Experts gather at USC to talk fake news, the regulation of social media and more.

USC researchers develop an inexpensive device that uses sensors to collect data meters below the ground.

USC scientists and engineers develop an on-the-spot, temperature-sensitive gel that could seal eye injuries on the battlefield.

USC doctoral student aims to genetically engineer alternatives to meat that taste like the real thing.

Despite the fact that social media democratizes access to information, USC’s Pablo Barberá and colleagues argue that those using it can simultaneously censor and manipulate information to try to silence others’ voices.

The pilot project that aims to curb violence on city streets while building trust with the community’s most vulnerable segments.

The program had its biggest class last summer, when 15 local high school students — nearly all from low-income families — were paired up with PhD candidates as mentors. 

By identifying the feather-forming genes in modern birds and activating the same ones in alligator embryos, a team of researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC successfully prompted alligator scales to change to feathers.