After being inspired by science as a child in Romania, Smaranda Marinescu draws inspiration from nature to develop efficient and inexpensive catalysts for harnessing energy from renewable sources.
A new AI tool, developed by PhD students at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, can assess the amount of violence in movies and help producers, screenwriters and studios predict MPAA ratings.
The scientists’ new study suggests the deep groundwater could still be active, and in a broader geographical area than previously considered.
It’s the third time USC has built and delivered a miniature satellite, or CubeSat, for space.
USC researchers find that even low concentrations of a single type of antibiotic leads to resistance to multiple classes of antibiotics. What will happen if antibiotics are no longer effective?
As the world’s energy demands grow, batteries could be key to storing sustainable energy.
The work opens exciting possibilities for understanding human movement, creating responsive prosthetics and developing robots that adapt to complex and changing environments.
The Geriatric Injury Documentation Tool emerged from a new study led by Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Laura Mosqueda, which confirms the need for improved documentation.
The findings — focused on components contained in green tea and carrots — lend credence to the idea that certain readily available, plant-based supplements might offer protection against dementia in people.
USC study indicates periodic low-calorie diet could help patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A clinical trial shows reduction of inflammation.
At USC Dornsife’s Spatial Sciences Institute, Andrew Marx uses satellites and data such as crowdsourced mapping to analyze and inform human migration and refugee policy.
USC Viterbi researchers have developed 3D-printed rubber materials that can fix themselves, a potential game changer for industries like shoes, tires, soft robotics and even electronics.
The tool uses a camera and computer vision to record patterns in children’s eye movements and compares them to other children’s patterns.
Bistra Dilkina and her graduate students help to address environmental needs, from predicting where poachers are likely to strike to designing wildlife reserves and preventing the spread of invasive species.
Undersea carbon reservoirs have caused global warming before — and it could happen again, according to research by an international team of scientists led by USC.
USC experts agree: Online dating and shopping have many of us wondering if a day dedicated to romantic love might be passé.
Iridium has been generating light and color for screens on smartphones and TVs, but it’s the rarest metal on Earth. USC scientists found a way to make copper work.
The award-winning app, goodmoov, rewards drivers for avoiding bottlenecks by taking slightly longer routes. The result: Bottlenecks move more freely.
The work could help with earlier diagnosis and lead to non-invasive ways of tracking the progress of the disease in patients.
Researcher Wael Abd-Almageed and an international team are building enhanced biometric security technologies to thwart would-be bad guys.
A USC physical therapy researcher teams up with computer scientist to develop a unique voice-assisted device that could help affected children.
The $3.1 million grant will allow USC’s Stacey Finley and Shannon Mumenthaler to search for new cancer treatments using computer simulations.
Computer scientists find a connection between our test-taking abilities and resting: “You are more likely to make mistakes when your brain gets tired.”
USC senior Avni Barman thought there should be support for getting women into positions of power at tech companies, so she did something about it.