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Study sheds new light on strange lava worlds
Lava worlds, massive exoplanets home to sparkling skies and roiling volcanic seas called magma oceans, are distinctly unlike the planets in our solar system.
To date, nearly 50…
Political independents are more negative than partisans
In this era of extreme partisanship, the people who express the most negativity in their political choices are those we may least expect: independents. In a new paper, researchers conducted…
Urban Arts Space celebrates inaugural community artist-in-residence Arris’ J. Cohen
The Ohio State University’s Urban Arts Space (UAS) has named Arris’ J. Cohen as the center’s inaugural community artist-in-residence. UAS marked the occasion with a Sept. 13…
‘Canary’ documentary featuring Ohio State scientist delivers climate message
Lonnie Thompson has perhaps spent more time at the top of the world than anyone else on the planet.
Thompson, a distinguished university professor of earth sciences at The…
Ohio State leads new global climate center on AI for biodiversity change
The Ohio State University will lead a new multimillion dollar international center devoted to using artificial intelligence to help understand climate impacts on biodiversity.
The AI and…
Ohio’s droughts are worse than often recognized, study finds
A new type of analysis suggests that droughts in Ohio were more severe from 2000 to 2019 than standard measurements have suggested.
Researchers at The Ohio State…
AI can help write a message to a friend – but don’t do it
Using artificial intelligence applications to help craft a message to a friend is not a good idea – at least if your friend finds out about the use of AI, a new study suggests. Researchers…
Departments of Astronomy and Physics receive NASA grants to join Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Mission
Faculty, staff and students in the Departments of Astronomy and Physics will play a large part in NASA’s next large astrophysics mission, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman), expected to…
Researchers find Antarctic ice shelves thinner than previously thought
As global ice dams begin to weaken due to warming temperatures, a new study suggests that prior attempts to evaluate the mass of the huge floating ice shelves that line the Antarctic ice sheet may…