Stanford News Headlines: Science and Technology http://news.stanford.edu Latest Science and Technology news headlines from Stanford University. Copyright (C) Stanford University en-us http://news.stanford.edu/images/srdot.gif Stanford News Headlines: Science and Technology http://news.stanford.edu Paul Ehrlich: Change human behavior or global civilization is doomed http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november2/ehrlich-environmental-award-110509.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november2/ehrlich-environmental-award-110509.html Paul Ehrlich, professor of ecology, is in Barcelona to receive the Margalef Prize for lifetime achievement in Ecology and Environmental Sciences. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Stanford scientists: Tags reveal white sharks have neighborhoods in the North Pacific http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november2/white-shark-research-110309.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november2/white-shark-research-110309.html North Pacific white sharks follow a rigid migration route, always returning to the same spot on California coast. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Stanford faculty turn to Environmental Venture Projects to save the planet http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november2/evp-forum-woods-110209.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november2/evp-forum-woods-110209.html Vital environmental research, from Bangladesh to Chile, is made possible by funding from the Woods Institute. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST Gamma-ray photon race ends in tie; Einstein wins this round, Stanford researchers say http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october26/fermi-telescope-discovery-102809.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october26/fermi-telescope-discovery-102809.html Gamma-ray photons racing for 7.3 billion years arrive in virtual dead heat, proving Einstein right. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Researchers awarded $6.27 million to study energy efficiency, human behavior http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october26/energy-efficiency-funds-102709.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october26/energy-efficiency-funds-102709.html The Stanford team will use the money to develop technologies that provide consumers with information about energy consumption in an engaging and usable way. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Quake-Catcher Network seeks campus volunteers to host seismic sensors http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october26/quake-catcher-volunteers-102709.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october26/quake-catcher-volunteers-102709.html Have a spare USB port? Earthquake study seeks volunteers on campus willing to plug in a seismic sensor. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Precourt Energy Efficiency Center awards round of research grants http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october26/precourt-energy-awards-102609.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october26/precourt-energy-awards-102609.html The Precourt Energy Efficiency Center at Stanford has awarded a total of $493,011 to six proposals designed to promote energy-efficient behaviors and technologies. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST Stanford's Woods Institute celebrates five years of influential environmental research http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october19/woods-anniversary-event-102309.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october19/woods-anniversary-event-102309.html In its first five years, Stanford's environmental institute has come into its own. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT Wireless communications expert takes the helm of the Faculty Senate http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october19/goldsmith-faculty-senate-102209.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october19/goldsmith-faculty-senate-102209.html Andrea Goldsmith, a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford, says she inherited her math skills from her late father, a professor of mechanical engineering, and her creativity from her mother, who drew cartoons for The Bullwinkle Show. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT Study: Shifting the world to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2030 http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october19/jacobson-energy-study-102009.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october19/jacobson-energy-study-102009.html The numbers show that wind, water and solar energy could power the world at less cost than carbon. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT Magnetic nanotags spot cancer in mice earlier than current methods http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october12/cancer-detection-101209.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october12/cancer-detection-101209.html Stanford researchers' magnetic-nano sensor chips are up to 1,000 times more sensitive than current methods of cancer detection and search for up to 64 different cancer-associated proteins simultaneously. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT Earthquake experts to commemorate Loma Prieta at Stanford conference http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october5/loma-prieta-event-100909.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october5/loma-prieta-event-100909.html Speakers at "Commemorating Loma Prieta: The Future of Bay Area Earthquakes," will recall the 1989 temblor that rocked the Bay Area and discuss preparedness for the next Big One. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT Stanford researcher fits pieces in human evolutionary puzzle http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/september28/degusta-arti-find-100109.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/september28/degusta-arti-find-100109.html Paleoanthropologist David DeGusta's analysis of 4-million-year-old fossils helps explain how human ancestors came down from the trees and began walking. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT Google endows professorship in memory of Rajeev Motwani http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/september21/motwani_endowed_chair_092509.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/september21/motwani_endowed_chair_092509.html Gift will help launch an expansion of Stanford's Computer Science Department. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT Cheap, sensitive sensors could detect explosives, toxins in water http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/september21/sensor-detect-explosives-092309.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/september21/sensor-detect-explosives-092309.html New chemical sensor chips made with carbon nanotubes could enable rapid, low-cost detection of TNT and poison in rivers, reservoirs. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT