Some people call him the Space Cowboy. Some call him the Gangster of Love. But when Steve Miller, one of rock music’s all-time greats, joins the University of Southern California faculty this fall, he will have to get used another moniker: Professor.
In study to appear online this week in PNAS, USC neuroscientists trace circuits in part of the rat brain and find no sign of a top-down hierarchy; the distributed network of the Internet may be a better model, they say.
The logo on your designer handbag or sports car may say far more about your social status and social aspirations than the brand name itself, according to a new study from the USC Marshall School of Business, which finds that luxury brands charge more for “quieter” items with subtle logo placement and discreet appeal.
Tolstoy wrote that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, and a new study in the August 2010 issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family finds significant national differences in the degree of conflict between older parents and their adult children.
Researchers investigated whether geographic variations in utilization of health services and spending differed between Medicare and the private sector.
The annual study of the impact of the Internet on Americans by the Center for the Digital Future found that 49 percent of Internet users said they have used free micro-blogs such as Twitter. But when asked if they would be willing to pay for Twitter, zero percent said yes.
Study shows that incivility isn't tolerated -- even when the employee is being reprimanded for poor customer service.
Much-studied protein involved in aging, and tied to red wine ingredient resveratrol, is required for recall in mice; but over-expression fails to improve performance, according to a new study in Journal of Neuroscience.
$12 million National Cancer Institute grant will fund research critical to developing novel treatments.
Findings published online in the European Respiratory Journal suggest nitric oxide may be useful in identifying children at risk for the disease.
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) will test whether a set of blood-based biomarkers can assist mammography in the early detection of breast cancer with a $180,000 grant announced from Susan G. Komen for the Cure®.
Study in Nature Neuroscience (embargo lifted July 11, 2010) finds neural basis for observation that practicing several skills in single session works better than narrow drills on one skill. Study also helps define time window for brain's learning of new skills.
A new study by an international team of researchers led by neuropsychiatrist Jeff Victoroff, an expert on human aggression at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), suggests that support for religo-political aggression (RPA) in the Autonomous Palestinian Territory of Gaza is more closely linked to past trauma and perceived political injustice, rather than to aggression.
The analysis of insurance records of more than 1.4 million U.S. men over 40 found that those who used ED drugs were more likely to have sexually transmitted diseases than were non-users. Physicians who prescribe erectile dysfunction drugs for their male patients should be sure to discuss the importance of safer sex practices, even with older patients.
Using a newly applied scientific technique, researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have reached surprising findings about the role of nature versus nurture in the development of the neural circuits in the auditory cortex, the area of the brain that is responsible for processing information about sound.
Laboratory mouse study suggests that cold sensing develops well after birth. Cold sensing neural circuits in newborn mice take around two weeks to become fully active. The finding adds to understanding of the cold sensing protein TRPM8 (pronounced trip-em-ate), and suggests possible biological basis of cold sensing in humans.
Faculty at the University of Southern California (USC) and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center will present promising new findings in an number of cancer research areas at the 2010 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago from June 4-8.
Study in Nature suggests that some mountains in "mobile belts" -- regions of crustal fragments, such as in the Mediterranean, the Rockies, and the Himalayas -- can rise due to upward pressure from the semi-liquid mantle. The study proposes a model for predicting uplift and likely volcanic hotspots in such regions.
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have developed a new measure that identifies “bridging individuals” in social networks. These individuals act as critical connectors, facilitating the flow of information or spread of diseases between social networks and communities.
As part of the Student Ambassador Internship Program, run by the USC U.S.-China Institute on behalf of the USA Pavilion, students from 38 states nationwide have been selected to serve as national representatives and guides at the USA Pavilion. USC will send more student ambassadors to the USA Pavilion than any other school in the nation.
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