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Mosquito Surveillance Gets Major Funding »
Woods-affiliated researcher among Stanford scientists receiving awards totaling $11.5 million to pursue high-risk, high-reward research.
Common Worms Could Solve our Global Plastic Crisis »
Quotes Senior Fellow Craig Criddle on the surprising results of research on Styrofoam-eating mealworms.
By Danny Clemens,
Could Mealworms Solve Our Plastic Problem? »
Quotes Senior Fellow Craig Criddle in relation to research on Styrofoam-eating mealworms.
By Olivia Lowenberg,
Plastic-Eating Worms May Offer Solution to Mounting Waste »
An ongoing study by Stanford engineers, in collaboration with researchers in China, shows that common mealworms can safely biodegrade Styrofoam.
By Rob Jordan,
Monterey-Based Researchers Use Nature to Fight Skin-Burrowing Parasites »
Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Giulio De Leo (Biology) and Woods Affiliate Susanne Sokolow on their research using prawns to fight Schistosomiasis in Senegal.
By Diana LaScala-Gruenewald,
How Many Fish in the Sea? Genetic Testing Could Answer That »
Woods postdoctoral scholar Jesse Port explains how he uses DNA testing to reveal which organisms have been in the Monterey Bay.
By Lauren Sommer,
Killer Snails Vs. River Prawns »
Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Giulio De Leo (Biology) and Woods Affiliate Susanne Sokolow on their research using prawns to fight Schistosomiasis in Senegal.
By Jason Bittel,
How Giant Prawns Could Fight Tropical Disease and Poverty »
Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Giulio De Leo (Humanities and Sciences) and Woods Affiliate Susanne Sokolow on their research...
By Ed Young,
River Prawn Becomes New Weapon Against Schistosomiasis »
Discusses research findings from Woods Senior Fellow Giulio De Leo (Biology), Woods Affiliate Susanne Sokolow and other researchers on using prawns to fight Schistosomiasis in Senegal.
By Faith Lapidus,
A Natural Solution to Spread of Deadly Disease »
Stanford researchers find the humble river prawn, a natural predator of parasite-carrying snails, is effective at curbing spread of Schistosomiasis in West Africa; larger initiative on nature and public health planned
By Rob Jordan,
Stanford Researchers Pursue Environmental Solutions »
Stanford Woods Institute announces 2015 Environmental Venture Projects and Realizing Environmental Innovation Program grants
A World Without Big Plant-Eating Animals »
Stanford researcher and team of ecologists predict “enormous ecological, social and economic costs” from loss of large herbivores; offer solutions
By Rob Jordan,
Promising natural solution for disease uses mobile data to track spread
By Rob Jordan,
Agriculture: Delivering Water with Sunlight »
Innovative multi-year project shows promise of economically and environmentally sustainable solar irrigation systems
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Agriculture Expansion's Connection to Plague Risks »
Maize cultivation sparks surge in plague-carrying rodents; experts fear acceleration of agriculture production across Africa may carry same risks beyond Tanzania