With a simplified machine learning technique, AI researchers created a real-world “robodog” able to leap, climb, crawl, and squeeze past physical barriers as never before.
Democracy is messy, says Josiah Ober in his new book. “Democratic citizens must live among and negotiate the terms of their common lives with others who hold diverging interests. That means deliberating with people with whom we disagree.”
Last year, the GSE’s Jennifer Wolf discussed the push to ban books from U.S. schools. “I’ve read many of these ... and I can attest – they do push us outside of our comfort area.”
As the school year gets underway, pediatric sports medicine specialist Arvind Balaji answers common questions about traumatic brain injuries in young athletes.
Normal pregnancy is characterized by progressive changes in sleep and activity. When those don’t happen on a typical trajectory, it can be a warning sign for premature delivery.
With the Google antitrust trial well underway, and an Amazon suit soon to follow, Riitta Katila, a professor of management science and engineering, discusses the impacts of anti-competition regulation on innovation.
A Q&A with engineer Srabanti Chowdhury on what semiconductors are, why they are so important in our lives, and the vast potential of what could come next in this global and interdisciplinary industry.
A new analysis of mass extinction at the genus level, from researchers at Stanford and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, finds a “mutilation of the tree of life” with massive potential harms to human society.
Advances in the 3D printing of living tissue – a field known as bioprinting – puts within reach the possibility of fabricating whole organs from scratch and implanting them in living beings. A multidisciplinary team from Stanford received a federal contract to do just that.
An experienced academic leader and prominent legal scholar, Martinez will become the university’s chief academic officer and chief budgetary officer on Oct. 1.
The biggest antitrust trial of the last quarter century is expected to last well into November. Antitrust scholar and SLS visiting fellow Douglas Melamed explains the issues at stake.
By combining two cutting-edge technologies, scientists revealed the impact of a multitude of genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism, whose effects on brain development were previously unknown.
