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USFWS-funded project helps track endangered Ohio bats

White-nose syndrome is wiping out Ohio’s tri-colored bat populations, and researchers are racing to understand more about[…]

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Research aims to tackle problems measuring biodiversity change

We’ve all heard about dwindling biodiversity across the planet, but it turns out scientists have a difficult[…]

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Scientists program proteins to pair exactly

While the Ohio State Buckeyes and Washington Huskies prepared to butt heads in the Rose Bowl on[…]

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Machine learning helps predict endangered plant species

There are many organizations monitoring endangered species such as elephants and tigers, but what about the millions[…]

A close-up look at the whirlpool around gigantic black hole

Imagine if you could see something the size of a coin at the distance of the moon.[…]

Ohio State team helps map the Arctic like never before

Some portions of the Arctic are so remote and barren, they seem like another planet. In fact,[…]

The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS), a particle detector built in an underground cavern in Cessy, France, on top of the Large Hadron Collider. 

Physicists uncover new behavior of elusive Higgs boson particle

It’s been six years since scientists confirmed the existence of a long-theorized particle called the Higgs boson,[…]

Venom researchers making powerful discoveries

For wild animals, life is all about survival. And most don’t have the luxury of cheetah-fast speed[…]