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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.
College of Arts and Sciences awards five Instrumentation and Infrastructure Grants
Research and creative activity are often impossible without the right equipment, and the College of Arts and Sciences is stepping up to help faculty members replace outdated instrumentation, upgrade…
Ohio State University awarded $500,000 Mellon Grant for Unite to Read Project
The Ohio State University has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the Unite to Read Project (URP). The URP is an innovative, two-year initiative to engage the…
New approach makes one type of clean fuel production 66% more efficient
Researchers have uncovered a more efficient way to turn carbon dioxide into methanol, a type of alcohol that can serve as a cleaner alternative fuel. In the lab, synthesizing methanol can be…
Department of Geography to acquire state-of-the-art mobile weather radar
“If you feel it, chase it,” was the tagline for “Twisters,” a 2024 blockbuster film centered around a group of storm chasers who study tornadoes. And for students at Ohio State, the opportunity to…
How the brain links related memories formed close in time
If you’ve ever noticed how memories from the same day seem connected while events from weeks apart feel separate, a new study reveals the reason: Our brains physically link memories that occur close…
How family background can help lead to athletic success
Americans have long believed that sports are one area in society that offers kids from all backgrounds the chance to succeed to the best of their abilities. But new research suggests that this belief…
New DESI results strengthen hints that dark energy may evolve
Researchers see hints that dark energy, widely thought to be a “cosmological constant,” might be evolving over time in unexpected ways. New results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument…
Arts and Sciences students shine at 2025 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
A number of College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate researchers received awards at the 2025 Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. 25 students from 12 majors placed in…