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Astronomy professor's research advances technology looking for signs of alien life
Ji Wang, assistant professor of astronomy, recently led research that used high-dispersion spectroscopy to analyze the atmosphere of a gaseous exoplanet 129 light-years away. This technique…
Did Ohio State really detect an alien signal?
Though the pursuit of aliens has largely come up empty, one strange discovery recorded by an Ohio State astronomer in 1977 continues to baffle scientists and stoke imaginations that maybe we aren't…
Ohio State astronomer helps detect historical stellar merger event
R. Mark Wagner, a research scientist in the Department of Astronomy, was part of an international team that identified an hourglass-shaped cloud floating in space as remnants of a 348-year-old…
Wysocki lab making huge advances in protein characterization
A $6.8 million NIH grant has established a Resource for Native Mass Spectrometry Guided Structural Biology at Ohio State under the direction of chemistry and biochemistry professor Vicki Wysocki.
Pursuing a passion for anthropology through the Summer Research Opportunities Program
The Big Ten Academic Alliance's Summer Research Opportunities Program has been dubbed a "gateway to graduate education."
$20 million NSF grant continues groundbreaking climate change research
Heather Allen, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is a researcher for the Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment (CAICE) and studies how sea-spray aerosols…
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center expands research scope
Ohio State’s Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center is extending beyond its excellence in polar and alpine research to support the expanding scope of climate science across the university.
Sharpe Geography Innovation Commons opens in Derby Hall
Gary and Connie Sharpe wanted to foster a space at Ohio State where new ideas could not only blossom, but thrive — so they founded the new Geography Innovation Commons in Derby Hall.
A Dinosaur for Orton
Orton Geological Museum is home to many exhibits that celebrate the prehistoric. But with the recent addition of an entire dinosaur skeleton, molded from a fossil discovered by an Ohio State…