Scientists led by Xiaojiang Chen of biological sciences and chemistry at USC Dornsife find that proteins squeeze DNA to melt it open to let replication begin.
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Charles McKenna of chemistry and Kelvin Davies of biological sciences and gerontology join global experts to discuss oxidative stress phenomena and understand its possible clinical implications.
Scientific advisers have counseled presidents at least as far back as Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Even so, many politicians and much of the public seem slow to trust them — a situation that needs a remedy, and soon.
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F. Duncan Haldane, the Princeton University physicist awarded a 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for his research into the properties of matter in extreme states, conducted much of his award-winning research while he was a professor of physics at USC Dornsife.
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With hard work, determination and the support of his family, first-gen freshman Richard Garcia will study chemistry at USC Dornsife.
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The building — with open labs and state-of-the-art technology — will be the largest within the University Park Campus when it opens in fall 2017.
Travis Williams and a team of researchers develop a new method that generates hydrogen and stores it efficiently, and without further polluting the environment.
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Training grants of all types allow students to conduct research that could ultimately contribute to key discoveries and new thinking.
In an article highlighted in this month’s Chemistry World, Travis Williams’ group show how we are now one step closer to borane-powered fuel cells thanks to their new ruthenium catalyst.
