PORTLAND, Oregon, May 8 -- Portland General Electric, an electric utility company, issued the following news release: * * * Growing deep roots in our communities: PGE celebrates Friends of Trees' millionth tree milestone For more than three decades, Portland General Electric's longtime community partner, Friends of Trees has brought people together to grow healthy communities through planting and caring for trees and natural areas. On Sunday, April 27, PGE joined Friends of Trees in celebrat  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * NBC: How Gov. Tina Kotek Made Oregon Housing More Affordable A new report from NBC News highlights how Gov. Tina Kotek's laser focus on building more housing and cutting red tape has "made housing more affordable" in Oregon. As NBC reports, Gov. Kotek's "middle housing" policy lowers costs by incentivizing the building of affordable and accessible duplexes and Accessory Dwelling Units statewide - benef  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 6 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU and Legacy Health agree to terminate plans to integrate organizations In August 2023, Oregon Health & Science University and Legacy Health announced their intent to combine and create an integrated health system. Today, the organizations have entered into a mutual agreement to terminate the transaction. After careful consideration of the evolving operating environment, the organizations have   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 8 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Bridging the gap between immunology, wound care, dermatology to tackle rare diseases OHSU researcher treats patients with rare and debilitating skin conditions By Angela Yeager Alex Ortega Loayza, M.D., M.C.R., interim chair and associate professor of dermatology at Oregon Health & Science University, has made significant strides in studying rare dermatological conditions, including pioneering w  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 8 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Discovering how sleep, the internal body clock are connected to cardiovascular disease OHSU's Saurabh Thosar studies sleep, heart disease By Erik Robinson Saurabh Thosar, Ph.D., is discovering how sleep tugs at the heart. More specifically, he's a sleep scientist at Oregon Health & Science University whose background in occupational therapy and cardiac rehabilitation inspires him to learn how c  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 6 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Evidence review raises concern about cannabis use in pregnancy OHSU research team finds moderate risk for preterm birth, low birth weight By Erik Robinson An updated systematic review finds that consuming cannabis while pregnant appears to increase the odds of preterm birth, low birth weight and infant death. The study by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University published today in the   more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, May 8 -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: * * * New chip uses AI to shrink large language models' energy footprint by 50% CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University College of Engineering researchers have developed a more efficient chip as an antidote to the vast amounts of electricity consumed by large-language-model artificial intelligence applications like Gemini and GPT-4. "We have designed and fabricated a new chip that consumes half the energ  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, May 8 -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: * * * Warming climate making fine particulate matter from wildfires more deadly and expensive CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists say human-caused climate change led to 15,000 additional deaths from wildfire air pollution in the continental United States during the 15-year period ending in 2020. About 35% of the additional deaths attributed to climate change occurred in 2020, the year of the historic Labor Day fi  more

WILSONVILLE, Oregon, May 8 -- Teledyne FLIR issued the following news release: * * * Teledyne FLIR Defense Unveils Multiple Upgrades to Black Hornet 4 Nano-Drone at SOF Week Fifty percent greater comms range and easier-to-use Android tablet with twice the battery life are some of new user-driven features on Black Hornet unmanned aerial system TAMPA, FL, May 7, 2025 - Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), has announced a number of upgrades to its Black   more