USC Dornsife Professor Bob Shrum weighs in on a Netflix documentary about Sen. Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968. Shrum calls Kennedy's victory speech after the Democratic presidential primary in California a shining moment of hope.

USC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers create a solution that brings better batteries within reach.

Wearable fitness trackers like Fitbit could help doctors predict how well cancer patients will tolerate chemotherapy. Doctors might also use them to intervene before patients end up in the hospital. That’s the finding of USC’s Jorge Nieva and other researchers.

Arriving early or late can have big consequences for early-stage cells that gather to form a new kidney, a team of USC researchers discovered.

The scientists showed how progenitor cells that form the kidney’s filtering units, called nephrons, mature into entirely different types of cells based on when they reach the scene of nephron formation.

Nigerian lawyer Sharon Obuns negotiated the release of six young inmates in Africa.

Funds from two voter-approved measures for services were credited for advancements against the L.A. crisis.

Los Angeles remains one of the least affordable housing markets in the nation. It’s estimated that more than half a million affordable housing units are needed.

For the second year, USC experts from several disciplines analyzed data from the count, in partnership with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. The data analysis ultimately helps determine how resources are allocated.

While in medical school, Margarita Ivanova got married, had a son and encouraged countless Los Angeles high schoolers to pursue health professions and work in the sciences.

Nicholas Warner tackles one of the most intractable problems in physics, attempting to solve a paradox identified with his late friend Stephen Hawking.

USC Dornsife Dean Amber D. Miller writes that today’s way of life would not exist without breakthroughs made at American research universities.