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Takeaways from the 2022 midterms: a relief, surprise

Some takeaways from the 2022 midterms: surprising, a possible return to normalcy, and a “relief”– of sorts, Stanford scholars say.

Science & Technology

Shining a new light on oil-slick rainbows and other thin-layer physics

To invent a new tool for studying how chemicals react at interfaces, researchers shoot tiny jets of oil and water at each other and illuminate them.

Science & Technology

COP27: How to reduce emissions and still feed the world

Stanford delegates co-hosted an event at COP27 highlighting the role cutting-edge research and solutions can play in decarbonizing the food and agricultural systems.

Science & Technology

Could stable diffusion solve a gap in medical imaging data?

Researchers trained an AI model to create images of human lungs with rare abnormalities, which could alleviate gaps in training data and inspire more research.

Medicine

Striking inequalities in maternal and infant health

Research by SIEPR’s Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater finds wealthy Black mothers and infants in the U.S. fare worse than the poorest white mothers and infants.

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What drives American voters?

Stanford scholars are studying who American voters are, what influences them, and why.

Awards

Carolyn Bertozzi wins Nobel in chemistry

Stanford chemist Carolyn Bertozzi was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for her development of bioorthogonal reactions, which allow scientists to explore cells and track biological processes without disrupting the normal chemistry of the cell.

In The Spotlight

Battery technology research at Stanford

As battery technology has advanced, the quality and quantity of promising innovations are keeping Stanford researchers excited and busy.

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Medicine

Exploring the ordinary and extraordinary in end-of-life care, death

In Ordinary Deaths, Stanford Medicine’s Samuel LeBaron, who has terminal lung cancer, weaves personal stories with vignettes that illuminate the patients whose lives he’s witnessed.

Science & Technology

Computer-generated sound catches its graphical sibling

In this episode of The Future of Everything, CS and music Professor Doug James talks about creating computer-generated sounds that match up to fantastical CGI.

Stanford Athletics

David Shaw steps down as head football coach

Coach Shaw announced following Saturday’s game that he will step down from his position, effective immediately. He is the winningest head coach in program history, and leaves with a record of 96-54.

Medicine

To offer more transgender care, doctors need more education

LGBTQ+ patients are seen in every facet of the medical field, says Stanford Medicine’s Benjamin Laniakea, and all physicians need to learn a bit more about transgender care.

Medicine

Shebani Sethi on the connection between metabolism and mental health

Stanford Medicine’s Shebani Sethi, a specialist in psychiatry and obesity, describes how metabolic disorders affect the brain and how nutrition can help patients with mental illness.

Medicine

Age that kids acquire mobile phones not linked to well-being, says Stanford Medicine study

Stanford Medicine researchers tracked kids’ well-being as they transitioned to phone ownership and found no connection between the age kids got their first cell phone and their sleep, grades, or mental health.

Social Sciences

Better believe it

The Stanford Mind & Body Lab’s Alia Crum is on a quest to explain – and demonstrate – the mind’s power over our health.

Social Sciences

Equipping kids to defend against science misinformation

Researchers say a fundamental shift in how we teach K-12 science could protect society from scientific misinformation in all of its forms, from the misguided to the malicious.

Science & Technology

New nanoscale 3D printing material offers better structural protection

Engineers have designed a new material for nanoscale 3D printing that is able to absorb twice as much energy as other similarly dense materials and could be used to create better lightweight protective lattices.

University Affairs

Stanford apologizes for admissions limits on Jewish students in the 1950s and pledges action on steps to enhance Jewish life on campus

Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne apologized on behalf of the university and pledged action on recommendations in a task force report confirming Stanford limited the admission of Jewish students in the 1950s.

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