Alexandria Boehm: Wastewater helps reveal COVID’s real reach
On The Future of Everything, civil and environmental engineer Alexandria Boehm discusses the new form of epidemiology that uses engineering tools for testing wastewater to track COVID-19’s true spread.
In this episode of The Future of Everything, pediatrics professor Anisha Patel tells how engaging a local community about their needs – such as clean drinking water in schools – can lead to impactful discoveries and interventions.
On The Future of Everything, Stanford radio glaciologist Dustin Schroeder explains how mapping the insides of ice sheets can help us understand the implications of climate change.
How un-syncing the brain can help Parkinson’s patients
In this episode of The Future of Everything, Stanford neurosurgery Professor Peter Tass discusses how vibrational therapies can help patients with neurological conditions by helping the neurons break and unlearn synchronicity.
Turgut M. Gür elected president of the Electrochemical Society
Turgut M. Gür, adjunct professor of materials science and engineering, is recently elected the president of the Electrochemical Society (ECS), effective June 3, 2022.
In this episode of The Future of Everything, computer science Professor Omer Reingold explains how to build notions of fairness into algorithms behind decisions on mortgages, healthcare, and more.
Robert McKim, a force in Stanford’s product design program, has died
A believer in the power of design to change the world, McKim’s philosophy of “visual thinking” and his unique creative methods echo in Stanford’s design program today.
In this episode of The Future of Everything, radiology professor Bruce Daniel explains how augmented and virtual reality, body tracking, and other technologies from the gaming industry could improve medicine.