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![A scan of graphene trampoline and drum arrays is shown in black and white.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_16_9/public/2024-08/banner.png?h=cbfb0b2e&itok=cpKb1pk3)
September 4, 2024
A UO physicist celebrates happy accidents and the power of creativity in the scientific process.
Arts and Sciences
Physics
![A nucleolus visualized using expansion microscopy, which depicts clusters of green and purple dots on a black and blue background, with a chemical equation imposed on the image.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_16_9/public/2024-09/Creativity%20article%20figure-vjd4.jpg?h=c175e18b&itok=ZJvs5YwW)
September 3, 2024
The National Science Foundation’s two-year extension provides opportunity to pursue ‘high-risk’ opportunities.
Chemistry
Institute of Molecular Biology
Materials Science Institute
Research Awards
![An African-American child sleeps in a bed with a sheep toy beside her.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_16_9/public/2024-08/AdobeStock_307040886.jpeg?h=f2fcf546&itok=nFhIhm7x)
August 30, 2024
From Philadelphia to Portland, a sleep psychologist tackles sleep disparities using personalized and community-engaged interventions.
Ballmer Institute
Child/youth
Psychology
![Melissa Redford posing next to a wall of colorful worksheets that children use to keep track of their progress in the study.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_16_9/public/2024-08/redford%201.jpg?h=831345b6&itok=unbn26tO)
August 29, 2024
UO linguists are researching how children coordinate their breathing while speaking.
Arts and Sciences
Child/youth
Linguistics
![Two women talking on opposite sides of a table at an informational event](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_16_9/public/2024-07/Picture1.png?h=89a42c16&itok=McV5gtt3)
August 21, 2024
The University of Oregon’s Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect’s Child Abuse Prevalence Study is the first of its kind.
Child/youth
Education
Prevention Science Institute
![A woman underwater wearing scuba gear and holding a camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_16_9/public/2024-06/Kelly%20underwater.png?h=13350f02&itok=gB1GUo5q)
August 8, 2024
Salp colonies form different chain arrangements that could help inform ocean exploration.
Biology
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
![Abby Cullen, post-doctoral researcher at the Aging and Vascular lab at the University of Oregon uses a microscope to look at the arteries of mice.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image_16_9/public/2024-07/abby%20cullen.jpg?h=d90f06c5&itok=KmZq00aJ)
July 30, 2024
Understanding how zinc deficiency may stiffen arteries could help scientists understand the causes of Alzheimer’s disease.
Arts and Sciences
Human physiology
Terrestrial Animal Care Services