Summer 2012

New Farmers Take Root

OSU Extension grows a new crop of farmers for the future
Is the Coast Clear?

Researchers assess Gulf water and air
Mapping Mazama Ash

Three generations of scientists explore soils in the shadow of volcanoes
The Future of Flying

New plant materials help keep planes aloft and land them safely
The Long Memory of Small Dams

Thousands of small dams are at the end of their licenses. Now what?
Something in the Air

A chemist travels the globe tracking airborne chemicals that end up in us
Keys to the Kingdom

Genomic research of fungi reveals the secrets behind penicillin and pale ale

Sections

Update
Editor's Note

Thoughts from editor Peg Herring

photo by Jeffrey C. Miller

Digital I.D. for Butterflies

A fleeting glimpse of an iridescent wing, a snapshot, or even a quick sketch. That may be all you need to accurately identify species of moths and butterflies, with help from a new interactive pattern recognition technology being developed at Oregon State University.

The Lepidoptera Wing Pattern Identification System (LepWing ID) uses color patterns on sections of the wing to search within a digital library of images, says Jeffrey Miller, an OSU entomologist who is creating the system with colleague Hans Luh. That’s good news for researchers, agricultural inspectors, and hobbyists alike. No butterfly net required.

Depth of Field

photo by Jeffrey C. Miller

Digital I.D. for Butterflies

A fleeting glimpse of an iridescent wing, a snapshot, or even a quick sketch. That may be all you need to accurately identify species of moths and butterflies, with help from a new interactive pattern recognition technology being developed at Oregon State University.

The Lepidoptera Wing Pattern Identification System (LepWing ID) uses color patterns on sections of the wing to search within a digital library of images, says Jeffrey Miller, an OSU entomologist who is creating the system with colleague Hans Luh. That’s good news for researchers, agricultural inspectors, and hobbyists alike. No butterfly net required.

Digital I.D. for Butterflies