Success Stories Archives - USC Stevens Center for Innovation

Nobel Roots, Global Scale: Daikin Applied Licenses USC CO₂ Capture Technology to Power Next-Generation Indoor Air Quality Systems

The USC Stevens Center for Innovation is pleased to announce that Daikin Applied Americas (Daikin Applied) is now a licensee of a groundbreaking technology, invented at the university, that enables the reduction of indoor volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and supports indoor CO₂ capture, contributing to cleaner, healthier, and more energy-efficient buildings. The technology is a regenerative

2025-12-01T13:30:16-08:00November 25th, 2025|

NASA Collaboration Builds on International Space Station Robots’ Trojan Ties

When astronauts aboard the International Space Station need some help with route tasks, they rely upon a trio of helpers that are not only competent but cute. Bumble, Honey and Queen are cube-shaped, candy-colored robots about the size of toaster with glowing “eyes” on their touchscreen interface. Together they’re known as Astrobee, a free-flying robotic

2025-11-14T15:10:39-08:00November 7th, 2025|

Researchers Invent New AI Tool to Automate Detection of Cancer in Blood Samples

When cancer spreads, tiny amounts of cells can break away from tumors and circulate in the bloodstream. A liquid biopsy is a means to detect the presence of cancer by detecting these cancer cells floating in blood samples. However, current state-of-the-art methods have necessitated trained specialists to comb through and review images of thousands

2025-10-17T14:16:06-07:00October 16th, 2025|

USC Researchers Win $8 million NIH Grant to Pursue Novel Alzheimer’s Drug

By focusing on a trigger of brain inflammation, scientists are in pursuit of a new drug therapy and now understand why some with a key risk factor for the disease develop dementia. Backed by the combined expertise of three USC schools, scientists are developing a new drug aimed at a previously unexplored biological target in

2025-09-24T09:40:43-07:00September 23rd, 2025|

USC Researchers Develop Low-Cost Blood Test for Early Alzheimer’s Detection

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a blood test that can identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease by measuring proteins linked to the condition. The new test, known as Penta-Plex Alzheimer’s Disease Capture Sandwich Immunoassay (5ADCSI), detects five biomarkers simultaneously, which is more than existing blood tests, and runs on

2025-09-23T11:09:11-07:00June 10th, 2025|

Nasdaq’s Opening Bell Rings for a USC Research Startup

Today, a USC-licensed startup that developed an intranasal drug delivery system for brain tumors will be listed for the first time on Nasdaq. To celebrate the direct listing, the USC Stevens Center for Innovation and the startup, NeOnc Technologies Holdings Inc., will ring the opening bell at 9:30 a.m. EDT/6:30 a.m. PDT. NeOnc is based

2025-09-23T11:09:52-07:00March 26th, 2025|

L-Nutra Closes $47 Million in First Stage of Growth Investment Round

Congratulations to Dr. Valter Longo, Director of the Longevity Institute at USC and his venture, L-Nutra Inc., a premier nutri-technology company leading longevity science nutrition programs, on the closure of a $47M Series D funding. The round was led by a personal investment from Stephane Bancel, CEO at Moderna Inc., alongside Brentwood Associates, a Los Angeles based middle

2025-09-23T11:11:47-07:00December 2nd, 2023|

AI tool based on Shri Narayanan’s research adopted by NBCUniversal

Spellcheck for Bias is a digital tool developed by the Geena Davis Institute in partnership with the Signal Analysis and Interpretation Laboratory at USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering.

2021-10-13T21:14:28-07:00October 8th, 2021|

USC and other leading universities launch joint technology licensing program

USC has joined a coalition of 15 leading research universities that aims to boost the transfer of researchers’ patented technologies and inventions to companies.

2021-03-17T18:18:57-07:00February 12th, 2021|

Next-generation liquid biopsy technology licensed to Epic Sciences

Epic Sciences and USC Michelson Center Convergent Science Institute in Cancer recently announced a new partnership. The Stevens Center helped Dr. Peter Kuhn with the process of executing the license and collaboration agreement.

2021-03-17T18:16:38-07:00November 24th, 2020|