Season 8: Health and safety

In Season 8, we’re sharing stories of how our researchers are helping us stay healthy and safe, from better roadside parking for truckers to supplying a medical isotope used for millions of nuclear medicine procedures every year.

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Making a medical isotope used by millions
How can we support nuclear medicine efforts that help more than 40,000 people in the U.S. every day? Researchers at the Oregon State University College of Engineering…

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Safer solutions for the national truck parking crisis
Ever wonder why so many truckers park their rigs on highway off-ramps, in retail store parking lots and at other odd locations? It’s not their first choice, and it’s not…

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Sticky and slippery science for biomedical applications
What makes a frog’s tongue sticky, or a snake’s skin slippery? Joe Baio, assistant professor of bioengineering, looks to nature for substances that could provide clues…

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Robots without borders: Finding new ways to treat Ebola
Aid workers put their lives on the line to treat patients with Ebola. Can robots help make their jobs a little easier and allow more people to survive the disease? Bill…

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Detecting Parkinson’s early for better outcomes
How can we help in the fight against Parkinson’s disease? Harriet Nembhard and her colleagues developed a sensor system to detect the disease early on, opening the…

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Keeping construction workers out of harm’s way
What can be done to protect workers in one of the most dangerous industries on Earth? For much of his career, John Gambatese has studied, developed and evaluated a wide…