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After the Supreme Court rulings, what’s next for affirmative action?

Stanford professors Anthony Lising Antonio and Eujin Park explore what’s at stake in challenges to the consideration of race in college admissions.

Medicine

The spice sellers’ secret

Stanford researchers Stephen Luby and Jenna Forsyth found that lead chromate, a coloring agent used to make turmeric more yellow, is the leading source of high lead levels in pregnant women in Bangladesh.

Science & Technology

Mitigating the harm caused by wildfire smoke

As smoke spreads across the northeastern U.S., here’s a look back at what Stanford experts say about managing air quality.

Science & Technology

Childhood maltreatment predicts adult emotional difficulties

Some types of child maltreatment are especially significant precursors of adult alexithymia, a personality trait that can impede interpersonal relationships and mental health.

Medicine

Beyond climate dread

Stephen Luby is among a growing number of Stanford Medicine community members striving to improve global health during the environmental meltdown.

In the Spotlight

In Their Own Words

In Their Own Words is a series in which Stanford faculty reflect on a question or topic they have been grappling with throughout their careers.

Science & Technology

Highlighting campus sustainability

Through various efforts – big and small, seen and unseen – Stanford aims to embody the future of sustainability.

In The Spotlight

3D printing research at Stanford

3D printing offers a world of possibilities, but it has its limitations. Stanford researchers are stretching the boundaries of current printing models and finding innovative ways to solve pressing dilemmas of design, engineering, and medicine.

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Medicine

How to climate-proof schools

Stanford researchers discuss how California schools need physical and curriculum upgrades to ready them for shifts in the state’s climate.

Law & Policy

The gap between male and female author-inventors

Male authors of biomedical research papers are named as inventors on patents more frequently than female authors, according to a study by a team of law and medical students.

Science & Technology

A fix for snowpack’s influence on groundwater readings

Scientists have long suspected that the weight of snow and ice in nearby mountains could throw off groundwater assessments tied to elevation changes in California’s Central Valley, but they lacked a way to quantify the effect. A new study demonstrates a solution.

Social Sciences

Will a police stop end in arrest? Listen to its first 27 seconds.

Researchers analyzed body-camera recordings of routine traffic stops involving Black drivers and found that the officer’s first 45 words predict whether a stop will end in arrest.

Medicine

Correcting failing sanitation in the most vulnerable communities

Dean Lloyd Minor interviews climate activist Catherine Coleman Flowers about the root causes of systemic public sanitation infrastructure lapses, the increasing threat of climate change, and how her research and advocacy have expanded across the country.

Science & Technology

The future of greenhouse gases

Matteo Cargnello talks about turning greenhouse gases into useful chemicals in this episode of The Future of Everything.

Science & Technology

River deltas under threat

Often it’s not rising seas, but sinking land due to human activities that puts coastal populations at risk.

Science & Technology

Mangroves’ value

A new approach quantifies the value of mangrove forests in Belize for carbon sequestration, tourism, fisheries, and coastal protection, then uses the values to target conservation and restoration. The findings hold lessons for coastal countries looking for ways to balance climate goals with economic development.

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