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Conn Findlay, a medalist in rowing and sailing at four Olympics who is regarded as USC's greatest rower, died on Thursday (April 8). He was 90. At the time of his passing, he was USC's oldest surviving Olympic medalist and gold medalist.…

An international team of scientists led by microbiologists Alexander Loy from the University of Vienna and David Schleheck from the University of Konstanz has uncovered new metabolic capabilities of gut bacteria. For the first time, the…

Other widely held views of the Labour party among Londoners are that it is incompetent (27 per cent) and old-fashioned (18 per cent). Only three per cent of voters in the capital think Labour is ‘united’ and likely to ‘keep its promises’…

The properties of carbon-based nanomaterials can be altered and engineered through the deliberate introduction of certain structural “imperfections” or defects. The challenge, however, is to control the number and type of these defects.…

The Draft National Cannabis Master Plan drawn up by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is lacking in specificity on the way forward for the cannabis industry in South Africa.This was the general consensus…

Flamingo chicks raised by foster parents from another flamingo species develop normally, scientists say.Six Chilean flamingo chicks were reared by Andean flamingos – a species of similar size and behaviour – at WWT Slimbridge Wetland…

The rural school partnership and program is one Matt Baker, head of the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is passionate about. Baker understands the…

Although risk for melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, is often associated with ultraviolet light exposure, genetic factors are also at play, with some families being more prone to the disease than others.Moreover, mutations in…

Black Henry, which will premiere online on Sunday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. (ET), explores the profound consequences of a clash of cultures, when in 1521 Ferdinand Magellan and three Spanish ships make landfall in the Philippines. His Malay…

More than 120 admitted graduate students participated in the Institute's inaugural and virtual Caltech Shines event on Saturday, April 3, which was designed to inform admitted students' decisions to attend Caltech.Developed by three…