Efforts to build wildfire resilience are heating up
Feature
Stanford’s campus has become a living lab for testing innovative fire management techniques, from AI-powered environmental sensors to a fire break-creating “BurnBot.”
Study finds better-prepared ERs could save kids’ lives
Research
Some 80% of emergency departments aren’t fully prepared to care for children, new research shows. Upgrading them would cut deaths of pediatric emergency patients by almost half.
Scientists tap into the fungal network
Feature
Stanford biologist Kabir Peay wants to leverage the relationship between plants and the fungi that colonize their roots to help ecosystems weather climate change.
Coldplay to perform at Stanford Stadium
Event
Stanford Live, Stanford Athletics, and Live Nation are bringing the band’s Music Of The Spheres world tour to campus on May 31, highlighting community building and engagement with the arts.
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Science doesn’t have nearly as many eureka kind of moments as movies would have you believe, but this was definitely one of those eureka moments.”
A serendipitous discovery in Professor Eric Appel’s lab yielded new sprayable gel technology, capable of protecting homes against wildfires.
California faces ‘unprecedented’ local spread of dengue fever, possibly driven by climate change
Erin Mordecai, associate professor of biology
Meet the Stanford composer behind sold-out symphony shows of Grateful Dead songs
Giancarlo Aquilanti, senior lecturer and director of music theory