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.

The study of 1,200 parents and their children aged 13 to 17 by USC Annenberg and Common Sense Media is the third in an international series that for the first time enables comparisons with the U.S. and Japan.

During a visit to South Korea, USC Annenberg’s Diane Winston and students find many Korean Christians are wary of Kim Jong-un’s talk of reconciliation. Their preference is reunification: one democratic country where Christianity is openly practiced.