Stanford Medicine researchers and collaborators identified a molecule that staves off hunger post-exercise, which helps explain how exercise results in weight loss and could hold the key to kick-starting the process in people with metabolic disease.
Crafty robot molds Play-Doh into letters of the alphabet
RoboCraft, a robot with two parallel finger-like grippers, can mold Play-Doh into the letters of the alphabet. Researchers hope this skill could help lead to more useful household robots.
Stanford Law School’s John Donohue on Supreme Court’s guns decision
Stanford Law Professor John Donohue, an expert in gun law, discusses the Supreme Court decision to strike down New York’s law restricting the right of individuals to carry firearms outside of the home, expanding the scope of the individual constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Stanford Law School’s Jane Schacter on SCOTUS decision on Roe v. Wade
Stanford Law Professor Jane Schacter, an expert on constitutional law and sexuality, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision to end the constitutional right to an abortion.
Stanford Medicine now provides a test for the monkeypox virus. Rapid identification of infected people will help combat the virus’s spread and facilitate patient care.
Preventing the next pandemic from entering the U.S.
A panel that included Stanford experts looked at a COVID-19 screening and quarantine program developed for travelers coming into the U.S. and found outdated tech and inadequate staffing.
A new mathematical model has brought together the physics and chemistry of highly promising lithium-metal batteries, providing researchers with plausible, fresh solutions to a problem known to cause degradation and failure.
