Study finds foreign aid sanctions set back progress on maternal and child health
Health & MedicineResearch
Researchers analyzed three decades of sanctions on foreign aid to assess their impact on health. They hope the work can help government officials better understand and address how foreign policy decisions affect the well-being of local populations.
Stanford researchers reimagine the future of food
Earth & ClimateResearch
Dozens of faculty members at Stanford are working to transform the way the world grows, distributes, and consumes food, with research and scholarship spanning topics including sustainable food systems, food security, health equity, culture, and diet.
‘Microlightning’ in water droplets may have sparked life on Earth
Science & EngineeringResearch
A Stanford study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have helped create the building blocks necessary for early life on the planet.
AI reveals insights into the flow of Antarctic ice
Earth & ClimateResearch
Stanford research focused on the large-scale movements of the Antarctic ice sheet could help improve predictions about how the continent will change in the future.