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Earth

Tiny sparks in water droplets: A new clue to life’s origins

Pranjal Malewar

Microlightning may have helped create the building blocks necessary for early life.

Sugar addiction brain covered with granulated sugar and sugar cubes on blue background
Biology

Sugars in the Brain: A hidden key to aging and memory loss

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists uncovered striking age-related changes in the sugary coating.

brain periodic table
Neuroscience

New ‘periodic table’ could unlock new insights into psychiatric disorders

Amit Malewar

The pace of developing treatments for psychiatric disorders has been slow.

young activists taking action
Environment

Understanding the anti-climate movement: A new study

PLOS

Counter-climate groups form in response to stricter environmental policies and institutions.

A patterned chip with Hall bar devices of ultrathin niobium phosphide film
Nanotechnology

New ultrathin conductor promises more efficient, cooler electronics

Amit Malewar

Stanford Researchers Unveil Niobium Phosphide: A Game-Changer for Nanoelectronics.

Pulendran vaccine durability
Health

Blood cells hold the key to long-lasting vaccine protection

Jay Kakade

When children receive their second dose of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine between 4 and 6 years, the protection against the three viruses lasts most of...

Abstract realistic milk drop with splashes isolated
Health

Flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to 5 days

Pranjal Malewar

More than 14 million Americans consume raw milk annually.

Image showing vaccine bottles and syrings
Science

Researchers develop cream-based vaccine using skin bacteria

Pranjal Malewar

Stanford scientists transform a skin bacterium into a topical vaccine.

Researchers are exploring the world’s first virtual human cell, an AI-powered model designed to simulate the complex behavior of human biomolecules, cells, and tissues.
Science

Building the virtual cell with artificial intelligence

Ashwini Sakharkar

Scientists call for an all-out, global effort to create an AI virtual cell.

agricultural vehicle on field
Technology

New device produces ammonia from thin air, cutting carbon emissions

Ashwini Sakharkar

The device could enable farmers to generate fertilizer directly from the air.

virus cells
Health

New immunotherapy platform with increased potential to target cancer cells

Ashwini Sakharkar

TRACeR-I more accurately recognizes a wide variety of surface proteins expressed by cancer cells.

woman
Science

AI can predict peak warming of the Earth

Ashwini Sakharkar

The hottest years of this century are likely to shatter recent records.

Beer and grain
Science

Evidence of rice beer dating back approximately 10,000 years at the Shangshan site

Pranjal Malewar

New insights into the origins of alcoholic beverage brewing in East Asia.

A lower ranking male gives a ‘trunk-to-mouth’ salute to an older.
Science

Older male African elephants display unique personality traits

PLOS

Wild males show consistent individual differences in aggression, dominance and friendly behavior.

Artificial Intelligence
AI & Machine Learning

New algorithm compresses LLM’s reams of data to increase privacy

Jay Kakade

Since the inception of the Large Language Models (LLMs), there has been an increasing load of automating tasks like translation, text classification, and customer...

SEQUOIA
Health

AI tool reads biopsy images

Pranjal Malewar

It could guide treatment without costly genomic tests.

Male and female business executives
Social Science

Gender stereotypes? Online images speak louder than words

Pranjal Malewar

Seeing is believing.

One of the zooplankton in the water samples taken for the study is the adult copepod, a miniature crustacean that is about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.
Science

Zooplankton present in freshwater do not clean contaminated water

Ashwini Sakharkar

Zooplankton play limited role in cleaning contaminated water.

Wastewater treatment
Technology

Water systems could help make renewable energy more affordable and dependable

Ashwini Sakharkar

Untapped potential!

old man holding doctor's hand
Health

New device helps Parkinson’s patients track symptoms at home and improve care

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Patients with Parkinson's often don't know how fast their disease is worsening or if their medications are working.

Image showing Cells before and after TRAMs were introduced. TRAMs link a shuttle protein (red), and a target protein (green). Without the TRAM, the target protein resides in the nucleus (left), and upon TRAM treatment, the target protein is pulled into the cytoplasm by the shuttle protein (right)
Health

New method to relocate misplaced proteins

Dr. Prajakta Banik

This breakthrough could pave the way for novel treatments for diseases caused by protein misplacement, such as cancer.

Greenhouse Gas Carbon Emissions
Environment

Research shows methane emission is rising faster than ever

Ashwini Sakharkar

Global methane emissions over the past five years have risen faster than ever.

During a test on plywood, researchers showed how the new gel transitions from a hydrogel to an aerogel under heat from a gas hand-torch. The torch burned at a much higher temperature than would result from a wildfire.
Invention

New gels could help keep burnings from burning during wildfires

Ashwini Sakharkar

These gels last longer and are significantly more effective than existing commercial gels.

This image depicts the inductively heated metamaterial reactor with catalysts filling the ceramic foam baffle. It is producing carbon monoxide and water from the reverse water gas shift reaction.
Technology

New electric reactor generates immense heat, cuts industrial emissions

Ashwini Sakharkar

New type of thermochemical reactor that is capable of generating the immense amounts of heat.

Air pollution sunset at Keys View.
Environment

The impact of air pollution on individuals’ moods varies

PLOS

Statistical models show how daily air pollution is linked to a person’s affective states.

burning wood
Technology

Bronze Age technology offers a cost-effective way to store heat

Ashwini Sakharkar

A Bronze Age technology could aid the switch to clean energy.

Toyota Research Institute and Stanford Engineering achieve world’s first fully autonomous tandem drift sequence.
Transportation

Engineers achieve world’s first autonomous tandem drift

Amit Malewar

AI-powered research aims to improve driving safety.

Bald mature man smiling in cancer hospital bed
Health

Overcoming chemotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Matrix stiffness and chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer organoids.

clean energy storage facility
Technology

Researchers developing liquid battery for renewable energy storage

Ashwini Sakharkar

Liquids for hydrogen storage.

Biology

A new method to watch viruses in action

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Nanoscale organization of viral RNA and proteins in SARS-CoV-2 replication sites

Recent Stories

Fabricating metamaterial that is both strong and stretchy

Invention

A periodic table of machine learning

AI & Machine Learning

Chewing gum releases microplastics into your saliva, research shows

Health

Chronic back pain? New drugs show promising effects

Health

A new solar cell world record set

Invention