Posts for tag "University of Southern California"
Cleaning Oil Spills with Materials Inspired By the Salvinia Effect
A new material inspired by the Salvinia plant may offer new hope for cleaning up oil spills and other superhydrophobic applications.
- Posted April 26, 2018
High Air Pollution Lowers Lung Cancer Survival Time
University of Southern California scientists find that lung cancer patients in areas with more air pollution see lower survival times.
- Posted August 16, 2016
Competing Phytoplankton Can Change Algal Bloom Characteristics
Phytoplankton, tiny plants no thicker than a piece of paper, have a huge role in the carbon cycle of the Earth, fixating half of the planet’s atmospheric carbon and converting it to organic forms other creatures can...
- Posted March 9, 2016
Mollusk Records Suggest Climate Models Misrepresent El Niño
The Holocene period, the last 10,000 years of Earth’s history, is viewed as a good analog for the climate conditions of today, as global climatic evidence suggests overall similarities. However, in a release from the University of...
- Posted January 4, 2016
