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Intuitive or rational? Students and experts need to be both
Research into dual-process theories of reasoning from cognitive psychology suggests ways to improve classroom instruction in physics. Prof. Andrew Heckler, Mila Kryjevskaia, Assoc. Prof. at…
Kagan and Pelekhov Make Environmental Health and Safety Dean's List
Each year, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) conducts a laboratory safety site visit of all campus research laboratories using hazardous chemicals and biological materials. The site visit…
The Chicago Quantum Exchange adds The Ohio State University
The Chicago Quantum Exchange, a growing hub for the research and development of quantum technology that is based at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, has added…
How a highly advanced microscope is like a record player
Jay Gupta, professor of physics, explores the properties of novel materials at the atomic scale to address problems in energy conversion and advanced computing. Via scanning tunneling…
U.S. Army awards Ohio State, Potomac Research, $1.1 million for cybersecurity research
Physics Professor Daniel Gauthier of the College of Arts and Sciences, electrical and computer engineering Professor Emre Koksal of the College of Engineering, and Potomac…
A quantum step to a heat switch with no moving parts
Study confirms unusual electron behavior in a quantum material
Researchers have discovered a new electronic property at the frontier between the thermal and quantum sciences in a specially…
Ohio State played crucial role in releasing new results from the Dark Energy Survey (DES)
More than a dozen current and former faculty and researchers from Ohio State played crucial roles in releasing new results from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) last week.
The DES…
Estefany Nunez Ornelas Recognized With CMS Award
Congratulations to PhD student Martha (Estefany) Nunez Ornelas for receiving the “2020 CMS Award” from the Compact Muon Solenoid Detector Collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva!…
Undergrad researcher Nashad Rahman graduates on a high note
OSU physics undergrad Nashad Rahman had big plans to work on laser experiments in summer 2020. But of course Covid-19 changed all that. Out of an abundance of caution, the social distancing…