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'Twinkle' satellite to scan for potentially habitable worlds
Are we alone in the universe? Ohio State astronomers are looking to a new satellite telescope, Twinkle, to find the answer. Twinkle, set to launch in late 2023, will look for biosignatures within the…
Mansfield Microfarms craft sustainable urban agriculture model
When Curtis embarked on the Mansfield Microfarm Project four years ago, he wanted to address two common problems in urban farming: An absence of social justice in environmentalism, and tendency for…
Janice Aski and Jhumpa Lahiri discuss the power of language learning
Department of French and Italian Professor Janice Aski and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri discuss how world languages contribute uniquely to the development of intercultural competence…
Clocking the movement of electrons inside an atom
An international team of physicists, including professor of physics Louis DiMauro and postdoctoral researcher Yu Hang Lai, devised a new technique that drastically enhances the achievable resolution…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…