Stanford communication scholar James Hamilton looks at how presidents – past and present – have navigated relationships with the White House press corps.
Several epidemiological studies in recent years have found low zinc levels among children with autism spectrum disorder. The association is far from air-tight, but it hints at a link between zinc and brain function.
New opportunities for environmental protection and serious discussions about infrastructure could be among the ripple effects of the midterm election results.
Most areas of California farm country lack information about their groundwater use. Water managers responsible for putting aquifers on the path to sustainability now need to get the data to do the job.
Each year about 1,000 Stanford undergraduates work closely with faculty mentors on research ranging from engineering and medicine to the humanities, fine arts and social sciences.
Stanford researchers are working together to better understand what causes concussions, how to diagnose and treat them and, perhaps most important, how to prevent them from happening in the first place.
A new rooftop device under development will be able to produce electricity from sunlight while also beaming heat directly into space to cool buildings.
Stanford American historian Caroline Winterer examined thousands of Benjamin Franklin’s letters as part of her research on the 18th century, which she argues was the first age of extensive social networks.
Life expectancy data from the past 50 years shows that people who survive to age 65 are continuing to live longer than their parents – a trend that doesn’t appear to be slowing down.
As events continue to unfold regarding federal immigration policy, a website has been created where Stanford leaders summarize the principles of the university’s support for international and undocumented community members. Also found on the site are links to resources for the Stanford community.
Galvez Street will be closed from north of Nelson Road to Arboretum Road on Saturday, Nov. 17, and Tuesday, Nov. 20, for road re-paving as the project to install a new roundabout at the intersection of Galvez and Arboretum nears completion.
Stanford researchers used focused ultrasound to pry molecules of an anesthetic loose from nanoparticles. The drug’s release modified activity in brain regions targeted by the ultrasound beam.
Over the past six years, several Stanford researchers and English students have been helping develop a digital archive of early 20th-century publishers.
Stanford researchers retooled an electron microscope to work with visible light and gas flow, making it possible to watch a photochemical reaction as it swept across a nanoparticle the size of a cold virus.
Stanford civil engineers are working with the city to assess high-rise safety and mitigate any disruption, downtime or lost economic activity should downtown buildings be damaged.
