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Triplehorn Insect Collection asks public to help label Arctic butterflies
Butterflies are among the many species vulnerable to climate change, with even slight shifts in environment affecting the distribution and flight patterns of certain populations.
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Ohio State helps dark energy instrument's lenses see the night sky for the first time
On April 1 the dome of the Mayall Telescope near Tucson, Arizona, opened to the night sky, and starlight poured through the assembly of six large lenses that were carefully packaged and aligned…
David Nagib named 2019 Sloan Research Fellow
David Nagib, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been named a recipient of the 2019 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships — a…
An artwork with the power of multiple universes
Imagine seeing the universe.
Now imagine seeing five.
That’s exactly what the room-sized, cosmology-inspired artwork “Island Universe” seeks to portray. The elaborate installation…
Local family’s passion for Orton Museum contributes to successful crowdfunding campaign
When local mom Erin Strouse was looking for a fun, affordable place to take her preschool-aged sons, a family friend recommended Ohio State's Orton Geological Museum.
The Strouse…
Physics professor lights up 2018 Nobel Prize ceremony
While most of us were gearing up for a much-needed and well-deserved winter break, physics professor Louis Franklin DiMauro was en route to Stockholm, Sweden, to attend the 2018 Nobel Prize award…
15 Arts and Sciences students named Presidential Fellows
Fifteen graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences have received an autumn 2018 Presidential Fellowship, the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School at Ohio State.…
Ohio State, University of Washington scientists pave way for protein nanomachines
While the Ohio State Buckeyes and Washington Huskies prepared to butt heads in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, researchers at the two universities collaborated to create proteins that zip together…
Mother of two, astronomy and physics student set to graduate after unique educational journey
Ness Mayker had to let go of one passion to make room for another.
Life for the astronomy and physics double major is, admittedly, a little hectic. Between balancing preparations to…