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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...
Playing video games
December 3rd 2020

IFlipd

For over five years Portland State Business Accelerator company-in-residence...
Continuous Solutions
December 3rd 2020

Continuous Solutions

Continuous Solutions is an innovation company,” said Founder and CEO Dr....
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...
Sellgo
November 17th 2020

Sellgo

E-commerce is growing, and with it, entrepreneurial opportunity. Sellgo...
food pantry
November 16th 2020

PSU participates in National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week through discussions and service projects

Portland State University will be one of more than 700 sites around the country...
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...