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Benedetta Leuner and Kathryn Lenz

Hormonal contraceptives in teens may alter risk assessment

Hormonal contraceptives taken by adolescents may influence development of the brain in a way that alters the recognition of risks, a new study in rats suggests.

Scientists at The Ohio State…

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Military Community Advocates connect students and build community

Military Community Advocate Will Lopez, active-duty Navy, is currently assigned to Ohio State’s Naval ROTC and will complete his bachelor’s degree in political science in 2025. MCAs help their…

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New study reveals evidence of recurring ancient supereruption

Researchers have discovered a series of large undersea sediment deposits in a region near Italy that were likely formed by an ancient volcanic supereruption.

These…

WAVES AGAINST A CLIFF FACE

Study examines link between underwater landslides and tsunamis

Scientists have calculated a way to determine the speed of past underwater landslides, a new study has found.

Researchers from The Ohio State University studied the…

Nyama McCarthy-Brown

Engaged Scholars: Nyama McCarthy-Brown

Engaged Scholars is a series highlighting Ohio State faculty who have made an impact in our communities through their community-engaged research and teaching.

Nyama McCarthy-Brown…

Working Past Partisanship

Working Past Partisanship

In today’s hyper-partisan political environment, many people refuse to listen to any perspective that doesn’t reflect their own views. Is it even possible to imagine a world that runs on civil…

Dr. Scott A. Jones

Student creatives spark dialogue on homelessness with collaborative art projects

By Z. Daniel Barnett

A dozen students from different artistic backgrounds will collaborate on interdisciplinary projects, over the course of the academic year, to spark dialogue on the many dimensions of homelessness…

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Advances in soft robotics usher in a new era of scientific analysis

Could robots, whose forms can be adapted to achieve almost any real-world task, soon be able to lend a hand in understanding the paleoecology tracing of extinct organisms?

Lead Research Scientist Alexandar Hansen looks on as the massive NMR spectrometer is lowered in the CCIC.

Ohio State CCIC welcomes state-of-the-art NMR spectrometer

By Z. Daniel Barnett

In September 2023, the Campus Chemical Instrument Center (CCIC) and Gateway National Ultrahigh Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility welcomed the delivery of a state-of-the-art, 1.2…