Research and Innovation

A regular column in The Register-Guard highlights the work of students in UO entrepreneur programs and showcases efforts to connect the university to the business community.
Faculty mentors, a crucial part of the undergraduate research program, also are needed to help nurture the next generation of researchers.
UO scientists develop a live imaging system for mice that could help identify mechanisms of information processing and subsequent behavior.
University of Oregon anthropologists find evidence of production in layers of households built atop of each other for 1,600 years.
Cristopher Niell, whose research focuses on large-scale neural networks, was among a group of 47 scientists selected by the Office of Naval Research.
The NSF video looks at SupraSensor Technologies, a spinoff company founded after a project in chemistry found a new way to monitor nitrates on farms.
UO project suggests that neuron firing in foraging roundworms is similar to fragmentation in humans who struggle to sleep, a first step in the search for new treatments.
UO-led genome sequencing project determines that the ancient fish is a sound bridge for advancing research on human diseases.
Calden Carroll discovered a molecule that lights up in the presence of of nitrates by accident while doing graduate work in chemistry at the UO.
With more than $5,000 in prize money on the table, graduate students had a chance to not only display their work but move it forward too.