Psychiatry researcher studies mental health in refugee camps
Stanford researcher Laila Soudi recently traveled to refugee camps in Greece where, amid the squalid conditions, she began working on her mission to provide mental health aid to refugees. Now a...
View ArticleResearch on brain networks explains differences in learning rates
In efforts to learn more about the dynamics of brain networks, researchers at Stanford have linked fluctuations of brain signals to the ability to rapidly learn new tasks. Using data from functional...
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Researchers identify spontaneous order in water droplets
Researchers at Stanford’s Tang Lab recently released a paper investigating the spontaneous emergence of order in oil-filmed water droplets squeezed through a funnel. This finding has many potential...
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Research finds tree abundance predicts biodiversity
For animals in the tropics, trees matter. A new study published last month by a team of Stanford biologists revealed that biodiversity in a tropical countryside in Latin America tends to increase with...
View ArticleStanford physicians examine patient discrimination against doctors
Prompted by their own experiences in the workplace, Stanford researchers published a paper in “Academic Medicine” last month exploring ways to combat discrimination against physicians by their...
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Stanford bioengineers uncover parasitic larvae movement through robotics
Stanford bioengineers in the Prakash lab have used robotics to make new discoveries about the movement of parasites commonly found in swimming pools. Their research can contribute to the treatment of...
View ArticleResearchers find Uber drivers may discriminate against African-American riders
Uber drivers may be discriminating against African-American travelers, a joint study between researchers from Stanford, MIT and the University of Washington suggests. The research, according to a...
View ArticleTeens overestimate marijuana use among peers
Recent research by Stanford developmental psychologist Bonnie Halpern-Felsher suggests that most adolescents dramatically overestimate how many of their friends use marijuana. In addition, adolescents...
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Researchers successfully repair genes carrying sickle cell disease
A research team at the Stanford School of Medicine has successfully corrected stem cells carrying the gene for sickle cell disease and transplanted the healthy cells into mice. The team published its...
View ArticleStudy finds students unable to identify fake news
Stanford’s Graduate School of Education published a study late November on students’ inability to determine the credibility of news stories. The study, which followed more than 7,800 students from 12...
View ArticleQ&A with Sam Wineburg, education professor and adviser of multiple Metcalf...
In the past decade, Sam Wineburg Ph.D. ʼ89, the Margaret Jacks Professor of Education, has advised four doctoral students who have won the prestigious Larry Metcalf Exemplary Dissertation Award from...
View ArticleMullaney brings Stanford archives to more students
More student researchers will now have the opportunity to hold primary source documents in their hands, rather than viewing them through a computer screen. Tom Mullaney, an associate professor of...
View ArticleStanford alumnus Adam Klein named ‘Sole Survivor’
Adam Klein ’13 appeared on and won CBS’s 33rd season of “Survivor.” This article is a follow up of an earlier Q&A with Klein from September 2016 before his unanimous win was announced. The Daily...
View ArticleResearchers test nanoparticle sensors in microscopic worms
Stanford researchers are collaborating to create nanoparticles that emit light in response to a force stimulus. They hope to use these nanoparticles as sensors to study the miniscule, previously...
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Stanford researchers discuss study to break culture of sexual assault
Stanford researchers have found that trainings designed for young girls focusing on empowerment and for young boys focusing on gender norms have decreased sexual violence in Nairobi settlements....
View ArticleGraduate student develops tool for detecting tuberculosis
This week’s Glamorous Grad Student, Mireille Kamariza, is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in biology. Kamariza is researching detection networks for tuberculosis (TB) and developing new, practical and...
View ArticleBacterial discovery raises questions on plant evolution
Researchers at the Welander Lab discovered bacteria that produce a fatty molecule thought only to exist in flowering plants, forcing scientists to re-evaluate the molecule as an indicator of past plant...
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Philosophy grad student building moral framework for climate change
To tackle the ethical and policy questions that surround climate change, philosophy Ph.D. student Blake Francis is bringing the tools of his discipline to develop a moral framework for the difficult...
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Researchers develop controllable gene therapy, make rats glow
Researchers at Stanford have made mice glow using a new gene therapy technique, showing that the process can work on living animals. (Courtesy of Linda Cicero). Named charge-altering releasable...
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Researchers’ grasslands study could help predict effects of global warming
A team of Stanford and Columbia University researchers have found that U.S. grasslands may be more sensitive to atmospheric dryness than rainfall; their study suggests that scientists may have to look...
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