Clinical trial explores the use of traditional Chinese medicine against COVID-19
The pilot study will test if the mixture is safe for COVID-19 patients and whether a larger study can then be conducted. Read more
Can A Robot Operate Effectively Underwater?
USC researchers find sea stars’ shape plays an important role in their ability to withstand dynamic water forces and remain attached to surfaces. Read more
Artificial intelligence aims to outsmart the mutating coronavirus
How do you develop vaccines and therapies that keep up with the ever-changing virus that causes COVID-19? USC Viterbi engineers turned to AI. Read more
USC and other leading universities launch joint technology licensing program
The University Technology Licensing Program will make it easier for companies to acquire bundled tech from multiple institutions. Read more
Scott Fraser Awarded Edwin G. Conklin Medal by the Society for Developmental Biology
He is USC’s first ever recipient of the Conklin Medal, recognizing extraordinary research contributions to developmental biology. Read more
Cell Article Calls to End U.S. Funding Discrimination Against Black Scientists
A network of biomedical engineering academics from across the nation including Stacey Finley at USC are focused on removing this barrier to success. Read more
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Research Centers
Visual Studies Research Institute
VSRI focuses on the nature, analysis and evaluation of visual evidence in order to interrogate the relationship of seeing, believing, and proving from Antiquity to the present.
Religion and Civic Culture
Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events
Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC
Alzheimer Disease Research Center
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Innovation
Digital Cinema
USC’s Entertainment Technology Center provided the high-level test and evaluation facility through which Digital Cinema Initiatives created the standards by which theaters throughout the year converted from film to digital delivery and projection. Here is the LA Times article.
MOSIS Integrated Circuit Virtual Fabricator
Cryptography
Training American Soldiers in Foreign Cultures
Making animated characters more human
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