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NMS Undergraduate Research Forum Poster Winners
Seventy-nine undergraduates presented research posters at the annual NMS Undergraduate Research Forum on April 20. Winners received awards and prizes.
Astronomer Rick Pogge Stars in History Channel's Alien Sounds
In space no one can hear you scream. It might have worked that way in Ridley's Scott's Alien, but the History Channel and Pogge "on location" in Ohio Stadium show us that space is really a noisy…
Astronomers Awarded $5M Contract to Build Cameras for New-Generation Microlensing Telescopes
Astronomy Professor Andrew Gould and his team have received a $5M contract from the Korea Astronomy and Space Sciences Institute to build cameras for the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network.
Gabrielli and Thompson Awarded NSF Grant to Study Impact of Atmospheric Trace Elements on the “Third Pole” Glaciers
Gabrielli and Thompson Awarded NSF Grant to Study Impact of Atmospheric Trace Elements on the “Third Pole” Glaciers
Does Internet Use Promote Democracy?
Erik Nisbet, assistant professor of communication, is lead author of a new study suggesting the internet spurs pro-democratic attitudes most in countries that already have introduced some reforms in…
Physicist Captures First-Ever Images of Atoms Moving in a Molecule
Ohio State physicist Louis DiMauro and his team have captured the first-ever images of atoms moving in a molecule.
Grotewold Receives $4.2 Million Plant Research Grant
Erich Grotewold, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Horticulture and Crop Science, is the Principal Investigator on a $4,234,908 NSF project to address fundamentally-important questions in plant…
Researcher Unlocks Key to Reversing Sun Damage
Dongping Zhong, the Robert Smith Associate Professor of Physics and associate professor in the departments of chemistry and biochemistry, has witnessed how the enzyme, called photolyase, works at the…
New Seminar Charts a Timely Course in Treacherous Waters
Students in environmental toxicologist Roman Lanno's new Autumn Quarter Seminar, will focus on what is possibly the worst environmental disaster in history.