A look at the economic risks of global trade changes
As trade fractures into geopolitically aligned blocs, future economic growth is in danger, the International Monetary Fund’s Gita Gopinath told a Stanford audience.
Stanford Medicine delivers new treatment to cancer patients
Cell-based therapies are widely used to treat blood cancer, but Stanford Medicine recently became the first in the nation to use the same method to treat solid tumors.
Corporate governance is what matters most to investors
Big investors believe climate change will impact their portfolios in the coming years, a new report finds, but climate considerations aren’t driving their investment decisions.
A new report finds racial and economic segregation among schools has grown steadily in large school districts over the past 30 years – an increase that appears to be driven by policy decisions, not demographic changes.
Mental health assessments that go beyond ‘How often do you feel blue?’
Stanford Medicine researchers are developing artificial intelligence tools that provide a more accurate picture of a person’s mental health and flag those who need help.
A new book by Angela Garcia describes a troubling type of underground residential treatment program that has emerged to help Mexico City’s poor survive drug violence.
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.
How Karl Deisseroth’s lunches for a group of scientists, physicians, engineers, and students produced a silo-busting program to probe neuropsychiatric disease.
Why it’s so hard to wrap your head around climate change
Prioritizing future risk is difficult, says neuroeconomist Nik Sawe, because the brain’s reward pathway is “pushing you to act now and be a short-term impulsive thinker.”
To understand trade-offs for coastal communities along the Mesoamerican Reef, new research looks at watershed interventions regionally versus nationally.
Talking about people behind their backs can spread useful information and motivate others to cooperate with you – but only if your information is accurate.
When the brain has trouble filtering incoming information and predicting what’s likely to happen, psychosis can result, Stanford Medicine-led research shows.
Forum addresses responsible leadership in a polarized world
Jerome Powell, Sundar Pichai, and Patti Poppe discuss technology, sustainability, and more at the first Business, Government, and Society Forum. Watch the highlights.
Paul Milgrom envisions a new market that would resolve the allocation battles of the Colorado River and provide long-run protection for a dwindling resource.
Medical debt relief may come to late to help those who need it
Buying and forgiving medical debts in collections is thought to be a scalable way to help people in need, but new research suggests those efforts may be happening too late to make a difference.
Course and exhibition explore our relationship with apes
An exhibition and undergraduate course at Stanford examines the peculiar scrutiny people have placed on their primate relatives to better understand the human condition.
