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Clouds that form at sea are key to regulating atmospheric temperatures, and scientists now understand more of the chemistry involved.

Leading microbiome researcher Thomas Sharpton participated in the White House's announcement of a Transdisciplinary Initiative for Microbiome Research.

A new study by microbiologist Steve Giovannoni finds that one of the most abundant plankton in our oceans are pumping out massive amounts of sulfur gases that play important roles in the Earth’s atmosphere.

Biochemistry and Biophysics student Arianna Kahler-Quesada did summer research in a green synthetic organic chemistry laboratory in Perugia, Italy.

A team of mathematicians has released a massive mathematical database that catalogs objects of central importance in number theory.

Dr. Kent Thornburg (’72), who earned his earned his Ph.D. in Zoology at OSU, is now a globally acclaimed scientist in cardiovascular physiology.

Transdisciplinary team receives $3 million NSF grant to develop Research Traineeships using Big Data to analyze effects of human activities and climate change on oceans.

Cassie Lew was recently awarded the prestigious DAAD RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) fellowship to conduct research this summer in Germany.

Integrative Biology professor Francis Chan, co-chair of a 20-member panel of leading ocean scientists, published report addressing increasing ocean acidification and hypoxia.

An interdisciplinary research team receives a 3-year NSF grant for $583K to study animal-microbe interactions to expand our understanding of the immune system's evolution.

Microbiology doctoral student Stephanie Rosales will spend two months in Nepal on an NSF Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP).

Biohealth science is a new name for one of the oldest disciplines, which encompasses human biology, microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology.