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In groundbreaking discovery, Stanford researchers identify drug that could prevent scarring
Research led by Michael Longaker & Geoffrey Gurtner
May 27, 2021
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Bioengineers develop an algorithm to compare cells across species
Their work could help fill in gaps in our understanding of evolution.
May 26, 2021
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Julie Parsonnet: How faith in herd immunity may be misplaced
An expert in infectious diseases says that an undue focus on herd immunity could actually be doing more harm than good in the fight against COVID-19.
May 21, 2021
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Sam Wineburg: How to improve American students’ fact-checking skills
A cognitive psychologist explains why, with so much information at their disposal, American students struggle to tell fact from fiction … and how he thinks we might fix it.
May 19, 2021
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A bioengineer aims to turn nature’s virus fighters into powerful drugs
Antimicrobial peptides fight viral diseases but a structural flaw makes them difficult to use as drugs. A deft molecular fix could create synthetic “peptoids” to cure diseases.
May 18, 2021
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Michael Fischbach: Harnessing the microbiome to prevent and treat disease
Health Talks hosted by the Stanford School of Medicine
May 17, 2021
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Four Stanford scholars on motherhood and academia
A short video featuring Sarah Heilshorn, Polly Fordyce, Jennifer Dionne and A-lan Holt
May 06, 2021
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Maneesh Agrawala: How AI is changing video editing
Technology is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in video editing. Instead of fretting about the risks, society should embrace the possibilities.
May 04, 2021
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Noah Rosenberg: How biology is becoming more mathematical
A geneticist explains why biology, a field once thought relatively removed from mathematics, is quickly becoming a hotbed of computational science.
May 03, 2021
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India’s covid-19 crisis is a dire warning for all countries
The covid-19 crisis in India is a warning for countries around the globe and highlights the need to work on vaccine equity
April 30, 2021
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April 26, 2021
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Meagan Mauter: How freshwater supply is becoming more circular
An expert in freshwater systems says the world’s pending water crisis is only just beginning, but it’s not too late to make the course correction necessary to right the ship.
April 22, 2021
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Ram Rajagopal: How the grid is becoming more human-centric
An expert in the future of electrical power says that today’s big “dumb” grid is becoming a thing of the past and what’s replacing it is something much smarter and more personal.
April 22, 2021
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April 09, 2021
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Anthony Kinslow: How to close the clean-energy divide
An engineer and clean-energy entrepreneur discusses the troubling socio-economic gap in access to sustainable energy and the things we can do now to narrow and, perhaps, close it.
April 07, 2021
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The School of Engineering bestows staff awards
The school recognizes recipients of awards for citizenship, client services, innovation, diversity and inclusion, leadership, and its highest staff honor, the Shah Award.
April 05, 2021
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Kunle Olukotun: How to make AI more democratic
A chip designer talks about how advances in hardware will be needed to make the much-hyped artificially intelligent future a reality.
April 01, 2021
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March 31, 2021
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Josh Makower named new director of Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign
By Stacey McCutcheon
March 23, 2021
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A scholar shows how a rapid-response vaccine could stop pandemics
James Swartz has spent a dozen years refining an under-appreciated biotech technique into a radical new vaccine approach that could quickly protect billions from the next pandemic.
March 17, 2021