Stanford Medicine opens center for stem cell, gene therapy Jessica Zhang September 2, 2017 0 Comments Stanford Medicine will open a new Center for Definitive and Curative Medicine (CDCM) to treat people with genetic diseases using stem cells and gene therapies. The center is a joint-initiative with... Read More »
Stanford economist explores reason for slow economic growth post-recession Amy Guo August 30, 2017 0 Comments Typically after a recession, the United States economy experiences a spike in growth. Although the unemployment rate has returned to pre-recession levels, the economy’s growth after the 2008... Read More »
Robert Cannon, emeritus professor of aeronautics and astronautics, dies at 93 Gillian Brassil August 24, 2017 0 Comments Emeritus professor Robert Cannon, an early proponent of autonomous robotics and cofounder of the Aerospace Robotics Lab, died at the age of 93 on Aug. 15 at Stanford Hospital. Read More »
Faculty launches the Platform Lab to manage autonomous tech Amy Guo August 21, 2017 0 Comments Faculty members in the Stanford School of Engineering have launched the Platform Lab, an initiative that aims to develop new and more efficient ways of managing autonomous technology such as cars and... Read More »
Small drop in measles vaccination rates would triple infections, researchers find Jessica Jen August 21, 2017 0 Comments A five-percent drop in measles vaccine coverage would triple the number of infections in children, according to Stanford researchers. Read More »
Stanford collects only surviving score from 1876 performance of Verdi’s opera Aida Jin Tuan August 11, 2017 0 Comments What is believed to be the earliest surviving full score of the famous Verdi opera Aida currently resides in the Music Library here at Stanford. The 1876 manuscript has been analyzed closely here at... Read More »
Stanford biologists map recent, human-caused animal extinction trends Emma Cockerell August 8, 2017 0 Comments In a recent study that examined global population trends, biologists at Stanford University and National Autonomous University of Mexico found that extreme population loss is affecting species across... Read More »
Orbiting black hole discovery reveals how the universe may have formed Pratyusha Macherla August 3, 2017 0 Comments A recent groundbreaking discovery by researchers including Stanford physics professor Roger W. Romani confirms the existence of supermassive black holes orbiting each other in a galaxy 750 million... Read More »
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