Trusting His Animal Instincts
Chemistry alumnus Dave Chapman has practiced veterinary medicine in countries such as Nepal, Costa Rica and Indonesia. Read More
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Phantastic Physics?
Marvel’s latest superhero movie is proving less than fantastic, but is there any merit in the science portrayed? USC Dornsife physicist Clifford V. Johnson weighs in. Read More
Stamp of Approval
A new Israeli postage stamp honors USC Dornsife Nobel Prize winner Arieh Warshel and the United Nations’ proclaimed 2015 International Year of Light. Read More
Zombie Cells
Susan Forsburg of biological sciences and her USC Dornsife colleagues create mutant yeast to understand how some cells survive after dividing without copying all of their DNA. Read More
Quakes, Landslides, Now Floods?
Joshua West of earth sciences at USC Dornsife examines the latest in a string of related disasters striking Nepal in hopes of providing officials hard data to manage recovery. Read More
Science of Sleep
From neuroscientists to engineers to molecular biologists, USC researchers delve into what happens during slumber — and how to help us get more of it. Read More
Mexican Postdocs Welcomed
The researchers arrive as part of a new collaboration between USC and Mexico’s Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología. Read More
Fossil Upsets Evolutionary Model
USC Dornsife expert in paleontology and paleogenomics finds tiny sponge fossil that predates the Cambrian explosion, calling into question a long-standing evolutionary theory. Read More
Shark Week Indebted to More Than Sharks
If not for largely invisible microorganisms there wouldn’t be sharks at all, making them an intriguing subject for USC Dornsife scientists. Read More
Humans Push Mosquitoes to Adapt
USC Dornsife biologist Sergey Nuzhdin shows that strong evolutionary pressure drives mosquitoes to adapt quickly to human influences on their local environment. Read More
