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September 16, 2022

New wearable device measures the changing size of tumors below the skin

Electronically sensitive, skin-like membrane can measure changes in tumor size to the hundredth of a millimeter. It represents a new, faster, and more accurate approach to screen cancer drugs.

Stanford Graduate School of Business — September 15, 2022

A new strategy to speed up cold case investigations

Solving crimes with forensic genetic genealogy is slow and complicated. A new mathematical analysis could crack cases 10 times faster.

Stanford Engineering — September 14, 2022

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.

September 14, 2022

Are we missing a crucial component of sea-level rise?

Across Antarctica, some parts of the base of the ice sheet are frozen, while others are thawed. Scientists show that if some currently frozen areas were also to thaw, it could increase ice loss from glaciers that are not currently major sea-level contributors.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory — September 12, 2022

SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway

Powerful X-rays from SLAC’s synchrotron reveal that our immune system’s primary wiring seems to be no match for a brutal SARS-CoV-2 protein.

September 12, 2022

Healthy rivers, healthy people

Analysis reveals how restoring relatively narrow forest buffers could substantially improve regional water quality and carbon storage in Costa Rica and elsewhere. Such changes could have outsized benefits for vulnerable populations that rely on rivers for their water supply.