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Stephan Haas Appointed Vice Dean for Research
December 9, 2010USC professor Stephan Haas has been named vice dean for research, effective Jan. 1, it was announced by USC College Dean Howard Gillman. In his new role, Haas will develop and lead USC College-wide research initiatives,… more>
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October 12, 2010
Microbial Hair: It's Electric
Some bacteria grow electrical hair that lets them link up in big biological circuits, according to a USC College biophysicist and his collaborators. The finding suggests that microbial colonies may survive, communicate and… more>
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Explosives, Black Holes and Dr. Who
August 17, 2010Nick Warner leans forward in his desk chair, his arms outstretched, hands cupping the air in front of him as if protecting a small flame. "When I was 15, I had something explode right here," he says. For Warner, USC… more>
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Space Probe Peers Into Dark Cosmos
June 10, 2010Imagine watching the birth of the universe — the Big Bang — from the outside. What would you have seen? At that moment and for the next 380,000 years, a Big Nothing, as photons and particles clung to each other… more>
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Image is Everything
April 26, 2010During the course of his career, Alan C. Nelson ’72 has acquired more than 100 technology patents and pioneered 3-D imaging techniques for the detection of cancer. These breakthroughs represent significant steps toward… more>
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Building the Nano World
April 26, 2010We can assume by its prefix that a nanometer is small — very small, in fact. One nanometer is equal to one billionth of a meter. In comparison, a single human hair is about 50,000 nanometers wide, and a nanowire diameter… more>
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In Memoriam: William G. Spitzer, 82
April 19, 2010William G. Spitzer, 82, former dean of USC College and professor emeritus of electrical engineering, materials science and physics at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, died April 14 in Oceanside, Calif., after suffering a… more>
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A Quantum Leap into the Blogosphere
February 5, 2010First, the highly popular Asymptotia is not a science blog. It's a blog that happens to be written by a scientist. Clifford Johnson, professor of physics and astronomy in USC College, blogs about his life and vast interests.… more>
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A Robust Career for this USC College Alumnus
November 20, 2009Born decades after the devastating 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and on the other side of the earth, Omid Nohadani is developing mathematical methodology to ensure such a catastrophe never happens again. A… more>
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Bring Back the Science
September 29, 2009You've seen him in the blogosphere, you've seen him on TV. He's no reality star or guitar god, but he plays with both stars and strings. Clifford Johnson is not only a USC College professor of physics and astronomy and a… more>
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