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The Third Gender: Photojournalist Rebecca Sell documents efforts of female Marines reaching across cultural boundaries in Afghanistan.

Advancing Energy, Electronics: Ohio University receives $1.4 million in federal and state funding to purchase a transmission electron microscope that will allow scientists and engineers to study new materials that could have applications in energy, alternative fuels, superconductors and environmental remediation.

The Blame Game: Psychologist Mark Alicke offers a new view of how we blame—and suggests that playing the blame card is not always a bad thing.

Diagnosing Disease: Ohio University biomedical engineer Monica Burdick receives $942,000 in federal funding for two projects aimed at developing new diagnostic tools for disease, including one that could identify aggressive cancer cells.

Baby on Board: Feature film Small, Beautifully Moving Parts follows a pregnant tech geek who preps for parenthood on a road trip across the United States.

Technology Commercialization and Economic Development News

Virtual Emergency: Video game technology, interactive images help first responders train for real-world disasters.

Road Rx: An engineer’s invention could reduce the cracks, bumps, and potholes plaguing the nation’s highways.

Biotech Booster: When Ohio University’s Edison Biotechnology Institute was searching for a new Executive-in-Residence to help nurture young biotech companies in Southeast Ohio, Jeff Wiseman seemed like a perfect fit.

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