As the breathalyzer does for alcohol, this experimental ‘potalyzer’ could provide a practical field test for determining whether a driver might be impaired from smoking marijuana.
New research shows that aging adults play critical roles in the lives of young people. Volunteering is one way to bring older adults and young people together.
Stanford scholars offer insight and perspectives on Election 2016 through the Wide Angle project and stories about their research on a wide variety of political and democratic issues.
Through Cardinal Service and other programs, Stanford offers students a 21st-century approach to fulfilling Jane Stanford's hope and trust that students would use their educations to become of greater service to the public.
Researchers have engineered a low-cost plastic material that could become the basis for clothing that cools the wearer, reducing the need for energy-consuming air conditioning.
Keller’s foundational theories were deeply creative and playful, providing both greater understanding to the natural world – such as how worms wriggle and joggers’ ponytails bounce – and also pivotal applications to radar, stealth technology and antenna design.
In the first of what will be a century-long series of periodic studies on artificial intelligence, top scientists say, “It is not too soon for social debate on how the fruits of an AI-dominated economy should be shared.”
Lauren Schoenthaler, recently appointed senior associate vice provost for institutional equity and access, provides a current perspective on the subject of sexual violence at Stanford.
The simultaneous occurrence of warm winters in the West and cold winters in the East has significantly increased in recent decades. The damaging and costly phenomenon is very likely attributable to human-caused climate change, according to a new study.
The new bill SB32 will extend and expand targets for emissions cuts, putting the Golden State at the forefront of global efforts to lessen and adapt to impacts of climate change.
Stanford researcher Kenji Kushida says Japanese social norms are shifting from being highly unfavorable to a tech startup culture toward one much more supportive.
Under the policy, third parties from outside Stanford are prohibited from flying drones or other unmanned flying vehicles (UFVs) at Stanford. However, student hobbyist clubs will have pre-approved flight areas.