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Physics' Dan Gauthier creates 'tamper-proof' encryption for drones

Physics Professor Dan Gauthier is partnering with local company Asymmetric Technologies to make the information drones collect more secure.

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Survey attempts to quantify added stresses on family life during COVID-19 lockdowns

Associate professor of sociology Kammi Schmeer has been working with the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy to quantify how COVID-19 has impacted families, taking a snapshot of how…

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David Weinberg awarded 2021 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics

David Weinberg, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Astronomy, has won the 2021 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics for his research surrounding modern large-scale astronomical…

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Q&A: With support from Google, political science professor to counteract vaccine misinformation

Thomas Wood, assistant professor of political science, is using a share of a $450,000 gift from Google to study how fact-checking can counter misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.

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Four Arts and Sciences faculty named 2020 highly cited researchers

Four faculty members in the Ohio State College of Arts and Sciences have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list from Clarivate. The list identifies researchers who demonstrated…

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A new way to detect subatomic particles from deep space

Steven Prohira is a neutrino hunter. The postdoctoral researcher at Ohio State's Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics is principal investigator on a new project, the NSF-funded Radar Echo…

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Forest sustainability: How Maya social norms affect ecology

Sean Downey, associate professor of anthropology and core faculty member of Ohio State's Sustainability Institute, explores how social and cultural norms among Maya farmers in Belize impact local…

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What election polls actually tell us about the 2020 presidential race

As President Donald Trump’s 2016 victory revealed, any prediction can still be turned upside down once the votes are counted. How trustworthy are polls in reality?

Ohio State's Scarlet Laser

LaserNetUS high-power laser consortium including Ohio State receives $18M from the Department of Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded LaserNetUS, a network of facilities operating ultra-powerful lasers that includes Ohio State's Scarlet Laser Facility, $18 million in new funding to…