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New, portable antenna could help after disasters

Researchers from Stanford and the American University of Beirut have developed a lightweight, portable antenna that can communicate with satellites and devices on the ground, making it easier to coordinate rescue and relief efforts in disaster-prone areas.

Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences —

Clashing genes drive the development of distinct species

Researchers have identified genes involved in hybrid incompatibility, a phenomenon that creates reproductive barriers between species and evolutionarily splits them apart.

Stanford Engineering —

The future of digital health

Eleni Linos talks LLMs, AI-powered diagnoses, and using social media to shift behavior on this episode of The Future of Everything.

Stanford HAI —

AI helps patients in crisis access timely care

A new model to identify and triage high-risk messages to an online mental health platform dramatically reduced response time for those in urgent need.

Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions —

How diverse is ocean science?

An analysis of data from U.S. institutions shows mixed success with recruiting and retaining underrepresented groups.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory —

What it’s like to build a telescope at 9,000 feet

Margaux Lopez is one of a team of engineers preparing Rubin Observatory for the arrival of the camera that will capture the most far-reaching images of the night sky ever taken.

Stanford study predicts new limit of life at high salinity

Stanford study on microbes in extremely salty water suggests life may survive conditions previously thought to be uninhabitable. The research widens the possibilities for where life may be found throughout our solar system and shows how changes in salinity may affect life in aquatic habitats on Earth.

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability —

The next chapter for the Endangered Species Act

Fifty years after the powerful suite of environmental regulations was signed into law, experts say it’s time for an update.

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability —

Jane Willenbring on the science of scenery

Associate Professor Jane Willenbring brings her passion for people and surface processes to understand how environmental changes impact life on Earth, and how life impacts the planet.

Breast cancer metastasis on/off switch revealed

New research from Stanford and the Arc Institute could lead to a new and more effective immunotherapy and help clinicians better predict patient response to existing medicines.

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability —

Fungi and the future of forests

Climate change is poised to disrupt the complex partnerships between trees and the fungal communities that help them thrive.

Stanford Graduate School of Business —

Chatbot boosts productivity

The first large-scale study of a ChatGPT-like assistant in the workplace found that it helped less experienced employees perform better and made customers happier.

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment —

Can technology reduce social inequality?

Stanford researchers are using vehicle-mounted sensors, cameras, and other devices to collect neighborhood data that could make life better for people in cities.

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research —

The geopolitics of cleaner chips

The prime minister of the Netherlands and other European leaders met with Stanford students to discuss the sustainability challenges of the semiconductor industry.

Wildfires leave a trail of toxic metal in soil

New research from Stanford University shows wildfires can transform a natural element in soils into a cancer-causing and readily airborne metal known as chromium 6.

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability —

Emissions reach a record high

Declining coal use helped shrink U.S. emissions by 3%, even as global emissions keep the world on a path to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming before 2030.

Stanford HAI —

Seven AI trends to watch

From white-collar work shifts to large video models, these are the stories Stanford HAI faculty and fellows predict will make headlines in 2024.

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute —

Mondays are blue, obviously

Neuroscientist David Eagleman on synesthesia, sensory substitutions, and why we’re all trapped inside our own reality.

Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence —

Amy Zegart on AI and spycraft

A profession that once hunted diligently for secrets is now picking through huge haystacks for needles of insight – precisely the kind of work at which AI excels.

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment —

Hope for climate solutions

Stanford ecologist and climate scientist Chris Field looks to COP28 for a roadmap of what he considers solvable challenges.

Plant-based menstrual pads could help alleviate period poverty

Researchers at Stanford have designed an open-source process for turning sisal fibers into absorbent material for menstrual pads, creating an opportunity for the local, sustainable manufacture of hygiene products that many communities need.

STANFORD magazine —

As if you had a choice

From your DNA to what you ate this morning, a lifetime of factors is determining your every move. None of those elements, says Robert Sapolsky, is free will.

Stanford Engineering —

The future of ecohydrology

An expert in the global cycles of carbon and water explains how they are inextricably bound to one another and fundamental to the future of life on planet Earth.

Stanford HAI —

Using AI to help refugees succeed

Machine learning tools are helping countries place refugees where they’re most likely to find employment.

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