Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic National Science Foundation http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/379/national-science-foundation/ A paid summer research internship program created by professors in USC Dornsife’s chemistry department is proving successful in motivating academically at risk community college students to major in STEM subjects at four-year universities.]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 13:05:00 -0500 USC Dornsife doctoral student Candy Hwang wins two top NSF awards for a video that dissects the chemistry behind the nitrogenase enzyme that produces ammonia from nitrogen in the atmosphere.]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:50:00 -0500 USC Dornsife has started a Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) chapter on campus to promote diversity in all scientific fields.]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:20:00 -0500 Rather than explain in writing the science behind her research, USC Dornsife chemistry doctoral candidate Candy Hwang has used animation in a National Science Foundation contest.]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:25:00 -0500 A study by Meghan Miller and Thorsten Becker of earth sciences in USC Dornsife published in Nature Geoscience shows how constantly moving continental plates reshape Earth’s surface.]]> Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:10:00 -0500 USC Dornsife's Sergio Sañudo-Wilhelmy led a team of scientists in the development of a new method of analyzing water samples. The method identified vitamin deficient zones in the ocean.]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:35:00 -0500 USC Dornsife’s Sarah Feakins is lead author of a paper published June 17 in Nature Geoscience showing how ancient global warming led to the greening of Antarctica.]]> Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:00:00 -0500 USC scientists demonstrate that quantum computing could speed up the way Web page ranks are calculated on the ever-expanding Internet.]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:52:00 -0500 Researchers with the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, housed in USC Dornsife, have received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the composition and complexity of marine microbial...]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:12:00 -0500 A team of USC Dornsife scientists has developed a robust, efficient method of using hydrogen as a fuel source. Hydrogen makes a great fuel because it can be converted easily to electricity in a fuel cell and because it is carbon...]]> Thu, 1 Sep 2011 08:54:00 -0500 USC College scientists are working with staff and volunteers at informal education centers across Southern California to bring the results of their ocean research to education programs aimed at the general public. Funded by...]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:35:00 -0500 USC College undergraduate Cara Magnabosco underwent rigorous survival skills training before her research in Svalbard, including what to do if confronted by hazardous weather or a polar bear. Good thing since a bear did meander into their base camp.]]> Tue, 9 Nov 2010 09:56:00 -0500 Bill Deverell leads a team of scholars from USC College and The Huntington to preserve the glory days of Southern California’s aerospace industry for generations to come.]]> Mon, 1 Nov 2010 16:00:00 -0500 Two USC College biologists have received support from the National Science Foundation to examine the conditions that lead to the synthesis of B vitamins in the marine environment and the influence of those vitamins on marine...]]> Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:03:00 -0500 The functioning of marine ecosystems depends on the size and flavor of microbes at the base of the food chain. Changes to the Earth's atmosphere might rearrange that microscopic menu. Microbes that currently are the main course...]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:20:00 -0500 If tectonic plate collisions cause volcanic eruptions, as every fifth grader knows, why do some volcanoes erupt far from a plate boundary? A study in Nature suggests that volcanoes and mountains in the Mediterranean can grow...]]> Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:02:00 -0500 Do you know what lies deep, deep below the ocean floor? With the support of a $25 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Katrina Edwards and her team are determined to find out.]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:46:00 -0500 Cutting-edge instrumental facilities pave the way for more innovative research.]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:39:00 -0500 Linda Duguay is among a group of scientists, educators and graduate students who will discuss ocean sciences.]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:09:00 -0500 Katrina J. Edwards, professor of biological sciences and Earth sciences in the University of Southern California's College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, has been recommended for an award of a $25 million NSF grant to establish a...]]> Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:51:00 -0500 USC College researchers Douglas Capone and William Berelson will examine plume’s effects on climate.]]> Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:09:00 -0500 Aravind Asok, assistant professor of mathematics in USC College, is awarded a federal stimulus grant. His research draws together several branches of mathematics — arithmetic, topology and algebraic geometry — illustrating the fundamental unity of the subject.]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:11:00 -0500 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:24:00 -0500 A small North-African legume may contribute to sustainable agriculture.]]> Sat, 1 Nov 2008 22:23:00 -0500 Linguist pursues interdisciplinary research with support of Mellon Foundation advanced training grant.]]> Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:02:00 -0500