A Working Model of Life’s Engine
Researchers at USC have built a theoretical working model of the cellular engine that powers all life, providing the clearest description yet of how and why the motor works. Learn more.
Attitude Is Key in Walking Study
For health and environmental benefits as much as to alleviate congestion, city planners have long debated how to get people on their feet and cars off the road. But encouraging urban dwellers to go pedestrian could require different strategies depending on people’s attitudes toward walking, according to USC’s Marlon Boarnet.
Trojan Debate Squad Set for Great Debaters Rematch
On Jan. 27, the Trojan Debate Squad will travel to Texas for a rematch of the famous 1935 debate between USC and Wiley College that inspired the 2007 film The Great Debaters, starring Denzel Washington. (In the movie, Wiley College took on Harvard University instead of USC.)
Life Discovered on Dead Hydrothermal Vents
USC scientists have discovered that even when hydrothermal sea vents go dormant and their blistering heat turns cold, life goes on as microbes that thrive on spewing hot fluid methane and sulfur are supplanted by others that feed on the solid iron and sulfur that make up the vents themselves.
