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Astronomers find Earth-like exoplanets common across the cosmos
Using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), an international team of researchers has discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common across the universe than…

A dual-degree success: Tomaz Neves-Garcia’s path from USP to Ohio State
Tomaz Neves-Garcia’s scientific journey has taken him from São Paulo to Ohio, with stops in the United Kingdom and Spain along the way. During his undergraduate studies at the University of São…

Acclaimed paleoartist speaks at Ohio State
When reconstructing the face of a recently deceased individual, scientists can use data from human cadavers and living people. But how do you reconstruct a face that’s more than 140,00 years old?…

Norah Zuniga Shaw Partners with Doris Duke Foundation for XR Performance Research
Professor Norah Zuniga Shaw, Director for Dance and Technology at The Ohio State University’s Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) and Department of Dance, is partnering with…

Watching our brains remember multiple things at once
A new study offers insight into what is happening in our brains when our working memory must use its limited resources to remember multiple things.
Researchers found that two parts of the…

The Sheer Power of Prose
Children with autism experience myriad struggles. Often, one of them is simply being invited to play. Have fun. Because if you think those with autism don’t want to be social and creative, you’re…

Exhibition displays work from Ohio State auxiliary faculty and staff
Merijn van der Heijden has been the director of Urban Arts Space at The Ohio State University since 2018. The annual Department of Art Auxiliary Faculty and Staff Exhibition long predates her, she…

Astronomy PhD candidate receives prestigious NASA Hubble Fellowship
Caprice Phillips, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Astronomy at Ohio State, has always aimed for the stars through her research and outreach. Now, she will have the opportunity to…

Scenes from the sandbox
Take a look inside the Pelotonia Research Center, Ohio State’s new scientific hot spot, where teamwork, creativity and innovation flourish.