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da Vinci Days 2013: Stories from the Edge of Science

Leonardo da Vinci combined the practical and the beautiful, the mechanical and artistic. At the 2013 da Vinci Days festival in Corvallis, Oregon State University scientists, engineers and mathematicians shared their journeys under Antarctic sea ice, to an African village, to Mars and through a mathematical landscape.

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Healthy Economy Innovation

Seeing the Light

Oregon scientists and startups have joined forces to create the next generation of “Low-E” window technology.

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Healthy Economy Innovation

Balancing Work and Family

Babies don’t wait for you to get your master’s degree. They arrive on their own schedules and change your life. Drew Arnold learned that lesson when he became a father. He also found that sleep comes in a distant third to family and education.

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Advantage Healthy Economy Innovation

OSU Advantage: Sustainable Semis

Trucking companies are looking for new ways to cut fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. A partnership between Oregon State and Daimler is making inroads

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Healthy Economy

Grape Crush

As you sip your favorite Oregon wine, do you ever wonder what happened to the discarded remains of those luscious grapes?

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Healthy Economy Innovation

Flight Plan

UAVs can help manage wildfires, support a search-and-rescue mission, plant trees to avoid wind or heat damage, monitor wildlife, improve irrigation, detect crop-disease outbreaks and gauge environmental health.