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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…

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‘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…

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Ohio State Energy Partners grants support innovation

Ohio State Energy Partners (OSEP), the university’s comprehensive energy management partnership, has announced 2023-24 grants for projects that advance access to STEM education for people with…

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Departments of Astronomy and Physics receive NASA grants to join Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Mission

By Christina Dierkes

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…

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Good-to-Great Grants recipients announced

The Ohio State University has selected nine proposals, including six from the College of Arts and Sciences, for Good-to-Great Grant Program support. Sponsored by the Office of…

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Ohio State to launch quantum MS/PhD program with funding from the National Science Foundation

By Christina Dierkes

An interdisciplinary team at The Ohio State University has received $3M from the National Science Foundation to support the launch of a new graduate program in quantum information science and…

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Arts and Sciences graduate students named 2023 Pelotonia Scholars

By Christina Dierkes

Two graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded 2023 Pelotonia Graduate Scholarships, a two-year research award that supports graduate students who focus on cancer…

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Using supernovae to study neutrinos’ strange properties

In a new study, researchers have taken an important step toward understanding how exploding stars can help reveal how neutrinos, mysterious subatomic particles, secretly interact with…

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Brandenburg selected for DOE's Early Career Research Program

By James Grega

Daniel Brandenburg, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, has been selected as one of 93 scientists across the country to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s…