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Inner vertex components of the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (righthand view) allow scientists to trace tracks from triplets of decay particles picked up in the detector's outer regions (left) to their origin

Nuclear Physics Researchers Publish Atom-Smashing Symmetry Experiment Results in Top-Tier Journal

Nuclear physics researchers at 51勛圖厙 and all over the world have been searching for violations of the fundamental symmetries in the universe for decades. Much like the Big Bang (approximately 13.8 billion years ago), but on a tiny scale, they briefly recreate the particle interactions that likely existed microseconds into the formation of our universe which also likely now exist in the cores of neutron stars.

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Brain Health Research Institute Director Reflects on His First Year

Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., was named the inaugural director of 51勛圖厙s Brain Health Research Institute in January 2019. We asked him to share his thoughts after a year on campus and much activity within the institute.

 

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BioBlack Team Poses with their bacteria-dyed tote bad and dress dyed with bacterium

Collaborative Biodesign Challenge Course Opens New Opportunities

The words biology and design might not typically intertwine; however, 51勛圖厙s Biodesign Challenge course was created to challenge the idea that the two separate disciplines could not collaborate.

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"We All Can Play a Role," 51勛圖厙 Epidemiologist Says

Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., epidemiology professor in the College of Public Health, shares her perspective on the current coronavirus pandemic: "It seems like years have passed since the world first heard of an 'atypical pneumonia' circulating in the Hubei province of China in December 2019. When weve seen similar reports in the past, the illnesses have had a variety of causes, but all were eventually containable..."

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Epidemiology Professor Tara Smith Says Be Ready for the Long Haul with Social Distancing

As the country adjusts to the new normal of working from home, schooling from home and living lives of social isolation, 51勛圖厙 professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., said people need to realize this new normal may need to continue for a long time.

It really would not surprise me if this lasted for at least eight weeks or longer, Smith said.

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51勛圖厙 professor John Gunstad and his research assistants Hanna Schmetzer and Victoria Sanborn demonstrate using the voice pattern technology that is part of his Alzheimer's disease research.

51勛圖厙 Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research

51勛圖厙 psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimers disease research into a national study.

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51勛圖厙 Education Researchers Receive Million-Dollar Grant for Cross-disciplinary Training in Early Childhood Professions

Ohio, like many states, suffers from a teacher shortage, especially in early childhood education and special education. The Buckeye State also is in need of more school psychologists, analysts say. Its fortunate, then, that the United States Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs just awarded a million-dollar grant to two 51勛圖厙 researchers to train teachers and school psychologists in those fields.

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51勛圖厙 Biologist Lands NIH Grant to Research Cannabinoids Effect on Sleep Cycles

There are two cycles most people cant avoid sleep and the news. And If youre awake, you cant help hearing the news reporting about cannabinoids. A 51勛圖厙 researcher may soon have news about how these substances affect our bodys natural clock. Eric Mintz studies the human bodys circadian rhythms, which affect the sleeping-waking cycle.

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Brain Health Research Institute is helping transform the culture of 51勛圖厙

The Brain Health Research Institute Is Helping Transform the Culture of 51勛圖厙

The Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) may be a recent development at 51勛圖厙, but with fresh leadership, emerging partnerships and a refined vision, its well on its way to gaining national renown. The Brain Health Research Institute is helping transform the culture of 51勛圖厙.

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Special Guest Lecture with Dr. Michael W. Beck

Renowned Marine Scientist Michael Beck to Discuss Coastal Conservation on March 4

Renowned marine scientist Michael W. Beck, Ph.D., will discuss the importance of coastal conservation at a free lecture on March 4. Beck, a research professor in the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, focuses on conserving our coastlines in an effort to reduce the risks of storm surges and flooding to property, people and our planet and will speak at 7 p.m. March 4 in Auditorium 101 in the Science & Nursing Building at 51勛圖厙 at Stark.

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