California is nation’s first state to create anti-gun-violence office
Quotes John Donohue, professor of law, on how a new office to monitor guns in California may be able to initiate measures to counteract the current gun culture.
Why this Stanford researcher says you should ask your friends for more favors
Article quotes Xuan Zhao, social science research scholar, on her new study that finds people consistently underestimate others’ willingness to lend them a hand.
The rule-breaking paper microscope shaking up science
Article quotes Manu Prakash, associate professor of bioengineering and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on creating an easy-to-use microscope.
California power outages: How a text message averted major blackouts
Article quotes Frank Wolak, professor of economics and senior fellow at FSI and SIEPR, on the state's grid operators and efforts to avoid rolling blackouts during the heat wave.
California phasing out gas vehicles in climate change fight
Article quotes Ram Rajagopal, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and senior fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy, on charging electric vehicles at night versus daytime.
Fall vaccination campaign will bring new shots, worse access
Article quotes Kevin Schulman, professor of medicine, on how more creative marketing could help improve the uptake of additional COVID booster vaccines.
Can a particle accelerator trace the origins of printing?
The article reports how researchers are using the Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory to analyze historic texts in order to compare the printing traditions of Asia and Europe.
Farmworkers’ biggest threat is heat as summers get hotter, said Stanford panelists
Article quotes Noah Diffenbaugh, professor of Earth system science, on the effect of a small amount of global warming. It also quotes Michele Barry, professor of medicine and senior fellow at the Woods Institute and at FSI, on the question of health equity.
Opinion piece by Keith Humphreys, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, argues adults pay a price of humiliation if they are a beginner at learning new things.
Four ways the United States can still fight climate change
Article quotes Michael Wara, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program and senior research scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment, on the scope of the United States' effort to fight climate change.
Supreme Court ruling in Oklahoma case cuts to core of tribal sovereignty and state rights
Quotes Elizabeth Reese, assistant professor of law, commenting on a. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land.
The balance of power is shifting in the tech industry
Quotes Nicholas Bloom, professor of economics and senior fellow at SIEPR, arguing tech companies may cut costs by cutting back on office space as employees work from home.
Meet the explorer that could be first to search for life in Martian caves
Article quotes Marco Pavone, associate professor of aeronautics, on the development of a robot with extendable booms that may be able to navigate the terrain on Mars.