Plant and animal stem cells both rely on the cytoskeleton to divide properly, but a new Stanford study finds that they use them in opposite ways – while animal cells pull on the cytoskeleton, plant cells push it away. Harnessing that action could help scientists engineer more resilient plants.
New research showing that forest canopies create their own wind currents could help mitigate the spread of spot fires responsible for many destroyed homes.
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More than 6,300 people from 32 countries participated in a Metaverse Community Forum on bullying and harassment conducted with Stanford’s Deliberative Democracy Lab, and the results suggest global consultation is entirely feasible.
Climate change is expected to deal a heavy blow to marine species. A new Stanford study predicts possible future global abundance and distribution of seagrass species under “best” to “worst-case” climate change scenarios, highlighting areas to focus conservation efforts.
Engineer Bill Mitch explains why purifying wastewater could be the answer to the world’s freshwater shortage on this episode of The Future of Everything.
Compiling ethnographic interviews and national surveys with Latino immigrant families, Asad L. Asad shares how undocumented immigrants endure institutional surveillance to manage life’s hardships.
Diets high in red meat and fried foods have long been tied to health risks, including cancer, and now a new study has revealed food DNA as a novel potential source of genetic damage.
Stanford researchers Stephen Luby and Jenna Forsyth found that lead chromate, a coloring agent used to make turmeric more yellow, is the leading source of high lead levels in pregnant women in Bangladesh.
Male authors of biomedical research papers are named as inventors on patents more frequently than female authors, according to a study by a team of law and medical students.
Some types of child maltreatment are especially significant precursors of adult alexithymia, a personality trait that can impede interpersonal relationships and mental health.
The first in a two-part series looks at the science behind increasingly popular new diabetes drugs and whether they really are a golden ticket to weight loss.
Researchers pair machine-learning techniques with beam physics equations to predict a beam’s distribution of particle positions and velocities as it zips through an accelerator.
A low-cost, recyclable powder can kill thousands of waterborne bacteria per second when exposed to sunlight. Stanford and SLAC scientists say the ultrafast disinfectant could be a revolutionary advance for 2 billion people worldwide without access to safe drinking water.
Researchers get their first glimpse of how magnetic stimulation works to dissipate severe depression – by reversing the flow of abnormal brain signals.
Most kids undergoing radiation therapy for cancer can stay still without anesthesia if they watch videos during treatment, a Stanford Medicine study found.
