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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…

Artist's impression of the expected dark matter distribution around the Milky Way galaxy.

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.

Ashleigh Maxcey

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…

Mark Gjestvang, Carter Henry and Melody “Pepsi” Holmquist,

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)…

Steffen Lindert

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…

coral reef

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.

Melisa Diaz

Earth Sciences doctoral student studies effects of climate change in Antarctica

PhD student in the School of Earth Sciences Melisa Diaz spent her winter break in Antarctica studying how ecosystems respond to changes in climate.

2017 High Points

2017 High Points

For the College of Arts and Sciences, 2017 was full of extraordinary accomplishments, leading-edge research, impactful philanthropy and nonstop learning. Take a moment to look back as we gear up for…

An ice core retrieved from the Guliya Ice Cap in the Kunlun Mountains in Tibet in 2015. Photo by Giuliano Bertagna, courtesy of the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center.

Tibetan ice core could reveal more than 600,000 years of climate history

Researchers from The Ohio State University are studying the oldest ice core ever drilled outside the polar regions.