Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Chemistry http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/66/chemistry/ A Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) symposium honoring Hanna Reisler showcased the professor of chemistry and research from women scientists and engineers at USC.]]> Tue, 2 Apr 2013 08:45:00 -0500 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 scientists unlock the why and how of an age-old treatment — exploring how aspirin triggers the production of resolvins, shutting off heart-disease-causing inflammation.]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:30:00 -0500 After 50 years at USC, engineering and mathematical genius Solomon Golomb receives the nation’s top honor for scientists. USC Dornsife alumnus Rangaswamy Srinivasan is awarded during the same White House ceremony.]]> Fri, 1 Feb 2013 14:00:00 -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 chemist G.K. Surya Prakash and his team discover a way to turn a harmful byproduct of Teflon — used on everything from cooking pans to armor-piercing bullets — into material for pharmaceuticals.]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:55:00 -0500 Distinguished Professor Arieh Warshel of USC Dornsife has been honored with the 2012 Soft Matter & Biophysical Chemistry Award. He and his research team have pioneered the key models for computer simulations of the functions of biological molecules.]]> Tue, 4 Dec 2012 12:30:00 -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 two-day symposium commemorated the 35th year of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and the 85th birthday of Nobel Laureate George Olah of USC Dornsife.]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:35:00 -0500 USC Dornsife researchers receive part of large grants to approach their inquiry into cancer in imaginative ways.]]> Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:30:00 -0500 A recently published study co-authored by USC Dornsife’s Nicos Petasis reveals a new drug that may be an effective alternative for cancer patients resistant to currently available drugs.]]> Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:45:00 -0500 In recognition of his scientific achievements and academic partnerships, USC Dornsife's Charles McKenna is knighted by France.]]> Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:50:00 -0500 In research published in a recent Nature journal, a multiuniversity team led by USC Dornsife has employed a high-powered laser to greatly improve a tool used by scientists to “see” the smallest world.]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:25:00 -0500 The professor emeritus of chemistry was named a Royal Society Fellow, an elite group of the world’s most eminent scientists.]]> Tue, 7 Aug 2012 12:05:00 -0500 USC Dornsife-led team develops a battery that could help California transition to renewable energy sources.]]> Mon, 6 Aug 2012 09:00:00 -0500 G. K. Surya Prakash and Sri Narayan were recently lauded for their scientific research.]]> Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:55:00 -0500 Matthew Pratt of chemistry and biological sciences in USC Dornsife has been named a 2012 Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovator for discovering a link between metabolism and protein modification in cancer.]]> Fri, 8 Jun 2012 08:12:00 -0500 During a Maymester course, 26 mostly environmental studies students in USC Dornsife who completed a Spring class teaching them how to dive are now headed to Guam and Palau.]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 14:55:00 -0500 Scientists at USC have developed a potential pathway to cheap, stable solar cells made from nanocrystals so small they can exist as a liquid ink and be painted or printed onto clear surfaces. The solar nanocrystals are about four...]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:22:00 -0500     Undergraduate researcher: Julia Lazzari-Dean Major: Chemistry Year: Sophomore Student funding sources: Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship and Women in Science and...]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:41:00 -0500 Diamonds are forever — or, at least, the effects of this diamond on quantum computing may be. A team that includes scientists from USC has built a quantum computer in a diamond, the first of its kind to include...]]> Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:53:00 -0500 Scientists at USC and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab have discovered a new route by which a proton (a hydrogen atom that lost its electron) can move from one molecule to another — a basic component of countless ...]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:38:00 -0500 Trustee Ray R. Irani Ph.D. ’57, executive chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corp. and namesake of the university’s Ray R. Irani Hall, was appointed the Judge Widney Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry by...]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:06:00 -0500 Ada Yonath, one of just four women ever to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, told USC students last month what it takes to be a successful scientist: curiosity, passion and perseverance. Yonath, professor of structural biology at...]]> Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:22:00 -0500 USC Dornsife's Kevin Le and USC School of Cinematic Arts' Edward Saavedra, both sophomores, took the top prize in the inaugural science-themed filmmaking competition for their short movie Time. USC Dornsife students also won an honorable mention.]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:03:00 -0500