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 http://news.stanford.edu http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/khatib-robotics-class-061313.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/khatib-robotics-class-061313.html Robotics students put their programming chops to work by teaching robots to play golf, stack dominoes and swat balloons. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/slac-music-xray-061013.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/slac-music-xray-061013.html Thanks to scientists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, audiences can hear a 200-year-old opera by composer Luigi Cherubini in full for the first time in centuries. Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/brain-scan-art-060513.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/brain-scan-art-060513.html Clay wall sculptures, etchings and acrylics, inspired by images of the human brain, make up a new art installation at the Stanford Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/quake-acoustics-tsunami-060413.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/quake-acoustics-tsunami-060413.html Stanford scientists have noted acoustic characteristics of the 2011 Japan quake that indicated it would cause a large tsunami, offering hope for a warning system. Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/zinc-air-battery-060413.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/june/zinc-air-battery-060413.html Stanford scientists have created a zinc-air battery that could become a low-cost alternative to lithium-ion technology. Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/green-sea-turtles-052913.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/green-sea-turtles-052913.html A new Stanford-led report suggests that calls to lift protection for Hawaiian green sea turtles may be premature. Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/environment-consensus-statement-052313.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/environment-consensus-statement-052313.html California Gov. Jerry Brown accepted a consensus statement signed by 520 scientists, including 48 from Stanford, that sounds the alarm on climate change and offers recommendations for solving global environmental challenges. Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/kim-polariton-laser-052013.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/kim-polariton-laser-052013.html Stanford physicists have created a new method of producing coherent matter beams. The new low-power laser system could one day be used in everything from consumer goods to quantum computers. Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/nanoscavenger-purify-water-051713.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/nanoscavenger-purify-water-051713.html Stanford engineers have developed a synthetic nanoparticle to be used in water purification that, unlike its peers, can be quickly and completely removed magnetically after it does its job disinfecting, depolluting and desalinating contaminated water. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/frogs.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/frogs.html The African clawed frog, which were brought to the U.S. a century ago, harbor a fungal infection that is decimating amphibian populations worldwide, according to a School of Medicine study of these frogs in California. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/earth-iron-core-051613.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/earth-iron-core-051613.html The researchers used a diamond anvil cell to squeeze iron at pressures as high as 3 million times that felt at sea level to recreate conditions at the center of Earth. The findings could refine theories of how the planet and its core evolved. Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/ants-forage-evolve-051413.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/ants-forage-evolve-051413.html Biologist Deborah M. Gordon's decades-long study of the collective behavior of harvester ant colonies has provided a rare real-time look at natural selection at work. Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/kepler-hubbard-qanda-051513.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/kepler-hubbard-qanda-051513.html Consulting Professor Scott Hubbard helped guide the Kepler mission when he served as director of NASA Ames Research Center. He explains how NASA might bring the planet-hunting spacecraft back online. Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/skin-heart-monitor-051413.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/skin-heart-monitor-051413.html Engineers combine layers of flexible materials into pressure sensors to create a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill. The skin-like device could one day provide doctors with a safer way to check the condition of a patient's heart. Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/jasper-ridge-anniversary-051013.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/may/jasper-ridge-anniversary-051013.html In the past 40 years, research conducted at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve has transformed fundamental ecology science. Now, interdisciplinary studies are providing more guidance than ever on how to help conserve the planet. Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT