USC President C. L. Max Nikias calls for swift action as the race for biotech investment accelerates.

Sook-Lei Liew builds a prototype with a laptop, an off-the-shelf VR rig, a $9 swim cap and a brain-computer interface system.

Alan Pasqua of the USC Thornton School of Music revealed that he provided the background jazz piano music for the influential rock star’s Nobel lecture. Pasqua previously worked on two of Dylan’s albums during the 1970s.

Dana Goldman and Anupam Jena of the USC Schaeffer Center recommend increasing transparency in the assessment of a drug’s value regarding the difficulties associated with implementing fair, value-based drug pricing.

Scientists believe that a zebrafish with a malformed jaw offers revealing findings for colleagues in radiology, audiology and genetics.

On the other hand, smiling during a loss tends to boost the odds of success going forward.