• OSU Extension Offers Businesses Training, Advice on Renewable Energy Production

    OSU Extension Offers Businesses Training, Advice on Renewable Energy Production

    MARION, Ohio -- A growing number of Ohio companies, schools, farms and other organizations are turning to on-site renewable energy generation projects to meet some or all of their electricity needs.

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  • OSU Expert: Nozzle Choice Can Determine Yield Gains or Declines, Save Growers Money

    OSU Expert: Nozzle Choice Can Determine Yield Gains or Declines, Save Growers Money

    COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An agricultural tool as small as a thumb can mean the difference between a 25 to 50 percent increase in yields or a 25 to 50 percent decline, according to an expert from Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

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  • Scientists Find Chemical that Causes 'Kidney' Failure in Mosquitoes, May Lead to New Insecticides for Malaria Control

    Scientists Find Chemical that Causes 'Kidney' Failure in Mosquitoes, May Lead to New Insecticides for Malaria Control

    WOOSTER, Ohio -- An Ohio State University researcher and his collaborators have discovered a chemical that causes "kidney" failure in mosquitoes, which may pave the way to the development of new insecticides to fight deadly mosquito-transmitted diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.

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  • Ohio State's Food Industries Center Helps Food, Beverage Industry Taste Success

    Ohio State's Food Industries Center Helps Food, Beverage Industry Taste Success

    COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When Lea Richards first stepped into the pilot food processing plant of Ohio State University's Food Industries Center, she was taken aback.

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