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The Shape of Things to Come
December 8, 2011A USC Dornsife scientist has developed an innovative method of predicting the shape of DNA, for the first time making it expedient to do so on a genomic scale. “DNA can have variations in shape, which are read by… more>
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Sun Sets on Oil Wells
November 9, 2011For more than 20 years, George Olah and G.K. Surya Prakash have quietly and consistently worked toward saving the world. The USC Dornsife professors’ solutions were recently featured in the Journal of the American… more>
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It Happened One Night (in the Lab)
September 20, 2011Envision a romantic comedy with a science-based plot. The leading roles are biologists, let’s say, working in the same lab, using Schizoaccharomyces pombe to find a cure for cancer. Love ensues, followed by some… more>
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Hungary Honors Native Son George Olah
September 9, 2011George Olah was born May 22, 1927, in his parents’ apartment in the Pest part of Budapest, Hungary, off the iconic Andrássy Avenue and across from the magnificent state opera house. Many opera company conductors,… more>
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USC Breakthrough in Hydrogen Fuel Cells
September 1, 2011A 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… more>
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USC Scientists Contribute to a Breakthrough in Quantum Computing
July 21, 2011Scientists have taken the next major step toward quantum computing, which will use quantum mechanics to revolutionize the way information is processed. Quantum computers will capitalize on the mind-bending properties of … more>
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The Genius of a Disorderly Enzyme
June 24, 2011Why is antibody diversity important? Think about it like this, said Myron Goodman: “Why don’t you die when I sneeze? It’s because you have a powerful immune system. And the way to get a decent immune system… more>
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Water’s Surface Not All Wet
June 8, 2011Air and water meet over most of the earth’s surface, but exactly where one ends and the other begins turns out to be a surprisingly subtle question. A new study in Nature narrows the boundary to just one quarter of… more>
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Moonlight Sonata for Scientists
May 23, 2011When classes let out for the day and buildings around USC campus close for the night, piano tunes from Bach to Coldplay echo through the hallways at Ray R. Irani Hall. The soft sound of fingers dancing across piano keys is a… more>
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Winds of Fortune
April 24, 2011Alisa Rogers finished 10th grade and was already headed to Syracuse University. But before leaving her Baltimore high school, she met her future husband and business partner. Philip Rogers was a brilliant young student who… more>
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