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Evaluating AI language models just got more effective and efficient
Assessing the progress of new AI language models can be as challenging as training them. Stanford researchers offer a new approach.
July 15, 2025
Supportive housing offers cost-effective response to homelessness and opioid use
A new study shows that providing housing without requiring prior drug treatment produces major public health gains and cost savings.
June 27, 2025
Decline in apex scavengers raises human disease risk
Stanford research shows that large, efficient scavengers are disappearing globally, allowing carrion to persist longer and creating opportunities for disease-carrying species like rodents to proliferate.
June 16, 2025
Designing blood vessels for 3D printed hearts
Stanford researchers have developed a faster, more precise way to model and print vascular systems, solving a critical challenge in fabricating transplantable organs from patients’ own cells.
June 12, 2025
Why common climate messaging often backfires – and how to fix it
A new study finds that Americans often misjudge the relative climate impact of behaviors like recycling, biking, and eating less meat. The good news? They’re willing to shift behavior when given more information.
June 10, 2025
A game-changing way to treat stroke
Researchers at Stanford have developed a new technology for removing blood clots that is more than twice as effective as current techniques. It could significantly improve success rates in treating strokes, heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms, and other clot-related diseases.
June 4, 2025
Researchers use machine learning to improve gene therapy
Stanford’s Gao Lab is leveraging AI to optimize the efficacy and safety of targeted cell and gene therapies.
June 3, 2025
Five things to do in virtual reality – and five to avoid
A review of experimental research reveals how VR is best used and why it’s struggled to become a megahit with consumers.
May 27, 2025
Nano-scale biosensor lets scientists monitor molecules in real time
Drawing inspiration from our gut protection mechanisms, Stanford researchers have engineered a new type of sensor to monitor substances over long stretches – measuring reactions for up to a week after being implanted in living rats.
May 23, 2025
New CRISPR technology could help repair damaged neurons
Stanford researchers have developed a technology that delivers RNA to damaged neurons and stimulates regrowth – paving the way for potential treatments targeting neurodegenerative diseases like ALS and spinal muscular atrophy.
May 21, 2025