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The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State or OSU, is a public research university in Columbus, Ohio.

A magnetic shape memory polymer that uses magnetic fields to transform into a variety of shapes

A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and The Ohio State University has developed a soft polymer material, called magnetic shape memory polymer, that uses magnetic fields to transform into a variety of shapes. The material could enable a range of new applications from antennas that change frequencies on the fly to

A magnetic shape memory polymer that uses magnetic fields to transform into a variety of shapes

A new way to capture heat and turn it into electricity

Scientists find new way to capture heat that otherwise would have been lost An international team of scientists has figured out how to capture heat and turn it into electricity. The discovery, published last week in the journal Science Advances, could create more efficient energy generation from heat in things like car exhaust, interplanetary space probes

A new way to capture heat and turn it into electricity

Facial movements are an inexact gauge of a person’s feelings, behaviors, and intentions

Software that purports to read emotions in faces is being deployed or tested for a variety of purposes, including surveillance, hiring, clinical diagnosis, and market research. But a new scientific report finds that facial movements are an inexact gauge of a person’s feelings, behaviors, and intentions. “It is not possible to confidently infer happiness from

Facial movements are an inexact gauge of a person’s feelings, behaviors, and intentions

A potassium-oxygen battery will cost about $44 per kilowatt hour vs $100 per kilowatt hour for lithium ion

Researchers have built a more efficient, more reliable potassium-oxygen battery, a step toward a potential solution for energy storage on the nation’s power grid and longer-lasting batteries in cell phones and laptops. In a study published this month in the journal Batteries and Supercaps, researchers from The Ohio State University detailed their findings centering around the construction of

A potassium-oxygen battery will cost about $44 per kilowatt hour vs $100 per kilowatt hour for lithium ion

Combining natural rubber with bioplastic in a novel way results in a much stronger replacement for plastic

New biodegradable ‘plastic’ is tough, flexible The quest to keep plastic out of landfills and simultaneously satisfy the needs of the food industry is filled with obstacles. A biodegradable replacement for petroleum-based products has to meet all sorts of standards and, so far, attempts at viable replacements from renewable sources have faced limited success due

Combining natural rubber with bioplastic in a novel way results in a much stronger replacement for plastic

New study from Ohio State University shows social media has remarkably small impact on Americans’ beliefs

Social media had only a small influence on how much people believed falsehoods about candidates and issues in the last two presidential elections, a pair of new national studies found. And Facebook – which came under fire for spreading misinformation in the 2016 campaign – actually reduced misperceptions by users in that election compared to

New study from Ohio State University shows social media has remarkably small impact on Americans’ beliefs

To survive, US citrus may have to become genetically modified

A tiny insect, no bigger than the head of a pin, is threatening to topple the multibillion-dollar citrus industry in the U.S. by infecting millions of acres of orchards with an incurable bacterium called citrus greening disease. The battle to save the citrus industry is pitting crop producers and a team of agriculture researchers –

To survive, US citrus may have to become genetically modified

Using machine learning to predict worldwide plant-conservation priorities

New analytics approach identifies 15,000 at-risk species There are many organizations monitoring endangered species such as elephants and tigers, but what about the millions of other species on the planet — ones that most people have never heard of or don’t think about? How do scientists assess the threat level of, say, the plicate rocksnail,

Using machine learning to predict worldwide plant-conservation priorities

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Ohio State president Michael Drake to retire
on November 21, 2019 at 2:51 pm
“Ohio State is a very special place. Brenda and I are blessed to be part of the incredible Buckeye community,” said Drake, 69, in a press release. “The work being done at this university through ...
Ohio State University President Plans to Retire Next Year
on November 21, 2019 at 6:08 am
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University President Michael Drake plans to retire ... After the CEO Drake had recruited for OSU Wexner Medical Center resigned amid criticism in 2017, positive ...
Ohio State west campus research facility gets $15M from retired CEO of Hilliard public company
on November 20, 2019 at 9:24 am
The retired CEO of a Hilliard public company has donated $15 million toward the Interdisciplinary Research Facility planned for Ohio State University's west campus Innovation District. The research ...
Ohio State reports record investment in research
on November 20, 2019 at 4:09 am
New numbers show 2019 was a record-breaking year for research at The Ohio State University. According to a new analysis from the university’s Office of Research, research expenditures for the 2019 ...
Ohio State University (OSU) - Newark Campus Average Salary
on October 12, 2019 at 5:00 pm
These 10 Office Halloween Party Mistakes Really Give HR a Scare Without a doubt, Halloween is one of the best holidays of the year. It gives us the chance to be kids again, dressing up like heroes or ...

What do abrupt changes in ocean circulation and Earth’s climate, shifts in wildlife populations and ecosystems, the global finance market and its system-wide crashes, and asthma attacks and epileptic seizures have in common?

Early Warning Signals Of Change: ‘Tipping Points’ Identified Where Sudden Shifts To New Conditions Occur

BYU researchers unfold new class of mechanical devices In a paper published today in Science Robotics, engineers at Brigham Young University detail new technology that allows them to build complex mechanisms into the exterior of a structure without taking up any actual space below the surface. This new class of mechanisms, called “developable mechanisms,” get their

Real science has finally caught up to the science fiction of Iron Man’s transforming exoskeleton suit

New laboratory opens its doors with a symposium, a festival and seven new games MIT has established new game research facilities in the Karl Taylor Compton Laboratories (Building 26), where MIT’s first computer game, Spacewar!, was developed 50 years ago. The MIT Game Lab inaugurated its premises with a symposium on Sept. 21, “Games in Everyday

MIT Game Lab explores the potential of games and play

In Penn State’s Materials Research Institute, an electrical engineer and a biomaterials engineer have joined their expertise to develop a flexible, biodegradable optical fiber to deliver light into the body for medical applications. The ability to deliver light into the body is important for laser surgery, drug activation, optical imaging, diagnosis of disease and in

Delivering light and drugs into the body with a biodegradable optical fiber

“Lionfish are here to stay, and it appears that the only way to control them is by fishing them,” “Ocean predator” conjures up images of sharks and barracudas, but the voracious red lionfish is out-eating them all in the Caribbean – and Mother Nature appears unable to control its impact on local reef fish. That

Caribbean’s native predators unable to stop aggressive lionfish population growth

A breakthrough in nanolaser technology has been made by Arizona State University researchers. Electrically powered nano-scale lasers have been able to operate effectively only in cold temperatures. Researchers in the field have been striving to enable them to perform reliably at room temperature, a step that would pave the way for their use in a

Breaking the final barrier: room-temperature electrically powered nanolasers

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) is Japan's primary national research institute for information and communications.. Paving the way to technological singularityHiroshima University, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, and Panasonic Corporation announced the successful development of a terahertz (THz) transceiver that can transmit or receive digital data at 80 gigabits

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Research could lower cost, accelerate production of renewable hydrogen fuel New guidelines laid down by Nebraska and Chinese researchers could steer the design of less costly, more efficient catalysts geared toward revving up the production of hydrogen as a renewable fuel. Nebraska’s Xiao Cheng Zeng and colleagues have identified several overlooked factors critical to the

Reducing the costs of catalysts for production of hydrogen as a renewable fuel

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Detecting blocked arteries early using nanoparticles could save a LOT of lives

New nanotechnology will allow detection of blocked arteries more effectively than ever before Heart disease and stroke are the world’s two most deadly diseases, causing over 15 million deaths in 2016 according to the World Health Organization. A key underlying factor in both of these global health crises is the common condition, atherosclerosis, or the

Detecting blocked arteries early using nanoparticles could save a LOT of lives

Could solar cell windows be on the way by punching holes in regular solar cells?

Researchers in Korea have found an effective and inexpensive strategy to transform solar cells from opaque to transparent. Existing transparent solar cells tend to have a reddish hue and lower efficiency, but by punching holes that are around 100 ?m in diameter (comparable in size to a human hair) on crystalline silicon wafers, it allows

Could solar cell windows be on the way by punching holes in regular solar cells?

Sugar cube-sized blocks of a new electromagnetic material could transform communication networks

Scientists at the University of Illinois have created sugar cube-sized blocks of an electromagnetic material with potential to transform communication networks. Several countries are building futuristic communication systems using higher frequency electromagnetic waves to transfer more data at faster rates, but they have lacked network components to handle these higher bandwidths. Researcher J. Gary Eden

Sugar cube-sized blocks of a new electromagnetic material could transform communication networks

Using sunlight to convert plastic waste into useful chemicals

Chemists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a method that could turn plastic waste into valuable chemicals by using sunlight. In lab experiments, the research team mixed plastics with their catalyst in a solvent, which allows the solution to harness light energy and convert the dissolved plastics into formic acid – a

Using sunlight to convert plastic waste into useful chemicals

A magnetic shape memory polymer that uses magnetic fields to transform into a variety of shapes

A promising new method uses acoustics to capture microplastics in water

Microplastics are receiving a lot of attention lately due to its difficulty in removal from the environment. Sieves and filtrations are currently the predominant way to capture microplastics in water. However, this is impractical because filters clog easily and regularly need to be cleaned or replaced. Another issue is that it has been impossible to