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Observing Our Night Sky Like Never Before
The new, five-year, $2.4 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation puts eyes on the entire visible sky all night, every night, everywhere. ASAS-SN, led by Astronomy Professors Kris…
Arts and Sciences Launches New Collaborative Research Grant Program with the College of Human Ecology
The College of Arts and Sciences (ASC) has partnered with Ohio State’s College of Education and Human Ecology (EHE) to develop a new Cross-College Seed Grant Program, the goal of which is to generate…
A New Look at How Stars Are Born
Astronomy Assistant Professor Adam Leroy and his students will get the best look yet at how stars are born in galaxies’ “stellar nurseries,” thanks to new, five-year, $582,635 NSF Faculty Early…
NASA Appoints Ohio State Astrophysicist to Key Executive Committee
NASA has appointed Physics Professor James J. Beatty to its Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group Executive Committee. Playing an important role in NASA's future investments in Physics of the…
Big Data and Children's Health
Elisabeth Dowling Root, associate professor of geography, is part of the new Discovery Themes Translational Data Analytics at Ohio State. She studies the use of big data to improve children's health.
Microbiologist Leads Climate Change Study
Virginia Rich, assistant professor microbiology, with Scott Saleska of the University of Arizona, co-leads the quest of an international team of 13 researchers to understand how thawing permafrost…
From Field to Fuel to Flight: Making Aviation Fuel from a Common Weed
The dream of creating viable biofuels to alleviate the world’s energy crisis is not new, but it has been elusive. Enter an Ohio State dream team with funding from a unique grant to transform…
Geographer Develops Go-To Power Outage Forecasts for Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew could knock out power for approximately 9-10 million people in the U.S., according to power outage forecasts developed by Ohio State’s Steve Quiring, atmospheric sciences professor…
Voxel Bay: ACCAD Students Partner with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to Create Virtual Reality Game to Comfort Young Patients
A pilot is underway for the virtual reality game, Voxel Bay, at the comprehensive hemophilia treatment center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The game was specifically designed to distract and…