http://news.stanford.edu Latest Popular Stories news headlines from Stanford University. Copyright (C) Stanford University en-us http://news.stanford.edu/images/srdot.gif http://news.stanford.edu http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/january/virtual-lab-tours-011212.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/january/virtual-lab-tours-011212.html If you want to see what your living room is likely to look like four years from now, take a tour of the Virtual Human Interaction Lab, which has reopened after a major renovation. Tours are offered to the general public most Fridays at 4 p.m. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/december/richter-climate-qanda-122711.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/december/richter-climate-qanda-122711.html Stanford physicist's prescriptions include more natural gas and nuclear power, doubts about renewable energy goals, and a new way to gain political support. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/december/extracting-carbon-air-120911.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/december/extracting-carbon-air-120911.html To lessen the severity of global warming, focus on controls for coal-burning power plants, researchers say. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/november/itunes-apps-class-111511.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/november/itunes-apps-class-111511.html Stanford's popular iPhone and iPad app development course for Apple's iOS 5 is now available to the world through iTunes U. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/august/online-computer-science-081611.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/august/online-computer-science-081611.html Stanford seeks to change the way courses are taught, with three free computer science classes. Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/august/fast-organic-semiconductor-081611.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/august/fast-organic-semiconductor-081611.html Facilitating flexible displays – think an iPad you can roll up. Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/may/captcha-security-flaw-052311.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/may/captcha-security-flaw-052311.html Researchers at the Stanford Security Laboratory create a computer program to defeat audio captchas on website account registration forms, revealing a design flaw that leaves them vulnerable to automated attacks. Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/april/famine-040411.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/april/famine-040411.html Stanford scholar Bertrand Patenaude tells the story of American relief for Soviet Russia 1921-23 famine – perhaps the first time a government charity was extended to a foe. Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/march/quantum-theory-nonscientists-033111.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/march/quantum-theory-nonscientists-033111.html Physicist David Mermin will lead nonscientists through the reasoning that resolved a quantum theory debate. Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html This is a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005. Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT