Stanford researchers make rechargeable batteries that store 6x more charge

First detection of light from behind a black hole

A new method for seeing through ice sheets using radio signals from the sun could enable cheap, low-power and widespread monitoring of ice sheet evolution and contribution to sea-level rise.

Cleaner air has boosted U.S. corn and soybean yields according to new research from Stanford University

A system made with two inexpensive sensors proves to be more accurate than smartwatches for measuring calories burned during activity – and the instructions for making the system yourself are available for free online.

Downstream of hydroelectric dams and Alberta’s oil sands, one of the world’s largest freshwater deltas is drying out

Stanford-led expeditions to a remote area of Yukon, Canada, have uncovered a 120-million-year-long geological record of a time when land plants and complex animals first evolved and ocean oxygen levels began to approach those in the modern world.

Stanford A grim correlation between violence and inequality

Stanford study finds walking improves creativity (April 24, 2014)

Stanford archive to highlight Black histories of Silicon Valley

Stanford Researchers Identify Four Causes For 'Zoom Fatigue' and Their Simple Fixes

A team of neuroscientists and engineers have developed a system that can show the neural process of decision making in real time, including the mental process of flipping between options before expressing a final choice.

By adding some magnetic flair to an exotic quantum experiment, physicists produced an ultra-stable one-dimensional quantum gas with never-before-seen “scar” states – a feature that could someday be useful for securing quantum information.

Flooding has caused hundreds of billions of dollars in damage in the U.S. over the past three decades

Bringing piped water closer to remote households in Zambia dramatically improved lives of women and girls, while also improving economic opportunities…

Magician-turned-mathematician uncovers bias in coin flipping: 51% (2004)

Real Time Continuous Blood Monitoring

Faculty Senate Condemns Covid-19 Actions of Hoover’s Scott Atlas

Stanford researchers discuss what will it take for India to become a major battery manufacturer

Researchers solve mystery of odd behavior by droplets of food coloring (2015)

Three consecutive dry winters (2015–2017) in southwestern South Africa resulted in the Cape Town “Day Zero” drought in early 2018

Stanford engineers reprogram yeast cells to become microscopic drug factories

Scientists Just Found a Way For Machines to See Through Clouds And Fog

Stanford Economist Predicts Working-From-Home Continues, City Centers Decline

A ‘regime shift’ is happening in the Arctic Ocean, Stanford scientists say.Stanford scientists find the growth of phytoplankton in the Arctic Ocean has increased 57 percent over just two decades…

New battery electrolyte developed at Stanford may boost the performance of electric vehicles

Living near oil and gas development in California is a risk factor for preterm birth, the leading cause of infant death in the U.S

Wirelessly charging electric cars as they drive

Physicists propose that the influence of cosmic rays on early life may explain nature’s preference for a uniform “handedness” among biology’s critical molecules.

Stanford researcher reveals influence of global warming on extreme weather events has been frequently underestimated

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