{"id":4,"date":"2023-08-03T21:54:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T21:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/research\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:33:24","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary has-image horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/10\/research-retouch-2-768x432.jpg\"\n          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