USC Dornsife News

Part artist and part inventor, Phillip Sliwoski makes handcrafted pieces that keep critical USC labs running.

Earth scientists, studying mercury found in samples of ancient rock, strengthen the case that a prehistoric disaster is a good model for investigating the potential effect of rising carbon dioxide levels.

Researchers create a system that can scale-up production of the smallest — but among the most useful — materials of this century.

The researchers arrive as part of a new collaboration between USC and Mexico’s Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología.

The ability to read depends upon the cooperation of distinct regions in the brain, according to a new study led by Qinghua He of USC Dornsife’s Brain and Creativity Institute. The findings could lead to therapies for reading problems.

Memory is our brain’s library, the key to our consciousness and identity. Its loss may be triggered by obesity, head injury, even traffic pollution. Can fasting help?

For a quarter century, USC Dornsife foreman Donald Wiggins has worked in a machine shop in the basement of Kaprielian Hall, where he and another foreman create parts for scientific experiments.

Santa Monica High School’s team won first place in the ninth annual QuikSCience Challenge. More than 400 middle and high school students from around the world submitted 74 science project entries.