Science & Technology Articles

Spring 2022

Knight Campus researchers develop gene therapy for eye disease

The therapy could eventually provide an alternative treatment for Fuchs’ dystrophy, an eye disease that is the leading cause of corneal transplant surgery

Spring 2022

Cybersecurity Researchers Help Protect the Internet

Cybersecurity is the lifeblood of the internet—and a growth area in the computer science department

Spring 2022

Gulp! Little Larvae Have a Surprising Survival Strategy

Tiny marine larvae survive by turning carnivorous, study finds

Winter 2022

Computers, Ethics, and the Nature of Knowledge

A member of the UO Presidential Initiative in Data Science, Alvarado studies computers and how people use them

Spring 2021

Science of the Mind

A longstanding area of research excellence and a popular new major, neuroscience takes center stage at the University of Oregon

Spring 2021

Physics Student is Melting Glass Ceilings

Nicole Wales has distinguished herself through research into the physical properties of glass—and by what she’s overcome

Spring 2021

Drawn to Science

Research faculty members and students from the UO’s first-in-the-nation comics studies minor bring complex concepts to life through illustrations

Winter 2021

One Wheel, Many Bytes

Computer and information science professor shares a lesson in "adversarial machine learning"

Autumn 2020

Lasting Legacy

Talented researcher follows in her grandmother’s footsteps—and paves the way for future scientists