Remembering Clayton Bates, champion of equity in STEM
The professor emeritus of materials science and engineering was an expert in photoelectronics and a pioneering advocate for Black students in the sciences.
At more than a dozen shops and studios across campus, students and other community members can try their hands at machining, electronics prototyping, textile crafts, and more.
“The worry isn’t just that we as artists would be replaced by generative AI,” says Ge Wang. “It’s that we might be replaced by something far more generic and far less interesting.”
The science of how children learn language and use it to understand the world could help large language models do a better job of interpreting the intentions behind words.
‘Magic glove’ eases painful spasms in stroke patients
Engineers at Stanford and Georgia Tech have developed a wearable device that uses vibration therapy to address numbness, spasticity, and limited range of motion, potentially reducing the need for expensive and painful injections.
The movers and shakers of Stanford’s earthquake center
From a single footfall to catastrophic tremors, waves of impact are all around us. The researchers at the John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center study the world’s vibrations – big and small.
An expert in the global cycles of carbon and water explains how they are inextricably bound to one another and fundamental to the future of life on planet Earth.
Cancer cells team up to break free, new research shows
Groups of breast cancer cells work together to physically tear through barriers and spread to surrounding tissues. “The invasion is actually collective in nature.”
Engineers hope to decarbonize one of the world’s most carbon-intensive industries by harnessing the nano-chemistry of turning raw iron ore into solid steel.
The bioengineer and psychiatrist discusses the transformational research techniques that shape our understanding of the brain on this episode of The Future of Everything.
Microbiologist KC Huang on our relationship with the trillions of bacteria inhabiting our gut. “We’re kind of both cautiously engaging with them as allies, but also realizing that we could be at war at any point.”
Undergrad team builds a video game for bioengineering students
A free, educational video game designed by a team of undergrads lets students step into a digital version of Stanford’s world-class Uytensgu Teaching Lab.
Researchers in the field of photonics are harnessing the power of light to improve our electronics, help us live more sustainably, and learn more about how our bodies work.
By studying the chemical secrets locked in coastal rocks, geoscientist Jane Willenbring says, we can tell what coastlines looked like a thousand years ago and predict how far they’ll retreat in the future.
Rania Awaad, who studies mental health in U.S. Muslim communities, says Islamic approaches offer lessons that can be applied in other religious and spiritual communities.
Jonathan Osborne says the goal of science education isn’t to give kids enough knowledge to evaluate the facts for themselves; it’s to teach them how to interact with expertise.
Seven years ago, the School of Engineering dean and developer of one of the first-ever MOOCs took her show on the road, delivering free data science courses to students around the world. She’s just back from Mongolia, and the lessons are still rolling in.
