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The case of the disappearing neutrinos
Neutrinos are popularly thought to penetrate everything owing to their extremely weak interactions with matter. A recent analysis by the IceCube neutrino observatory at the South Pole…
Scientific Mysteries that Still Haven't Been Solved
Humans have made a staggering amount of scientific and technological progress over the past century, but from the reason we sleep at night to the origins of the universe, several fundamental…
Arts and Sciences iTunes U courses are "Off the Charts"
Apple's "Off the Charts 2017" list of most popular courses on iTunes U includes six courses from The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences. Additional universities…
SciDome Planetarium Wins Collaboration of the Year
For millennia the stars have fascinated, confounded and inspired poets, painters, scholars and dreamers. So, when The Ohio State University at Newark and The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art…
Astrophysicist Christopher Hirata receives an "Oscar of science"
Astronomy and physics professor Christopher Hirata is the first faculty member from Ohio State to receive a New Horizons in Physics Prize, an award given alongside the annual Breakthrough Prizes,…
Science Sundays: Particle Physics: New Research Frontiers
Particle physics, the quest to understand the smallest objects in the universe, depends on operating powerful colliders, like those at Fermilab and CERN. Joe Lykken outlines deep…
AAAS names four Ohio State faculty as 2017 Fellows
Four Ohio State faculty were chosen to receive one of the most prestigious awards given to U.S. scientists. Elected by their peers as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of…
ASC student receives President’s Prize for science accessibility initiatives
Anna Voelker has a dream to make science more accessible, specifically for people living with physical and cognitive disabilities. Now, she is one step closer to making that dream…
Anna Voelker Receives President's Prize
Anna Voelker, a science communication and accessibility major, is one of two Ohio State graduating seniors awarded this year’s President’s Prize for her work toward making astronomy more…