Balz Frei leads the Linus Pauling Institute’s drive to understand how micronutrients affect genes and health.
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Building the Pauling Legacy
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First Line of Defense
Last fall’s announcement that virulent antibiotic-resistant staph infections had killed almost 19,000 patients in American hospitals and nursing homes in 2005 didn’t surprise George Allen.
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A Drink to Your (Bone?) Health
Studies with animals have found that the equivalent of five to 10 drinks per week can have beneficial effects on the skeleton.
Along with U.S. Forest Service colleagues, OSU researchers have figured out what a particular pheromone is communicating to Douglas–fir bark beetles and now use that language to help protect high–value trees on thousands of acres across much of the West.
Unnoticed by most beach–goers, a showdown is under way in Oregon’s coastal dunes, and the winner could pack increased risks for coastal property, especially during winter storms.
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Football as Product
The bottom line was that those running the NFL could no longer take football’s powerful appeal for granted, and they feared losing an entire generation of lifetime football fans (and that generation once lost might spawn another, then another).