Science & Technology

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies —

New biosecurity initiative launched at FSI

A new biosecurity initiative at FSI is designed to protect public health from accelerating biological risks, both natural and manmade.

Sending excess heat into the sky

Stanford scientists cooled water without electricity by sending excess heat where it won’t be noticed – space. The specialized optical surfaces they developed are a major step toward applying this technology to air conditioning and refrigeration.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory —

AI analyzes gravitational lenses 10 million times faster

SLAC and Stanford researchers demonstrate that brain-mimicking neural networks can revolutionize the way astrophysicists analyze complex data, including distortions in spacetime that are crucial for our understanding of the universe.

Stanford Medicine —

Fathers of American newborns keep getting older

While data on the moms of newborn American children has been abundant, equivalent data on dads hasn’t — a gap that Stanford scientists have now filled.

New solar cell inspired by insect eyes

A new solar cell inspired by the compound eyes of insects could help scientists overcome a major roadblock to the development of solar panels based on a promising material called perovskite.

Stanford Medicine —

From the eye to the brain

She hadn’t set out to stir up trouble. Four decades ago, Carla Shatz just wanted to know more about how the visual part of the brain wires up during development.

Extreme droughts projected to increase in Jordan

Jordan is among the world’s most water-poor nations, and a new, comprehensive analysis of regional drought and land-use changes in upstream Syria suggests the conditions could get significantly worse.

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