Illustration showing white and black hands in handcuffs
Stanford psychologists examine how race affects juvenile sentencing
Brooke Donald
A new study by Stanford psychologists examines how race affects the prison sentences of children. It finds that if people imagine a juvenile offender to be black, they are more willing to hand down severe penalties to all juveniles.
President of Turkey Abdullah Gul on stage with Condoleezza Rice / Photo: L.A. Cicero
Turkish president tells Stanford audience, 'this is the age of people's empowerment'
Brooke Donald
In Stanford speech, Turkish President Abdullah Gül praised the technological innovations that have come out of the university as critical to expanding freedom and enabling world democracies.  Video
An image showing light scattering from a silicon nanowire running diagonally from bottom left to top right. / Photo: Stanford Nanocharacterization Lab
Engineers use plasmonics to create an invisible photodetector
Andrew Myers
A team of engineers at Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania has for the first time used "plasmonic cloaking" to create a device that can see without being seen – an invisible machine that detects light.
Stanford Taiko performing at TEDxStanford/Photo: L.A. Cicero
TEDxStanford 'illuminates' rich intellectual diversity
Kate Chesley
Saturday's TEDxStanford featured inspiring presentations and performances, addressing subjects ranging from early cancer detection to the consequences of misguided philanthropy and the joys of unconventional musical composition.  Video  Slideshow