As evidenced by leap years, it may seem like humans have an odd way of measuring time, says USC Dornsife professor Vahe Peroomian. Sometimes, timekeepers even have to add extra seconds to clocks.
The biophysicist and microbiologist will lead Carnegie’s Biosphere Sciences and Engineering division while maintaining a faculty appointment and ongoing research presence at USC Dornsife.
As part of The Conversations’ “Curious Kids” series, a USC Dornsife astronomer explains how a runaway greenhouse effect has made the surface temperature of Venus hot enough to melt lead.
A new study examines the motion of galaxy clusters separated by hundreds of millions of light-years to test how gravity weakens with distance and finds it behaves as expected, strengthening the case for dark matter.
A transformative gift from Changho Chong and Santec USA Corporation strengthens graduate education and bioelectronic discovery at USC Dornsife.
From Earth spinning on its axis and orbiting the Sun to it precessing like a top, lots of factors affect which stars you can see in the sky.
USC Dornsife’s Vahe Peroomian provides a memorable class session with the help of a few hundred lengthy metal spikes, a cinderblock and a hammer.
Three scientists discovered that even everyday circuits can act in strange quantum ways, leading to powerful new computers.
A team from USC, UC Riverside and Carnegie Observatories embarks on an ambitious project to better understand our universe
