience larger, more frequent fires, PSU study finds

The Clackamas Basin rarely experiences the intense fire activity that burned...
December 10th 2020

Celebrating Graduate Student Success: Tendai Mafireyi

Chemistry Ph.D. student Tendai Mafireyi Tendai Mafireyi, a Ph.D. student in chemistry professor Robert Strongin's lab, was recently honored by being named the Top Chemistry Graduate Student at the Sigma Xi 2020 Annual Meeting and Student...
Forest fire
December 7th 2020

Will last summer's fires impact critical water supplies?

On August 16, 2020, a lightning strike in Lionshead Canyon ignited what would...
HVAC System
December 3rd 2020

Ventacity Systems

Buildings consume roughly 40% of the energy produced in the U.S. according...
Biomarker detecting dyes
December 1st 2020

Developing new tools to study disease

According to the American Cancer Society, there were an estimated 1,762,45...
Deep-sea thermal vents
December 1st 2020

Deep-sea volcanoes: Windows into the subsurface

Hydrothermally-active submarine volcanoes account for much of Earth's volcanism...
Pacific razor clams on beach
November 30th 2020

Even razor clams on sparsely populated Olympic Coast can't escape plastics, PSU study finds

Portland State University researchers and their collaborators at the Quinault...
Assortment of colorful prescription drugs
November 13th 2020

Pharmacy dropboxes can help improve proper drug disposal, PSU study finds

Proper disposal of leftover medications can prevent overdoses and protect...
Oregon Wildfire
November 13th 2020

Lite Devices

Across much of the Western United States, warmer temperatures and drier conditions...
Pencil on top of a scantron
November 12th 2020

Teacher quality scores change depending on students, school, PSU study finds

School districts across the U.S. are increasingly using student test scores...

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