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NSF Awards $780K Grants to Ohio State’s Andrew Heckler for STEM Fluency App
Andrew Heckler, well-known specialist in physics education research at The Ohio State University was awarded two grants from The National Science Foundation (NFS) totaling $780,000 to enhance the…
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How big events can disrupt public transit over an entire city
New technology has allowed scientists to see how a major sporting event can disrupt public transportation in an entire city for hours before and after the event.
Researchers conducted a case…
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Using AI to pinpoint hidden sources of clean energy underground
As efforts to transition away from fossil fuels strengthen the hunt for new sources of low-carbon energy, scientists have developed a deep learning model to scan the Earth for surface expressions…
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Tropical ice cores offer deeper insights into Earth’s temperature record
A new study suggests ice recovered from high tropical mountains can reveal key insights about Earth’s past climate changes.
Led by scientists at The Ohio…
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Agostini is awarded Nobel Prize, while Ohio State cheers
It may have been some 4,200 miles away from the ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, but the applause couldn’t have sounded any sweeter than it did at The Ohio State University Sunday when Pierre…
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‘Inclusive transportation’ is focus of CURA, Kirwan speaker series finale
Smart growth and cultivating community buy-in for transportation projects was the focus of a Dec. 1 webinar presented by The Ohio State University’s Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (…
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Visit the lab pushing Nobel work to the next level
Professor Lou DiMauro, who oversees the day-to-day for the research group he and laureate Pierre Agostini lead, invites you to peek inside. Watch out for the lasers.
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Slash-and-burn agriculture can increase forest biodiversity
The slash-and-burn agriculture practiced by many Indigenous societies across the world can actually have a positive impact on forests, according to a new study done in Belize.
Researchers…
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Ice cores from Earth’s highest tropical peak provide insight into climate variability
In the first study to examine ice cores from the summit of the highest tropical mountain in the world, new evidence provides unique insight into the climate record of the Amazon Basin…