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The University of Southern California is one of the world’s leading private research universities. An anchor institution in Los Angeles, a global center for arts, technology and international trade, USC enrolls more international students than any other U.S. university and offers extensive opportunities for internships and study abroad. With a strong tradition of integrating liberal and professional education, USC fosters a vibrant culture of public service and encourages students to cross academic as well as geographic boundaries in their pursuit of knowledge.
A pesticide once sprayed in homes is leaving its mark on the brain. Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, Children's Hospital…
Aug 18, 2025
Teenagers with higher blood levels of synthetic chemicals known as PFAS are more likely to regain weight after life-changing bariatric surgery, according to new research that may change how doctors approach obesity treatment in young people.
Aug 14, 2025
A pretzel-shaped implant that slowly releases chemotherapy over several weeks has wiped out tumors in 82.4 percent of patients with high-risk…
Aug 13, 2025
A newly proposed framework in topological quantum field theory (TQFT) could overcome a long-standing obstacle in building a fault-tolerant quantum computer.
Aug 5, 2025
Can a machine that’s never seen color understand what it means to feel blue or go red with rage?
Jul 28, 2025
Americans who drink heavily are now more than twice as likely to develop serious liver disease than they were two decades ago, according to a Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology study from Keck Medicine of USC.
Jul 23, 2025
Researchers have identified a brain imaging benchmark that could improve how doctors classify Alzheimer's disease risk, particularly in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white populations.
Jun 28, 2025
A shipboard system using limestone and seawater could reduce maritime carbon dioxide emissions by up to 50%, according to research published in Science Advances.
Jun 26, 2025
USC engineers develop flexible spinal device powered by ultrasound that adapts to pain levels in real-time, potentially reducing opioid dependence for 51.6 million Americans.
Jun 25, 2025
People with Down syndrome who develop Alzheimer's disease have twice as much iron in their brains compared to those with Alzheimer's alone, according to new…
Jun 19, 2025
Electric fields delivered through electrodes placed on the scalp could unlock the power of immunotherapy against glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer.
Jun 9, 2025
Gold mining operations in the Peruvian Amazon are creating moonscape-like conditions that prevent forest recovery, but the culprit isn't what researchers expected.
Jun 2, 2025
In a watershed moment for organ transplantation, surgeons from USC and UCLA have successfully performed the world's first-ever human bladder transplant.
May 20, 2025
Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers have developed a blood test that could change how we screen for Alzheimer's disease years before symptoms appear.
May 15, 2025
