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Stanford researchers develop prosthesis to help paralyzed communicate
Stanford professors Krishna Shenoy and Jaimie Henderson collaborated on a brain-controlled prosthetic for the paralyzed (Courtesy of Paul Sakuma). Stanford researchers have developed an experimental...
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Stanford study examines extent, implications of African deforestation
A recent study by researchers in the School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences has found that an Iceland-sized region of Africa has been undergoing harmful deforestation since the beginning of...
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Moral judgment effective in encouraging cooperation, professor finds
The threat of moral judgment causes people to cooperate better in groups, reveals a new study from Professor of Sociology Robb Willer and two University of South Carolina professors. Although...
View ArticleScientists develop better model for high-power electrical storage
A pair of Stanford scientists have developed a mathematical model to improve high-power designs for electrical storage devices. Co-authors Daniel Tartakovsky, professor of energy resources engineering,...
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Sociology Ph.D.s trade academic careers for tech jobs
Generally expected to pursue careers in academia, some Ph.D. students are now bucking tradition and going into industry upon graduation, taking jobs at tech companies in Silicon Valley — much to the...
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Stanford researchers simulate cell transporter
For the first time, Stanford researchers have created a protein transporter simulation of sugar molecules across cell membranes, providing insight into the development of neurotransmitter drugs for...
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Stanford researchers record 3D bird flight to improve drones
Graduate student Marc Deetjen trains a parrotlet to fly between perches (Courtesy of Stanford News). At first glance, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering David Lentink’s lab appears part...
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Glam Grads: Q&A with Gennifer Smith
(Courtesy of Gennifer Smith) In this edition of Glam Grads, The Stanford Daily sat down with Gennifer Smith M.S ’15, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering (EE) who works in Assistant...
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GSC votes to resend election ballots to affected voters
On Wednesday, the GSC discussed its approach to ballot discrepancies in the most recent election (GILLIAN BRASSIL/The Stanford Daily). In its meeting on Wednesday, the Graduate Student Council (GSC)...
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Four Stanford alumni win Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Four Stanford alumni are among 30 recipients of this year’s Soros Fellowships for New Americans, which support graduate study for immigrants and immigrants’ children. Amin Aalipour will pursue an...
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Stanford research team develops new biodegradable electronics
Zhenan Bao’s lab is improving biodegradability of devices (Courtesy of Bao’s lab/Stanford News). A Stanford research team led by Zhenan Bao, professor of chemical engineering and materials science and...
View ArticleStanford researchers explore global warming’s impact on mosquito-borne disease
A team of Stanford researchers modeled the impacts of climate change on mosquito-borne diseases. Their analysis could help predict the diseases’ spread. Climate change has caused temperatures to rise...
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Carbon research reveals implications for climate change
New research on the carbon cycle reveals subtleties of carbon preservation (Courtesy of Stanford News). In a new study published in Nature Geoscience, Stanford researchers demonstrated that...
View ArticleResearchers seek to advance quantum computing
Researchers in Professor of Engineering Jelena Vuckovic’s lab are pursuing smaller, faster computers with work in the cutting-edge field of quantum computing. Most current computing is based on a...
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Researchers seek more effective crowdsourcing with ‘flash organizations’
Flash organizations were created by the teams of Stanford professors Melissa Valentine and Michael Bernstein (Courtesy of Michael Bernstein). Stanford researchers have developed a new model for...
View ArticleSymposium presents cutting-edge research in math and computing
Faculty of Stanford’s Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME) shared their cutting-edge research at Friday’s ICME Xpo, the department’s annual research symposium. Margot...
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...
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New cell splicing device improves studies of cell repair
The microfluidic guillotine, a new cell cutting device developed by Stanford scientists, revolutionizes the process of dividing individual cells for research. The new device opens doors for medical...
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Glam Grads: Glenn Markov on Cell Reprogramming
In this edition of Glam Grads, The Stanford Daily met with Glenn Markov, a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in the School of Medicine’s department of genetics who works in the research laboratory of Helen...
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New camera from Stanford lab offers robots 4D vision
Researchers at the Stanford Computational Imaging Lab have created a camera that will enable robots to generate four-dimensional images and capture nearly 140 degrees of information. Co-creator of the...
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