24 Trojans, the most ever, win National Science Foundation research fellowships
Results show the commitment of faculty mentors and the support of programs aimed at jumpstarting academic careers.
Here a chick, there a chick …
Newly hatched chicks provide an ideal animal model for studying how visual cognition emerges in the newborn brain.
She’s given serious thought to relationships
What is it about relationships that can soothe people when they’re in distress? Doctoral student Kelly Miller aims to find out.
USC and NYU scientists develop potential cancer-fighting compound
Researchers used a molecule to disrupt two key protein interactions that contribute to cancer growth.
Six USC scholars net National Science Foundation Career Awards
Recipients represent USC Viterbi and USC Dornsife
National Science Foundation grant to benefit computing resources
USC is one of six universities supported by a National Science Foundation grant to fund a collaborative project in advanced cyberinfrastructure and computational research.
The task at land (and sea and air)
Wendy Wood has obtained a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to explore ways to reduce energy consumption in office buildings.
Octopus got your tongue?
The project will compare the movement of the tongue to the movements of the arms of the octopus and the body of a very small and thoroughly studied worm.
Expedition to explore life in extreme habitats
A team of 18 researchers will spend their holiday season at sea, using underwater robots to explore the extreme habitats of life under the sea crust.
USC Viterbi engineers develop faster 3-D printing process
USC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers have developed a faster 3-D printing process.
A solution for low-cost electronics
Researchers at USC have created a solvent that will dissolve semiconductors safely and cheaply, allowing them to be applied as a thin film that could create the next generation of low-cost electronics.
USC wins NSF grant to develop big-data network
The National Science Foundation has awarded USC a $500,000 grant to create the Trojan Express Network II, a high-speed expressway to transfer massive amounts of data across and beyond campus.