Research
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The Weather Man
Subject of the article, Daniel Swain, was a 2015 ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) fellow.
February 21, 2024
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Sitting idle boosts the performance of lithium metal batteries for next-generation EVs
Stacey F. Bent, vice provost for graduate education and postdoctoral affairs and professor of chemical engineering, is co-author of the study.
February 07, 2024
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Postdoc perspective
Stanford’s roughly 2,500 postdoctoral scholars play an important role at the university, contributing to research, education, and clinical missions, as well as to the student...
January 05, 2024
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Wildfires can unlock toxic metal particles from soils, Stanford study finds
New research from Stanford University shows wildfires can transform a natural element in soils into a cancer-causing and readily airborne metal known as chromium 6.
December 12, 2023
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Engineering accessibility
RAISE doctoral fellow Aya Mouallem is designing an electronic circuit simulator that uses a mix of haptic and digital components to allow blind and low-vision engineering...
November 15, 2023
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Breast cancer cells collaborate to break free and invade into the surrounding tissue
Researchers at Stanford show that breast cancer cells work together to physically tear through barriers and spread.
November 13, 2023
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Striking rare gold: Stanford researchers unveil new material infused with gold in an exotic chemical state
A form of gold that does not occur stably in nature is at the heart of a new crystalline material with intriguing properties.
September 28, 2023
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Moonshot effort aims to bioprint a human heart and implant it in a pig
Advances in the 3D printing of living tissue – a field known as bioprinting – puts within reach the possibility of fabricating whole organs from scratch and implanting them...
September 28, 2023
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Farms that create habitat key to food security and biodiversity
Diversified farming is an important complement to forest protections for reversing tropical biodiversity declines.
September 04, 2023
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Renowned tumor suppressor has prominent role in tissue repair, Stanford Medicine study finds
The tumor suppressor p53 has been in the limelight for decades. But its cancer-fighting function may be only a side effect of its role in tissue repair, a Stanford Medicine study f
August 08, 2023
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A molecular additive enhances next-gen LEDs – but shortens their lifespans
By tinkering with the material makeup of perovskite LEDs, a cheaper and more easily-made type of LED, Stanford researchers achieved leaps in brightness and efficiency...
August 01, 2023
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Regeneration might be a whole-body affair
In certain organisms, injuries on one part of the body can induce a healing response in another. New evidence suggests this whole-body response isn’t a side effect: it’s the...
July 21, 2023
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Do First-Gen College Grads Face Bias in the Job Market?
Employers may see them as less prepared, but a simple intervention can flip the script.
July 20, 2023
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New experiment to test whether ocean warming opens a pathway for sea turtles
Scientists are tracking the epic migration of 100 endangered North Pacific loggerhead turtles from Japan to test a hypothesis that warm water events like El Niño unlock...
July 13, 2023
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A New Approach Trains Large Language Models in Half the Time
A Stanford team has developed Sophia, a new way to optimize the pretraining of large language models that’s twice as fast as current approaches.
June 30, 2023
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New method offers unprecedented detail in tracking protein activity in living cells
Intent on recording the complete journeys of proteins through different areas of cells – or between separate cells – researchers led by Stanford’s Alice Ting have devised a new...
June 28, 2023
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Better predictions of wildfire spread may sit above the treetops
Understanding the physics of wind currents above forest canopies may help wildfire managers forecast the flight paths of dangerous burning embers, or firebrands.
June 23, 2023
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Changing tides
Three Stanford graduate students share what led them to study the oceans, and why the next generation of ocean scholars must define the field more broadly.
June 08, 2023
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Will a Police Stop End in Arrest? Listen to Its First 27 Seconds.
Researchers have identified a linguistic signature that can predict whether encounters with cops will escalate. Black drivers hear this pattern as well.
May 30, 2023
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Feedback from an AI-driven tool improves teaching, Stanford-led research finds
The first study of its kind shows that a tool providing automated feedback improves instructors’ communication practices and student satisfaction.
May 08, 2023