Sewage water testing provides clues to Omicron spread across US
Quotes Alexandria Boehm, professor of civil and environmental engineering and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on her work with wastewater analysis.
Darwin in a lab: Coral evolution tweaked for global warming
Quotes Stephen Palumbi, professor of marine sciences and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on the pros and cons of "assisted evolution" strategies for coral health.
Biden convenes ‘democracy summit’ as America’s system grows imperiled
Quotes Nathaniel Persily, professor of law and senior fellow at FSI, on how leaders casting doubt on democratic institutions is "a prescription for instability."
Article cites a Stanford study that injected a rat embryo, which had been edited to grow without a pancreas, with special mouse stem cells. As the rat matured, it formed a pancreas made entirely of mouse cells.
Meet Biden’s ‘climate cabinet’: A who’s who of 9 senior officials tackling climate change
Reports that Sally Bensen, professor of energy resources and director of the Precourt Institute for Energy, will head the Office of Science and Technology Policy that will coordinate federal climate change policy.
As we live longer, how should life change? There is a blueprint
Article quotes Laura Carstensen, professor of psychology and founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, on the need to reimagine social institutions, norms and policies for lives that span a century.
Article quotes Philippe Mourrain, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on research that showed buildup of a DNA-repair protein in brain cells makes zebrafish sleepy.
How the workplace of the future could leave women behind
Quotes Nicholas Bloom, professor of economics and senior fellow at SIEPR, on the importance of setting boundaries in a hybrid work environment. It also quotes Marianne Cooper, social sciences resident scholar, on the difficulty to read the workplace political landscape remotely.
Pfizer shot generated most antibodies in comparative study
Reports on the results of a Stanford study of four vaccines conducted in July among 196 fully-immunized people in Mongolia, where all four shots were used.
A second wave of COVID through one family underscores why getting vaccinated is critical
Article quotes Julie Parsonnet, professor of medicine and of epidemiology and population health, on the importance of vaccination for the sake of all household members.
4 ways that older people can bolster or improve their mental health
Quotes Irvin Yalom, professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and the author of Existential Psychotherapy and Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death.