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Economic Growth Linked with Poor Health
Economics Professor Richard Steckel is author of a new study finding that the American surge in Type 2 diabetes in the South can be partially traced to the area’s rapid economic growth between 1950…
Historian/Sociologist Named to National NAS Roundtable on Crime Trends in America
Randolph Roth, professor, history and sociology, has been named to a National NAS Roundtable to study crime trends in America.
Vision and Hearing Work Together to Help Us Catch a Moving Target
Psychology Professor Dennis Shaffer finds that chasing down a moving object is not only a matter of sight and sound; it is also a matter of mind.
Anthropologist Predicts Major Threat to Species Within 40 Years
Jeffrey McKee, professor of anthropology, finds that ongoing global growth in the human population will crowd out mammals and birds and has the potential to threaten hundreds of species with…
Remembering Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate Kenneth G. Wilson
Former Ohio State Physicist and Nobel Laureate Kenneth G. Wilson, who helped revolutionize the field of physics, then transformed the way physics is taught, died June 15, 2013.
Under the Microscope: Ticks and Mites Cannot Hide at Ohio State's Acarology Laboratory
Ohio State's Acarology Summer Program kicks -off its 62nd year on June 24 with folks attending from 12 countries around the world.
Spatial Statistics, Know It or Not, Is Making a Difference Everywhere
Applications of spatial statistics are advancing studies in a range of important areas, having an effect on our lives, whether we know it or not.
Teens Living in Poor Areas at Risk for Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)
Adolescents living in neighborhoods rife with poverty are at an increased risk of getting the sexually transmitted infection (STI) chlamydia in young adulthood.
Psychology Professor Finds Men and Women Perpetuate Stereotypes About Sexual Behavior
Terri Fisher, professor of psychology (Mansfield), has authored a new study showing that men and women lie about their sexual behavior to match the expectations of gender stereotypes.