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And the Microbes Shall Inherit the Earth
October 12, 2011Global warming is not a novel phenomenon, and by studying what happened to the planet during a period of global warming about 250 million years ago, one USC Dornsife scientist hopes to discover what could happen to us this… more>
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USC Scientist Targets Genetic Cause of Infant Mortality
October 12, 2011The disease is heartbreaking. It turns babies into ragdolls and extinguishes lives just as they are getting started. But one USC Dornsife scientist is working to unravel the mystery behind the leading genetic cause of infant… more>
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USC Dornsife Undergrad Named Astronaut Scholar
October 5, 2011Skylab astronaut and USC alumnus Jerry Carr presented USC Dornsife student Simca Bouma with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) during a public presentation and ceremony. The event was held… more>
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Toxic Red Tides: USC Scientist Tracks Neurotoxin-Producing Algae
September 30, 2011With toxic algal blooms — which can increase the amount of harmful toxins in the shellfish that California residents consume — ramping up in frequency and severity locally, scientists in USC Dornsife have… more>
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Bringing Out Your Best
September 28, 2011Incoming undergraduates, would you like an engraved invitation to visit your professors during their office hours? Now you have one. Designated as Dornsife Faculty Fellows, 27 professors in USC Dornsife are building… 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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A Search for Life at the Earth’s Extremes
September 16, 2011A USC scientist will take a research expedition this month into the heart of the Mid-Atlantic Ocean to explore the very limits of life on Earth. Katrina Edwards of USC Dornsife and Wolfgang Bach of Bremen University will … more>
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Beam of Hope
September 15, 2011A benign brain tumor was pressing against a young woman’s optic nerve. She faced a medical Catch-22: remove the tumor via a complicated surgery with a high likelihood of destroying the nerve, or closely monitor the tumor… more>
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September 14, 2011
The Importance of Life's Day/Night Cycle
USC researchers were surprised recently to discover just how much the rising and setting of the sun drives life on Earth — even in unexpected places. The findings, which appear this month in the Proceedings of… 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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