Stories published in 2022

News articles classified as Stories published in 2022

Stanford Medicine — December 5, 2022

New visions for mental health care

Leanne Williams, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, talks about her vision for an integrated program that delivers precision mental health care.

December 5, 2022

What explains recent tech layoffs, and why should we be worried?

As layoffs in the tech sector mount, Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer is worried. Research – by him, and others – has shown that the stress layoffs create takes a devastating toll on behavioral and physical health and increases mortality and morbidity substantially. Layoffs literally kill people, he said.

Stanford Law School — December 1, 2022

Stanford’s David A. Sklansky on Oath Keepers’ seditious conspiracy convictions

Stanford Law School’s David Sklansky discusses the verdict convicting members of the rightwing militia group the Oath Keepers of seditious conspiracy for the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

December 1, 2022

New chip-scale laser isolator

Using well-known materials and manufacturing processes, researchers have built an effective, passive, ultrathin laser isolator that opens new research avenues in photonics.

December 1, 2022

Pandemic stress physically aged teens’ brains, a new study finds

The brains of adolescents who were assessed after the pandemic shutdowns ended appeared several years older than those of teens who were assessed before the pandemic. Until now, such accelerated changes in “brain age” have only been seen in children experiencing chronic adversity, such as neglect and family dysfunction.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory — November 30, 2022

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.

Stanford Earth Matters magazine — November 29, 2022

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.

Stanford HAI — November 29, 2022

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.

Stanford Medicine — November 28, 2022

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.

Stanford Medicine — November 28, 2022

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.