Research

USC offers unique opportunities for students to do hands-on, lifesaving research alongside faculty mentors.

USC-led research reveals what aspects of cellular function are measured by popular biological age assessments.

Surfers Jason Kutch and Peter Westwick — both USC scholars — discuss the science and mysteries of the ocean’s primordial force.

The open-source tool could help scientists evaluate potential stroke therapies more reliably.

The head of USC Stem Cell Center, Chuck Murry, and his team will test a stem cell-based therapy designed to regenerate damaged tissue after a heart attack.

STORY and VIDEO: USC researchers have developed custom, 3D-printed MRI sensors that take minutes to make at a fraction of the cost and give doctors clearer views of small organs in infants and children.

The USC-led analysis also found that co-occurring conditions, including high blood pressure and cardiac arrest, were linked to increased mortality among people with MS.

STORY and VIDEO: USC Viterbi’s David Barnhart discusses how students, faculty and industry partners are working side by side to develop AI-enabled spacecraft while launching tomorrow’s aerospace workforce.

A USC astronomer explains how a runaway greenhouse effect has made the surface temperature of Venus hot enough to melt lead.

The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology has received $7.5 million to establish GeroSCORE, which will advance research on sex differences in aging while serving as a national hub for discovery, collaboration and training.