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Sean Nealon

@seannealon.bsky.social
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Media relations at Oregon State University.

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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wrapped up #SciWri26 with the beer and hops tours tour today @oregonstate.edu. What an honor to host the conference for the past four days! @sciencewriters.org @sciencewriting.bsky.social
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ScienceWriters2026 is here! Starting today, @oregonstate.edu is hosting more than 400 science writers from around the country. We expect this sign to be fully colored in in no time! #SciWri26
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
All science. No fiction. See the popular @opb.org show live on stage at @oregonstate.edu Saturday, Sept. 26 as part of ScienceWriters2026. Tickets on sale now at opb.org/asnflive @sciencewriters.org
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
With wildfires burning throughout Oregon and beyond, I wanted to flag this @oregonstate.edu list of wildfire experts: news.oregonstate.edu/wildfire-exp...
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Spotted owls and controlled fire. On first thought, the two seem incompatible. But new research from @oregonstate.edu finds that forest restoration and spotted owl conservation can work together: beav.es/fgZ @osuagsci.bsky.social
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The snowpack situation this year in the western US is bleak. This new paper from @oregonstate.edu researchers indicates it's likely a sign of things to come, with potential significant impacts to drinking water supplies and agriculture. beav.es/fkm @osuagsci.bsky.social, @osuceoas.bsky.social
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
From White Sands to the Red Planet: How @oregonstate.edu researchers are helping a four-legged robot find its footing on Mars. beav.es/xFu @engineering.oregonstate.edu
Two scientists walk on the sand with a four-legged robot in front of them as the sun rises at White Sands National Park.
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
A list of @oregonstate.edu experts on snow drought in the western U.S.: beav.es/qoQ. Reach out if you need help connecting with anyone.
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Yuletide kissers, smooch without guilt: New @oregonstate.edu research suggests your mistletoe didn’t harm its tree host: beav.es/Uqg
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Yuletide kissers, smooch without guilt: Research suggests your mistletoe didn’t harm its tree host | Newsroom
CORVALLIS, Ore. – If mistletoe’s status as a nutrient-stealing freeloader has been cooling your holiday ardor, new research led by an Oregon State University scientist may help relight the fire. A sur...
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Four wild cat species — jaguars, pumas, ocelots and margays — coexist in the same small slice of Guatemalan rainforest. How? Researchers from @oregonstate.edu and @wcs.org found the answer: vertical hunting. beav.es/o9W @taaltree.bsky.social @osuagsci.bsky.social
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Vertical hunting helps wild cats coexist in Guatemala’s forests, study finds | Newsroom
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study reveals that four wild cat species living in the same rainforest habitat in Guatemala reduce competition for food by hunting in different vertical zones, some in trees an...
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
@oregonstate.edu researchers dive into the science of your weed’s stank: beav.es/oAZ by @kristenfrench.bsky.social @nautil.us
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The Science of Your Weed’s Stank
The Science of Your Weed’s Stank: Researchers classified the 25 scents that make your weed smell like skunk, candy, toasted bread, or vomit.
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Tired of overripe avocados? @oregonstate.edu researcher Luyao Ma has a solution. She has developed a smartphone-based artificial intelligence system that accurately predicts the ripeness and internal quality of avocados. beav.es/xLr @osuagsci.bsky.social
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Twin threat: Cascadia and San Andreas faults may be seismically linked, new research from @goldfinger300.bsky.social of @osuceoas.bsky.social finds: beav.es/x6o
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Twin threat: Cascadia and San Andreas faults may be seismically linked | Newsroom
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Two fault systems on North America’s West Coast – the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault – may be synchronized, with earthquakes on one fault potentially triggering s...
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Researchers from @osuagsci.bsky.social are working to understand how smoke exposure affects hops—and, ultimately, the flavor and quality of beer.
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
It's hop harvest time in the Willamette Valley. Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit @osuagsci.bsky.social researchers studying the impact of smoke on hops at Westwood Farms. That led to a tour of the farm, from the hop fields to the processing facilities.
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Next week @oregonstate.edu is excited to welcome 14 journalists to learn from top researchers during the 2025 Robotics and AI Media Fellowship: beav.es/NfA @dpeterschmidt.bsky.social @ianrosewrites.bsky.social @harrymccracken.com @smjyoti.bsky.social @rachelcourtland.com @miyadavid.bsky.social
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The video footage from this @osuscience.bsky.social lemur research project is incredible! To learn more: beav.es/xYy
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New Lemur Discovery
YouTube video by Oregon State University
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Following a large-scale wildfire, more jaguars migrated to a study site in the Brazilian wetlands that already had the largest population density of jaguars in the world, @oregonstate.edu researchers find: beav.es/x4u
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Jaguar population increases after wildfire and drought, indicating area’s role as climate refuge | Newsroom
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Following a large-scale wildfire, more jaguars migrated to a study site in the Brazilian wetlands that already had the largest population density of jaguars in the world, a new study...
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Commencement 2025 @oregonstate.edu
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Deadline alert! Applications for the @oregonstate.edu Robotics and AI Media Fellowship are due this Sunday, June 8. More details and the short application: beav.es/NfA
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
New report finds @oregonstate.edu has $3.5 billion in economic impact on Oregon's economy: beav.es/Nrm
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$3.5 billion in Oregon State economic impact builds regional economy | Newsroom
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University research is a significant contributor to the state’s economy, providing $797.5 million in value and 3,300 jobs annually, according to an economic impact repor...
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The past two years I have documented @oregonstate.edu research on the $500 million dam removal and restoration project on the Klamath River. More here: beav.es/GAz. I returned Saturday, rafting the former dam and reservoir sites. The river has returned and it's remarkable to see.
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Attention journalists: @oregonstate.edu is hosting a Robotics and AI Media Fellowship Sept. 10-12. Fellows will meet top robotics and AI researchers and tour unique labs. For more information about the fellowship and to access a short application visit: beav.es/NfA
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Agility Robotics, in collaboration with @oregonstate.edu, recently opened a Salem facility to test and enhance a humanlike robot: beav.es/N28 via @opb.org @engineering.oregonstate.edu
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With the future of federal funding in doubt, an Oregon facility takes its first step in robotics
Agility Robotics, in collaboration with Oregon State University, recently opened a Salem facility to test and enhance a humanlike robot. The federal grants that helped jumpstart the robot project have...
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Screaming for ice cream? @oregonstate.edu re-opens campus creamery and research facility and will dish out a free scoop to up to 1,000 people at 5 p.m. Friday. beav.es/NYF @osuagsci.bsky.social
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Screaming for ice cream? OSU re-opens campus creamery and research facility
Oregon State University is offering free ice cream on Friday to celebrate the grand re-opening of an on-campus creamery.
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Oregon's timber industry: Lumbering back? Listen to this segment from @klccoregon.bsky.social with @coforegonstate.bsky.social leaders: beav.es/NpA
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Oregon's timber industry: Lumbering back?
A conversation with Iain Macdonald of the TallWood Design Institute and Tom DeLuca, Dean of the OSU College of Forestry about Mass Timber.
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Researchers @oregonstate.edu are brewing up solutions to tackle waste and environmental challenges by turning coffee grounds into food packaging materials, giving new life to what’s often discarded. beav.es/Nwi
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Researchers advance effort to turn spent coffee grounds into food packaging | Newsroom
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers have made a key advance in turning spent coffee grounds into food packaging materials that can extend the shelf life of products.
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Really cool work led by Lane Selman @oregonstate.edu!
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Support shark research @oregonstate.edu by reserving your shark license plate today. beav.es/N4H
blue Oregon license plate showing several sharks.
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
New @oregonstate.edu study finds consumer openness to smoke-impacted wines, offering new market opportunities: beav.es/GjH
Vineyard with some grapevines covered by tent-like structure to study impact of smoke on grapes.
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @nickkristof.bsky.social to give @oregonstate.edu commencement address June 14: beav.es/GaR
Nicholas Kristof in front of farm equipment
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Scientists at Oregon State and USGS track changes at the Yellowstone supervolcano. Could it blow again? beav.es/Gex by @elizabethweise.bsky.social for @usatoday.com
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Sean Nealon @seannealon.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
It has been incredible learning about this beautifully complicated place the past two years. Rewilding the Klamath: Inside the world’s largest dam removal and salmon restoration project. beav.es/GAz
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