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Psychology major presents research on heart rate variability and music listening preferences
Fifth-year Havovi Desai combined her passions for music and research to study the relationship between resting heart rate variability and music listening preferences. After months of extensive…
Dehua Pei named Ohio State's Innovator of the Year
Dehua Pei, Charles H. Kimberly Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been named the university’s 2017 Innovator of the Year.
Two Arts and Sciences faculty named 2018 Sloan Research Fellows
Zeynep Saygin, assistant professor of psychology, and Hannah Shafaat, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, have been named 2018 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows.
Ohio State team receives $6.34 million DARPA award to develop novel magnetic materials
A team of Ohio State researchers has received a $6.34 million DARPA award to develop novel magnetic materials by unlocking the power of skyrmions, nanoscale spin textures that offer promise for…
Ohio State astrophysicists involved in stellar discovery
Ohio State's Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics is collaborating in the Dark Energy Survey, which recently helped identify 11 new stellar streams orbiting the Milky Way.
Psych professor writes simple science — by writing for kids
This past summer, visiting professor Ashleigh Maxcey challenged students in her cognitive psychology class at Vanderbilt University to write a research paper for the journal Frontiers for Young Minds…
The New Face of STEM Research: Diverse Students, Shared Experiences
It is no secret that achieving diversity is an ongoing challenge in STEM fields. Since 1987, the National Science Foundation has sponsored the annual Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)…
Computational chemist receives $1.8 million grant to discover new heart drugs
Steffen Lindert, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, was awarded a $1.8 million R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung and, Blood Institute to identify potential new drugs to treat…
Exploring approaches to save coral reefs — right here in Ohio
Coral reefs are threatened by climate change. But researchers are narrowing in on what keeps corals healthy.