Oregon’s COVID-19 testing capacity, an issue throughout pandemic, to see big boost in 2021
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
Posted Dec 19, 2020
A COVID-19 test occurring in Portland in a file photo. New testing capacity will be online in coming weeks at campuses in Eugene and Corvallis Beth Nakamura/Staff
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Oregonians will see a significant increase in COVID-19 testing capacity in coming weeks as new or expanded labs come online at the University of Oregon and Oregon State University.
The $4.4 million lab projects, paid for with federal COVID-19 relief funds and other federal assistance approved by the Legislature in September, are projected to be operational in Corvallis by year’s end and in Eugene beginning in January.
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The Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact had its virtual grand opening on Dec. 2. The campus, which focuses on biomedical technologies, aims to advance society through science and shorten the timeline between discovery and societal impact.Â
Phil and Penny Knight gifted $500 million to the University of Oregon for this building project in 2016, and state bonds and additional philanthropy have added an extra $70 million. Construction began on March 2, 2018, and after approximately 800,000 labor hours, the campus was completed.Â
The Knight Campus is composed of four research âneighborhoodsâ in the same building, and these neighborhoods serve as facilities for imaging, 3-D printing and rapid prototyping. Scientists at the campus are working on startups such as 3-D printing orthopedic implants, creating devices with built-in sensors to monitor healing and commercializing a molecule to treat vision disorders.Â
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IMAGE: A fractal inspired carpet designed by Richard Taylor and his University of Oregon colleagues is underfoot during a reception in a Chicago building. A new study by UO psychologists working. view more
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EUGENE, Ore. Dec. 11, 2020 By the time children are 3 years old they already have an adult-like preference for visual fractal patterns commonly seen in nature, according to University of Oregon researchers.
That discovery emerged among children who ve been raised in a world of Euclidean geometry, such as houses with rooms constructed with straight lines in a simple non-repeating manner, said the study s lead author Kelly E. Robles, a doctoral student in the UO s Department of Psychology.
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