KABC: USC scientists say artificial intelligence can compute formulas for successful vaccines against COVID variants
Research by Paul Bogdan and colleagues was featured.
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Los Angeles Times: NOAA’s tsunami sensors went down ahead of 10th anniversary of Japan’s Tohoku disaster
Costas Synolakis was interviewed regarding the importance of the United States’ tsunami detection system
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Vox: Why every state is vulnerable to a Texas-style power crisis
Kelly Sanders was quoted on how outdated infrastructure could lead to blackouts for millions of Americans.
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Wired: Can Technology Open Spaceflight to Disabled Astronauts?
Garrett Reisman was quoted saying “The biggest concern about someone with some of these disabilities is not anything in space, but emergencies on the pad or after landing.”.
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KPCC: A Totally Bananas Idea? Planting Tropical Fruit Trees To Help Fight CA Wildfires
Barath Raghavan’s work in computational agroecology to fight CA wildfires was featured
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Wired: The Mantis Shrimp Inspires a New Material—Made by Bacteria
New research by Qiming Wang on the use of bacteria to make materials stronger, was featured
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New York Times: Texas Storms, California Heat Waves and ‘Vulnerable’ Utilities
Najmedin Meshkati was quoted on how utilities can better prepare for “worst-case” disasters
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NPR: Deteriorating Working Conditions And Higher Stress Levels
R.D. Johnson of the Aviation Safety and Security program was quoted on how airline pilots are handling pandemic-related stress.
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ABC News: USC researchers use AI to develop faster methods of fighting COVID-19 variants
Research by Paul Bogdan and colleagues was featured in this outlet and outlets around the world
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ECE Blog: How One Professor and His Class Changed My Life as an Engineer
Professor Bhaskar Krishnamachari was so much more than an instructor. He was more like a curator who helped me see the true value and depth of electrical engineering.
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NBC LA Facebook Live: Mars – Ask Our Experts – 12:30pm PST
At 12:30 Pacific Ask Astro Experts Garett Reisman and Anita Sengupta your questions on NBC LA’s Facebook Live
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Happy Lunar New Year 2021
From Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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New Atlas: Photosynthetic Printing Material Gets Stronger with Exposure to Light
3D-printing research by Qiming Wang and colleagues which was inspired by “Popeye the Sailor” was featured.
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The Conversation: How Does Wifi Work?
An explainer piece by Bhaskar Krishnamachari on wifi works was published.
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Los Angeles Business Journal: USC, Amazon Plan Center for Machine Learning Research
A new USC -Amazon Center focused on trust and privacy was featured.
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USC News: USC Research Coalition Uses Computer Models to Refine Bionic Eye
Computing advances are speeding up improvements to the artificial retina developed by USC’s Mark Humayun and colleagues.
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USC News: Artificial intelligence yields new ways to combat the coronavirus
Computer model created by Paul Bogdan and colleagues eliminates 95% of the compounds that could have possibly treated SARS-CoV-2 and pinpoints the best options
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AME Student Life: Reimagining the Interactive Classroom
How two professors in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering built engaging freshman experiences during a global pandemic.
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Society for Developmental Biology: Scott Fraser Awarded Edwin G. Conklin Medal by the Society for Developmental Biology
Fraser is USC’s first ever recipient of the Conklin Medal, recognizing extraordinary research contributions to developmental biology.
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The Register : While text-generating AI can write like humans, it lacks common sense
AI software may be able to generate text that is grammatically correct and very human-like, but when it comes to common sense they’re still lagging severely behind us humans.
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NBC : Indonesian plane with 62 people aboard crashes after takeoff
Jeff Guzzetti of the Aviation Safety & Security Program on a recent plane crash in Indonesia
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US News: Working From Home Brings Its Own Health Perils: Survey
Research from CENTIENTS shows the negative physical and mental health impacts of remote work
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NBC : Research Shows Sewers Could Be Key to Identifying, Stopping COVID-19 Outbreaks
Work by Adam Smith and colleagues to identify COVID early through wastewater was highlighted
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WIRED: Robot Dog and Learning
Doctoral candidate Ali Marjaninejad was quoted on how robots learn