Oregon State University

At the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University, scientists and engineers recreate ocean waves to test artificial breakwaters and underwater energy converters. This research aims to protect coastal communities and advance renewable power.

Scientists and engineers at Oregon State University's O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory recreate ocean waves to test artificial breakwaters and underwater energy converters. This research aims to protect coastal communities and advance renewable power.

The article discusses the gap between humanoid robot demonstrations and their real-world reliability, noting that human tendencies to anthropomorphize robots can lead to misleading assumptions. Jonathan Hurst, cofounder of Agility Robotics, highlights how startups may exploit these assumptions to secure funding.

A critical ocean monitoring network, the Ocean Observatories Initiative, will be dismantled by 2027 due to funding cuts from the National Science Foundation, impacting climate and marine data collection. Scientists warn the loss will hinder tracking of oceanographic signals, especially during an upcoming El Niño event.

Scientists will lose critical climate data as the National Science Foundation dismantles part of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $386 million ocean monitoring network, due to funding cuts. The project, designed to operate for 25-30 years, will have its Pacific Northwest sensors removed by 2027, disrupting long-term climate research during an upcoming El Niño event.

The arXiv preprint server will ban submitters of AI-generated content for one year and require future publications to undergo peer review. This decision aims to prevent fake citations, unedited prompt responses, and nonsensical diagrams from being submitted. The policy change is intended to maintain the integrity of scientific fields.

NeoCognition, an AI research lab founded by an OSU researcher, has secured $40M in seed funding to develop AI agents capable of becoming experts in any domain.

Scientists at Oregon State University have observed real-time chemical interactions that lead to Alzheimer’s disease, focusing on how copper triggers harmful protein clumping in the brain.