Stories published in 2016

News articles classified as Stories published in 2016

June 29, 2016

Stanford researchers automate process for acquiring detailed building information

Stanford computer scientists and civil engineers use computer vision to automate data collection for large renovation and remodeling projects.

June 29, 2016

Stanford undergrads develop new antibiotics for superbugs

An undergraduate entrepreneurship program run by Stanford ChEM-H is helping students design and test new drugs to combat the antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Stanford School of Engineering — June 28, 2016

Re-inventing the way we work with ‘flash teams’

Researchers explain why 'flash teams' of professionals coming together for projects can have profound implications for the way organizations work.

June 28, 2016

Cooperation of U.S., Russian scientists helped avoid nuclear catastrophe at Cold War’s end, Stanford scholar says

During the fall of the Soviet Union, U.S. and Russian scientists and engineers joined together over a 20-year period to prevent nuclear materials and secrets from getting into the wrong hands, Stanford scholar Siegfried Hecker said.

June 28, 2016

New Stanford engineering tools record electrical activity of cells

New tools for probing the inner workings of neurons developed through an initiative of the Stanford Neurosciences Institute will help scientists understand and heal the brain.

June 28, 2016

Stanford researchers develop new statistical test that shows racial profiling in police traffic stops

The new tool shows that police in North Carolina were more likely to search black and Hispanic motorists than white ones.

June 28, 2016

Stanford advances complex study of race and ethnicity

Since 2007, Stanford has created 15 new faculty positions for emerging and established scholars whose research focuses on race and ethnicity, including a scholar who studies the connection between immigration, residential segregation and gentrification who will join the faculty in September 2017.

June 27, 2016

Stanford scientists find ‘water windfall’ beneath California’s Central Valley

New research indicates that California's Central Valley harbors three times more groundwater than previously estimated, but challenges to using it include pumping costs, ground subsidence and possible contamination from fracking and other oil and gas activities.

June 27, 2016

Stanford research may lead to more durable electronic devices such as cellphones

Materials scientists discover that the protective layers in chips react differently to pushes and pulls, an insight that could lead to even more durable electronic devices.

June 24, 2016

President Obama touts global innovation at summit at Stanford

At the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, President Barack Obama discussed how to empower people to foster the kind of innovation characteristic of Stanford.

Stanford Medicine — June 23, 2016

Rocket men: Analyzing the breath of critically ill children at warp speed

Three Stanford graduate students - all rocket-combustion experts - develop a quick, noninvasive way to detect everything from diabetes to cancers.

June 23, 2016

At Stanford, John Kerry calls for entrepreneurs to tackle world’s biggest challenges

The world is moving faster than ever, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said at Stanford on Thursday, and we won’t solve major issues like climate change without the contributions of this generation’s entrepreneurs.

June 23, 2016

Obama gathers global entrepreneurs at Stanford

The Global Entrepreneurship Summit, hosted by the White House, came to campus this week. In addition to highlighting Stanford's role in fostering entrepreneurship worldwide, we document the signs and sounds of this three-day event.

June 23, 2016

At Stanford, experts explore artificial intelligence’s social benefits

Experts from Stanford and elsewhere talked about the future of artificial intelligence in society as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.

June 22, 2016

FCC chairman visits Stanford for virtual reality lesson

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission stopped by Jeremy Bailenson's Virtual Human Interaction Lab last week to learn about pro-social applications of virtual reality.

June 21, 2016

Stanford students get creative with robots

After learning new software and programming languages, Stanford students in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have an opportunity to choose a creative task and design a robot to perform the task for demonstration.

June 21, 2016

Stanford President-elect Marc Tessier-Lavigne is preparing to take office Sept. 1

The incoming leader’s spring agenda included attending Board of Trustees meetings and making preparations to hire a new provost.

June 20, 2016

Global Entrepreneurship Summit to bring 1,500 visitors to Stanford June 22-24

During the three-day summit, which opens Wednesday, commuters are encouraged to avoid the affected areas and to anticipate heavy parking demand, potential traffic delays and bike, pedestrian and vehicle detours in the area.

June 20, 2016

Entrepreneurship at Stanford

For more than half a century, Stanford University has incubated ideas, educated entrepreneurs and fostered breakthrough technologies that have been instrumental in the rise of Silicon Valley.

June 20, 2016

Stanford and White House host experts to discuss future social benefits of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence visionaries from academia, government and industry meet to discuss how to responsibly integrate ever-evolving AI technology into the real world in such a way that all can benefit.

June 20, 2016

Stanford shutters north wing of Tresidder for summer HVAC project

Signs are posted around the building directing visitors to cafes and restaurants, businesses, university administrative offices and ATMs that will remain open during the summer construction project.

Stanford Graduate School of Business — June 19, 2016

Six startup lessons every founder should know

The entrepreneurs who launched Netflix, Instagram, and others explain what they learned on the way up.

Stanford Technology Ventures Program — June 19, 2016

Commentary: Part-time entrepreneurship’s full effect

A Stanford alumna uses her entrepreneurship education to found a social-cause start up in Vietnam, where she now lives.

Stanford Technology Ventures Program — June 19, 2016

Inspiring creativity with great content

Brit Morin, founder and CEO of Brit + Co, describes her path and motivation for launching a platform that aims to inspire women and girls to be creative through compelling content such as videos, online classes and do-it-yourself kits.

School of Engineering — June 19, 2016

Lost in Translation: Can Silicon Valley Export Its Best Practices?​

A professor of management science and engineering explains why it's not so easy.

June 17, 2016

Stanford researchers find new way of making hydrogen fuel from water and improve grid-scale batteries

Stanford engineer Yi Cui and colleagues have developed new ways to improve hydrogen production and rechargeable zinc batteries.

June 17, 2016

Stanford physicians work to protect children’s health in Guatemala

A “nutrition surveillance” app helps boost nutrition for children in some of the world’s poorest and most remote regions.

June 16, 2016

Foldscope: Microscopy for everyone

Manu Prakash and team are encouraging curiosity and motivating the next generation of scientists, inventors and innovators by providing a million microscopes to children all over the world.

June 16, 2016

Environmental conservation efforts in China are making a positive impact, Stanford scientists say

A series of ambitious environmental policies that invest in natural capital are improving services provided by China’s ecosystems, such as flood control and sand storm mitigation, according to research conducted by an international team of scientists.

June 16, 2016

Stanford scientists create ‘guided chemotherapy missiles’ that target cancer cells and spare healthy ones

Latching chemotherapy drugs onto proteins that seek out tumors could provide a new way of treating tumors in the brain or with limited blood supply that are hard to reach with traditional chemotherapy.