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Ohio State faculty, industry experts offer affordable housing solutions

Though affordable homes and rental units are in short supply in Columbus and many cities across the country, there are a number of strategies that can make housing more accessible, according to…

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3 Ohio State faculty named fellows of National Academy of Inventors

Three professors at The Ohio State University, including 2023 Nobel Prize winner Pierre Agostini in the Department of Physics, have been elected as members of the National Academy of…

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How cleaner water may pose risk to some Lake Erie fish species

Achieving goals to lower nutrient runoff in Lake Erie, a move designed to prevent harmful algal blooms and reduce low-oxygen conditions called dead zones, could come at the unexpected cost of…

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Q&A faculty spotlight: Nicole Yadon

Nicole Yadon is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at The Ohio State University. Her main research and teaching interests center on advancing our understanding of race…

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‘I don’t feel your pain’: How alcohol increases aggression

Alcohol’s ability to increase people’s pain threshold is one reason that drinking also leads to more aggressive behavior, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that the less pain that…

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Novel supernova observations grant astronomers a peek into the cosmic past

An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed. 

This rare…

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Graduate students explore underground archive through ‘Picturing Black History’ book project

In a Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, limestone mine, 220 feet underground, you can find the Bettmann Archive, a cache of 11 million photographs and film negatives featuring images of Albert Einstein…

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Launching to Success: A Young Professional's Experience as a Knauss Fellow

Chelsea Hunter, one of Ohio Sea Grant’s six Knauss Fellows, didn’t originally picture herself working in the legislative branch. The Ohio State PhD student from the College of Arts and Sciences…

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Here’s something Americans agree on: Sports build character

In a polarized nation, there is one thing that nearly all Americans agree on, according to a recent study: Sports are good for us.

Researchers from The Ohio State University and Ithaca…