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Riitta Katila: How diversity drives innovation
An expert in entrepreneurship argues that greater diversity is the key to corporate creativity.
February 22, 2021
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AIMBE Elects 2021 Fellows
Drew Endy & Fan Yang elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in medical and biological engineering.
February 15, 2021
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David Miller: How light could transform computing
An expert in photonics explains the remarkable potential of using light instead of electricity in computation.
February 09, 2021
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Jin Hyung Lee: How can we systematically cure brain diseases?
Lee uses artificial intelligence to determine what healthy and diseased brain circuits look like in order to better diagnose Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other brain disorders.
February 05, 2021
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Mark Schnitzer: How to better understand the brain
Midway through a 12-year, $5 billion “Brain Initiative,” technology is producing profound insights into how the brain works — or doesn’t.
February 03, 2021
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Mutale Nkonde: How to get more truth from social media
A sociologist and former journalist warns that the artificial intelligence behind much of today’s social media is inherently biased, but it’s not too late to do something about it.
January 26, 2021
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Manu Prakash: "Science From Curiosity And A Little Paper" on NPR
Why he wants to change how we think about science, and what it'll take to make science something everyone is able to enjoy
January 08, 2021
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Jef Caers: How better mineral exploration makes better batteries
A geoscientist explains why the use of artificial intelligence in the exploration of rare metals could be the key to America’s environmental and energy future.
January 08, 2021
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Russ Altman: Based on genes, nearly everyone is likely to have an atypical response to at least one drug
"One size fits all" rarely applies with drug doses
January 04, 2021
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Bioengineering Senior Capstone Design course: Stanford students reimagine mental healthcare from the ground up
After being inspired by a Stanford course, four graduates teamed up to tackle important deficiencies in mental healthcare while expanding access and reducing costs.
December 14, 2020
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Norbert Pelc elected to National Academy of Inventors
Recognizing top inventors in academia
December 11, 2020
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Bio Eats World: The Google Maps Moment in (Modeling) Biology
The Eureka moment behind the first whole cell model
December 07, 2020
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SnapDx: at-home self-screening kit for COVID-19 testing using saliva
A pilot study on SnapDx is being run to test both its feasibility and validity of detecting SARS-CoV-2
December 02, 2020
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Low-cost, fast saliva test for COVID-19 to be studied
An at-home COVID-19 test, designed by Stanford researchers to be easy to use and provide results within 30 minutes, will be the focus of a study funded by the Stanford Medicine Cat
December 02, 2020
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Renée DiResta: How to beat bad information
Inadvertent misinformation and outright disinformation have become a scourge on American discourse, but those committed to the truth are keeping pace.
November 24, 2020
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Will Tarpeh: How to take the waste out of wastewater
The very notion of wastewater, and what we choose to do with it, could change dramatically if this Stanford chemical engineer has his way.
November 13, 2020
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Kwabena Boahen: How to build a super-efficient super-computer
Could new-age computer chips, modeled on the how the human brain works, empower a watershed for artificial intelligence? At least one expert has staked his career on it.
November 10, 2020
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Daphne Koller: How machine learning is transforming drug discovery
A veteran of the age of artificial intelligence explains why she left academia for a chance to try to change the pharmaceutical industry.
November 03, 2020
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October 26, 2020
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2020 Biotechnology Symposium will be held virtually on October 27, 2-4 pm PST
Featuring keynote speakers Dr. Daphne Koller ("Machine Learning: A New Approach to Drug Discovery”) and Dr. Peter S. Kim (“Preventing Diseases with Vaccines”)
October 26, 2020