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STANFORD magazine —

Seeing the signs

Mariella Satow’s company makes Netflix and Disney+ movies accessible to kids who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Patient mindset training helps care teams

Patient mindsets can influence care outcomes. Care providers who received a new “Medicine Plus Mindset” training increasingly felt that patient mindsets are important in health care and reported using the training when interacting with patients.

Learning from children’s drawings

Using machine learning, Stanford researchers have found that children’s drawings contain valuable information about how they think.

Stanford Engineering —

The future of bioprinting

Bioengineer Mark Skylar-Scott dreams of the day when instead of receiving a donor heart, a patient could have one made using their own cells.

A new RNA editing tool could enhance cancer treatment

The new study found that an RNA-targeting CRISPR platform could tune immune cell metabolism without permanent genetic changes, potentially unveiling a relatively low-risk way to upgrade existing cell therapies for cancer.

STANFORD magazine —

The weather man

Climate scientist Daniel Swain, PhD ’16, studies extreme floods. And droughts. And wildfires. Then he explains them to the rest of us.

Stanford HAI —

The opportunity gap in social sector AI

Nonprofits are eager to leverage AI tools for mission-related impact. A working paper explores the untapped potential.

Biodiversity crisis in protected forests

New research shows the diversity of plant and animal life in 14 tropical reserves in Mesoamerica has plummeted since 1990 as roads and cattle ranches have expanded into protected areas.

Stanford Report —

How technology is reinventing education

Stanford Graduate School of Education Dean Dan Schwartz and other education scholars weigh in on what's next for some of the technology trends taking center stage in the classroom.

Stanford Report —

Mehran Sahami on AI and safeguarding society

The computer scientist talks about the issues he’s paying attention to in 2024, particularly how to respond to the risks and opportunities of AI.

Stanford Engineering —

Baby babble and AI

The science of how children learn language and use it to understand the world could help large language models do a better job of interpreting the intentions behind words.

Earthworm invasion

Analysis reveals imported earthworm species have colonized large swaths of North America, and represent a largely overlooked threat to native ecosystems. The researchers warn of the need to better understand and manage the invaders in our midst.

Resting boosts performance of lithium metal batteries

Lithium metal batteries could double the range of electric vehicles, but current batteries degrade quickly during operation. Stanford researchers have discovered that you can improve the battery’s cycle life simply by letting it rest for several hours in the discharged state.

Precourt Institute for Energy —

California’s great clean energy experiment

People around the world are watching as the Golden State tries to decarbonize electricity by 2045 while balancing inequities and growing a $4 trillion economy.

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability —

On Hawaii’s Kilauea, little stresses add up

History’s most active and best-monitored volcano gives researchers a chance to study many earthquakes over a short period of time.

Measuring poverty

Researchers found almost no agreement among four widely used poverty measurement approaches. The findings suggest that the choice of a measurement approach can lead to very different conclusions about who qualifies for poverty alleviation programs and policies, and how much these efforts achieve.

The melting point

The Wilkes Subglacial Basin in East Antarctica holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by more than 10 feet, and it may be less stable than previously thought.

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute —

Implants offer hope for patients with brain injuries

Jaimie Henderson’s lab is developing some of the most advanced brain-machine interfaces in the world, and leading clinical trials to bring them to patients.

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability —

The business case for sustainability

A program co-developed by Chris Field pairs business skills with sustainability science to help executives advance their company’s goals. “I’m confident they’ll be able to take what they are learning back to their jobs the very next day.”

Stanford Report —

Ten years of team science

Leaders of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute reflect on a decade of boundary-breaking study of the brain and what lies ahead for Stanford’s widespread neurosciences community.

Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences —

Scaling up biosynthesis

New research offers a window into the growth, maturation, and eventual decline of cells, with implications for our understanding of aging and disease.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory —

How are your solar panels performing?

New software sorts through the data to give you a clearer picture of how much power those rooftop panels are generating over time.

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability —

Ted Karabelas is hyped on coral

The Oceans Department doctoral student wants to get undergraduates as excited about solving the coral reef problem as he is.

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability —

Tradeoffs in aquaculture

Marine aquaculture has promise for supporting food security, but its growth can come at a cost to small fisheries. A new paper explores policies that promote positive outcomes for both sectors.

Stanford Report —

The movers and shakers of Stanford’s earthquake center

From a single footfall to catastrophic tremors, waves of impact are all around us. The researchers at the John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center study the world’s vibrations – big and small.

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