People with gas stoves breathe unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide
A new study finds people in households with gas stoves are breathing unhealthy levels of a pollutant linked to childhood asthma, even in rooms far from the kitchen.
Conventional sunscreen ingredients can damage coral reefs and human health. An immunologist and a marine ecologist teamed up to develop a better approach.
Bio-X celebrates 25 years of interdisciplinary science
After 25 years of transformational research, Stanford Bio-X is still fueling new ideas and changing lives through a scientific community like no other.
Research on microbes in extremely salty water expands the known limits for life
A study of microbes in extremely salty water shows how drought and diversion may affect aquatic habitats on Earth, and widens the possibilities for where life could exist throughout our solar system.
Associate Professor Jane Willenbring brings her passion for people and surface processes to understand how environmental changes impact life on Earth, and how life impacts the planet.
Karl Deisseroth created a multidisciplinary in-patient research program and laboratory to better understand neuropsychiatric disorders and share those discoveries with the world.
COVID-19 vaccinations reduced the risk of preterm birth
Thousands of premature deliveries may have been prevented by immunization against the coronavirus, according to a new study led by Stanford sociologist Florencia Torche.
Where starfish hang their hats (basically anywhere)
Starfish start life with bilateral body symmetry – like humans – but grow up to have fivefold “pentaradial” symmetry, with multiple headlike regions. “It is just weird, and most likely the evolution of the group was even more complicated than this.”
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Wildfire smoke drives a rise in ER visits – up to a point
Eran Bendavid and his Stanford colleagues examined how often Californians visit emergency departments and found that, surprisingly, people tend to avoid the hospital on the smokiest days.
Impact of genes linked to neurodevelopmental diseases found
By combining two cutting-edge technologies, scientists revealed the impact of a multitude of genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism, whose effects on brain development were previously unknown.
Advances in the 3D printing of living tissue put the possibility of fabricating whole organs from scratch and implanting them in living beings within reach. A multidisciplinary team of Stanford researchers aims to do just that.
Science explains why facial products make skin feel ‘tight’
A new model corroborated by real-world testers reveals the neurological mechanism behind the perception of tightness after applying cleansers or moisturizers.
Success with stem cell therapy in mice model of Alzheimer’s
Stanford Medicine researchers are hopeful that a proof-of-concept treatment in mice – blood stem cell transplants – may reduce signs of the neurodegenerative disease.
Human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire genera
A new analysis of mass extinction at the genus level, from researchers at Stanford and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, finds a “mutilation of the tree of life” with massive potential harms to human society.
A thumbnail-sized optical sensor that detects environmental DNA in near-real time could help coastal communities monitor some of the world’s largest marine protected areas.
New research reveals a massive and accelerating transfer of water from dwindling rural groundwater sources to Jordan’s cities through an unlicensed market.
Stanford experts are working to identify the causes and consequences of changing fire patterns, inform wildfire management, and mitigate risks to human health and infrastructure.
