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Using soil to better serve the planet

Using soil to better serve people and the planet

What secrets does the ground beneath our feet hold? To Ohio State’s Rattan Lal, the soil could be the key to combatting climate change and much more.
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6 things to know about Lake Erie's algal blooms
Six things to know about Lake Erie’s algal blooms
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Revolutionizing organ transplantation
Revolutionizing organ transplantation
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An illustration of plants floating in water.
The root of a solution to water pollution?
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Gaming for healing
Video games with a healing touch
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MRSA in dogs and cats: 5 things pet owners should know
MRSA in dogs and cats: 5 things you should know
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An illustration of a power transformer.
Improving our decaying energy grid
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Better treatment for domestic violence survivors
Better treatment for domestic violence survivors
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VR Training helping disaster response
VR training helping disaster response
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Combatting mega-fires
Society, ecology and combating mega-fires
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An illustration of a climate scientist.
Getting to the core of climate change
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Asimina Kiourti working in the lab.
Advancing wearable technology for health care
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Engineering sustainable mobility solutions
Building a better car with next-generation engineers
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AI for future 'edge' networks
Artificial intelligence for future ‘edge’ networks
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Ohio State doctor Zihai Li
Recruiting your own immune system to fight cancer
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Helping communities combat food security
Helping communities combat food insecurity
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Bringing artificial intelligence to the masses
Bringing artificial intelligence to the masses
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Creating healthier space travel environments
Creating healthier space travel environments
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Convergence creates innovation
Convergence creates innovation
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Ohio State researcher Vimal Buck sits next two a student as they both review data.
Stronger cybersecurity for factories of the future
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Researcher Tanya Berger-Wolf stands in front of a screen that is displaying butterflies.
A new field of science for global biodiversity
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An illustration of a red silhouette of a firefighter with the New York City skyline outlined in the backdrop. The background color is light blue.
9/11: causes and lingering consequences
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Sakima Smith working at the Wexner Medical Center.
Forging new futures in the field of cardio-oncology
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Rice adjusting wearable technology on a man sitting in a chair
Wearable tech to keep astronauts healthier
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A SAGE test on an tablet.
SAGE advice for aging brains
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A researcher hold a black pig.
How do we stop virus 'spillover' events?
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Leveraging gene therapy to change childrens' lives
Leveraging gene therapy to change childrens' lives
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Ohio State researcher Andre Palmer looks at a vial of the artificial blood he's developed.
An ‘artificial’ approach to saving lives
3-minute read
A man and a woman stand in front of a large American flag.
Improving care for veterans with brain injuries
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Fans cheer at a game at Ohio Stadium.
Ohio Stadium ‘FanQuakes’ make seismic impressions
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Ohio State football players celebrate after scoring a touchdown
Across the field. Across the state.
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Two researchers work together on a robotic arm.
Solutions the world needs now
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Chieri Kubota
Fresh produce anywhere, anytime
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Automotive researcher Stephanie Stockar stands in front of a hybrid vehicle.
Next-generation vehicle optimization
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Wilson Figueroa, Bucky Foster and Courtney Taylor pose in their College of Public Health office.
Stress, resilience and health disparities
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Bee flying around sunflower
How you can keep bees from becoming endangered
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Melissa Bailey observes as students Sarah Olen-Thomas and Ian Binns practice with optometry equipment.
Innovating solutions to vision disorders
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Ratmir Timashev, right, shakes hands with a student in an integrated business and engineering class.
What Ohio State’s entrepreneurs are working on
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Pelorus Health founder Anjali Prabhakaran, right, huddles around a tablet with business partner Angelina Atieh, a third-year student, at Thompson Library.
Building support networks for those with chronic illnesses
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Enan Srivastava, Garrett Carder and Caroline Karbowski
This student startup is promoting braille literacy
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Mary Kate Rinderle and Meredith Laidly collect samples from wetlands.
7 ways our students create a more sustainable world
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Ohio State student Addam Jensen at the Ohio Supercomputer Center.
Holocron’s mission: Detect global ‘tech surprise’
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Katrina Cornish, right, working with a student.
This professor is pioneering sustainable rubber
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Kate Gawlik works at home while also caring for and schooling children, which is difficult.
Burned out by pandemic parenting? You’re not alone
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Hands work on a catalytic converter.
Future catalytic converters could be more efficient
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Starlink satellites hover above the earth.
SpaceX satellites used to pinpoint location on Earth
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Quantum figures.
A quantum step to a heat switch with no moving parts
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A research sailboat traverses the ocean.
Ocean water samples yield trove of RNA virus data
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Researchers on a boat gather algal bloom samples
First real snapshot of algal bloom toxins in Lake Erie
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Dr. Shahid Nimjee works on breakthroughs that can restore functionality to stroke victims as a researcher at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Solving a big problem in stroke treatment
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Researcher Lonnie and Ellen Mosley Thompson, clad in winter parkas, stand in front of a wall of ice cores.
Journey with courageous climate scientists
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An illustration of depression.
Dads in debt can cause family-wide strife
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A dog sits in the lawn with a house in the background
More pups in neighborhoods means less crime
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A frog-eating bat approaches the ringtone and prepares to snatch up a baitfish snack.
Discovering what bats can remember
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Ayaz Hyder
He sees the potential for data to do good
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A beaver drinks water from a stream.
Oldest fossil sheds light on evolutionary keys
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Dr. Amy Moore reanimates limbs, relieves debilitating pain and restores sensation as a plastic surgeon at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Using plastic surgery to reanimate limbs
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Dr. Christopher Kaeding
How an Ohio State doctor is changing sports medicine
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A drone flying through the air.
More efficient wind sensor improves drones
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Dr. Electra Paskett
Working to end deaths from preventable cancers
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Trees.
Climate change turning trees into gluttons
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This building in Panama City, Florida was severely damaged in Hurricane Michael.
Machine learning to assess hurricane damage
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This image shows the Hanford Village and Driving Park neighborhoods in 1961 -- the buildings highlighted in red were destroyed or relocated to build I-70.
Recreating ‘ghost neighborhoods’ in Columbus
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Ohio State Associate Professor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Andrew Bowman examines a pig.
‘Smart surveillance’ to predict viral spillovers
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A woman scrolls on her phone while in bed.
Ohio State survey digs into American sleep habits
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An illustration depicting concentric circles.
AI helps peer (a second) into the future
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President Kristina M. Johnson and Sen. Sherrod Brown (center) toured the Center for Automotive Research, the future home of a dedicated research, development and testing laboratory supporting the deployment of zero-emission and low-emission public transportation buses.
Center will test low- and zero-emission buses
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Dr. Ernest Mazzaferri Jr. examines patient Marcus Wright.
Looking to genetics to better understand high cholesterol
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An image of StarLab hovering over the earth
Space project has earthly benefits
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A student works on a piece of machinery
Advancing Ohio's semiconductor workforce
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A student and Ohio State staff member work in Lake Erie
Making water quality a top priority
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Scanning electron micrograph of a cell (purple) infected with the omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (orange), isolated from a patient sample and colorized.
Omicron variants that resist antibody response
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A person interacts with a Bluetooth-enabled smartwatch
Uncovering Bluetooth device security threats
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Thumbnail of the Imageomics video with a Zebra
Imageomics explained: A new way to track biodiversity
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Shadows on pavement reveal a young child holding hands with two adults.
How welfare restrictions impact foster care
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Players crowd around Damar Hamlin as he is transported onto an ambulance.
How sports media responded to the Hamlin injury
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Jim Grote talks with Ohio State student Hayden Frea, who shares a patent on a pizza saucing machine with other interns
Developing the smart pizza kitchens of tomorrow
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A patient uses a smartphone for telehealth services.
Technology can’t solve digital divide
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An illustration depicting innovators working with tools in fields including health care and transportation.
Meet these 10 Buckeye innovators
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An elderly works on a crossword puzzle.
Exploring the mysteries of cognitive decline
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A woman smiles as she delivers groceries to another person.
How kindness eases anxiety and depression
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A woman uses a sensor on her arm.
First wearable sensor for muscle atrophy
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Cathann Kress, dean of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, addresses the grand opening audience with other officials behind her.
Ohio State opens terrestrial science park
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Anil Parwani uses medical equipment.
How Ohio State is leading the digital pathology revolution
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A "flooded" sign sits in the middle of a flooded road.
Housing’s key role in disaster preparedness
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A field of soil with a tractor.
How ‘biochar’ can combat climate change
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Peter Mohler, Hiroyuki Fujita, Amy Moore, Mayor Ginther and Doug Ulman.
Ohio State opens Pelotonia Research Center
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A researcher wearing gloves holds up a sample "metastasis-on-a-chip."
Miniature organs may unlock the future of cancer therapy
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