2011 Archives

This month’s Powerlist ranks Oregon hospitals by total operating expense.

A multi-disciplinary team at Oregon State University is using nanoparticles of iron oxide to help detect chemical and biological agents, proving again Neil Young’s truism that rust never sleeps.

Editor Robin Doussard muses on green portals and regional economies as we finally head into summer.

This month’s Input asked readers about their organization’s green practices.

Leatherman is the only manufacturer of foldable, all-in-one multi-tools to build all of those products in the U.S. Its CEO plans to keep it that way.

When the Sendai quake and tsunami hit last March, many Japanese residents took refuge in “vertical evacuation structures,” reinforced concrete buildings that were strong enough — and tall enough — to withstand the force of the waves. Now officials in Cannon Beach aim to build a similar tsunami-resistant structure — the first in the United States.

Naturally Advanced Technologies uses enzyme technology on flax to make a patented material softer than linen and cheaper than cotton.

Warm Springs Composite Products, a tribal enterprise that manufactures fire-rated door components, finds success with fire code certification.

Most tales about rapid and sometimes reckless growth east of the Cascades tend to center around the fortunes of Bend. But the latest Census figures show that the Central Oregon town that grew fastest over the past decade was Sisters.

A coalition of sport fishermen and related businesses is luring legislators to ban commercial gillnet fishing in the main stem of the lower Columbia River below Bonneville Dam.