A diversity supplement grant from the National Institutes of Health and a Gilliam Fellowship — the first to be awarded to USC Dornsife — will advance doctoral student scholarship.
Living things usually prefer stability to conserve energy and resources, but instability might also play a vital role, USC Dornsife molecular biologist John Tower says.
Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, is an alumnus of USC Dornsife’s molecular and computational biology program.
The new process to assemble DNA could vastly improve production of pharmaceuticals, cancer therapies, biofuels and more.
Our bodies consume, create, expend and transfer energy in a multitude of ways. Choosing what provides us with optimal energy — from the food we eat to the company we keep — can infuse our lives with vitality.
USC computer scientists and biologists have developed a way for autonomous robots to find prime sample spot locations for the algae long before a scientist is onsite.
USC Viterbi engineers harness ultrasonic waves to capture extraordinary images of glass frogs, which dodge predators by making themselves transparent.
A bee expert discusses the recently approved vaccine to protect honeybees from a bacterial scourge, and gives tips for helping these ecologically crucial species survive.
If we think of our senses as limited to only five, we might be missing out.
From aiding romance to communicating with God, scent has long been attributed near mystical abilities.
