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By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Austin Way ’14, an Honors Tutorial College student who majored in Engineering Physics, received a prestigious graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The award includes three years of full support for graduate study during a five-year period, for the amount of $132,000. In […]

This spring, more than 40 percent of the western United States is in a drought that the USDA deems “severe” or “exceptional.” The same was true in 2013. In 2012, drought even spread to the humid east. It’s easy to assume that a three-year drought is an inconsequential blip on […]

Physics & Astronomy graduate student Mongi Dlamini was helping April 1 when “the crown jewel of the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility sparkled its way into a new era,” as Science Daily described it. That day will “forever remain engraved in my mind,” Dlamini says. The accelerator’s […]

Dr. Todd Young, Professor of Mathematics at Ohio University, has been named Co-Editor-in-Chief of the research journal Dynamical Systems: An International Journal. Dynamical Systems is published by Taylor and Francis four times a year in print and electronic editions. The primary goal of Dynamical Systems (founded as Dynamics and Stability of Systems ) is […]

Almost all cancer cells are “addicted” to glucose, says scientist Xiao Chen, Adjunct Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry. They depend on glucose and other nutrients to fuel growth. But a new compound developed by biologist Chen and organic chemist Dr. Stephen Bergmeier, Professor and Chair of Chemistry & Biochemistry, is […]

From finding new compounds for drug development to detecting narcotics or explosives at crime scenes, scientists have relied on mass spectrometry to identify molecules. Dr. Hao Chen is developing a portfolio of technologies that can expand the capabilities of this classic technique. “Our research focuses on the new mass-spec innovation […]

College of Arts & Sciences students received 11 of the 24 Ohio University Student Enhancement Awards program announced in March. A total of $115,945 in funding was awarded for original research, scholarship and creative work. The Student Enhancement Awards are funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative […]