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A COVID Reckoning: American Households Have Big Bills Coming Due
Millions of American consumers are in for a jolt: a backlog of household debt that could abruptly come due in the months ahead.
February 22, 2021
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What’s Behind the Pay Gap in STEM Jobs?
Among the many devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic is the stark fact that working women have been disproportionately affected — with four times more
February 19, 2021
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Stanford engineers find a way to control chemical catalysts with sculpted light
Like a person breaking up a cat fight, the role of catalysts in a chemical reaction is to hurry up the process – and come out of it intact.
January 15, 2021
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New Stanford study allows regional prediction of uranium in groundwater
Lurking in sediments and surrounding the precious groundwater beneath our feet is a dangerous toxin: uranium. Scientists have long known this and tested for it.
December 08, 2020
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Diversifying the Pool of PhD Students Will Require Systemic Change
As demands for social justice and racial equity echoed throughout the nation this summer, Stanford GSB doctoral student Wendy De La Rosa, PhD ’21, decided to add
November 04, 2020
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When Algorithms Compete, Who Wins?
Companies like Netflix and Hulu compete for subscribers to make sure their businesses thrive.
October 27, 2020
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New Dean’s Fellows Program supports H&S graduate students during turbulent times
Doctoral students who either recently completed or are nearing completion of their dissertations now face an increasingly uncertain academic landscape in the wake
October 07, 2020
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Stanford students carry on the legacy of suffragists, 100 years later
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote in the United States, Stanford highlights some of the
August 20, 2020
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Stanford researchers develop new way to study ocean life
Like spirits passing between worlds, billions of invisible beings rise to meet the starlight, then descend into darkness at sunrise.
August 17, 2020
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Plant-based meat lowers some cardiovascular risk factors compared with red meat, study finds
Swapping out red meat for plant-based meat alternatives can lower some cardiovascular risk factors, according to a new study by researchers at
August 11, 2020
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Which mask works? Researchers find confusion over mask use for wildfire, COVID-19 crises
To mask or not to mask – and which mask to use?
August 09, 2020
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New battery electrolyte developed at Stanford may boost the performance of electric vehicles
A new lithium-based electrolyte invented by Stanford University scientists could pave the way for the next generation of battery-powered electric vehicles.
June 22, 2020
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Stanford Earth dean urges graduates: Turn challenges into opportunities
Weathering the stresses of a pandemic that sent students to a foreign online learning environment followed by police brutality and systemic racism, 2020 graduate
June 12, 2020
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Stanford psychologists investigate why some older adults remember better than others
Even among healthy people, a faltering memory is often an expected part of aging – but it’s not inevitable.
June 03, 2020
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Q&A: What does it mean to be Asian American in the geosciences?
Stanford Earth recently transitioned the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) into its new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
May 27, 2020
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Student Affairs fills two positions that serve Stanford students
Student Affairs recently filled two staff positions that serve Stanford students.
May 14, 2020
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Stanford develops an experimental two-in-one shot that might give diabetics better control over blood sugar levels
A Stanford research team has developed a way to boost the effectiveness of the insulin injections people with diabetes routinely take to control their blood sugar
May 11, 2020
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Stanford researchers find that automated speech recognition is more likely to misinterpret black speakers
The technology that powers the nation’s leading automated speech recognition systems makes twice as many errors when interpreting words spoken by African America
March 23, 2020
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Four researchers receive AGU Outstanding Student Paper Awards
Four Stanford Earth researchers have been selected to receive 2019
March 22, 2020
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Stanford device brings silicon computing power to brain research and prosthetics
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new device for connecting the brain directly to silicon-based technologies.
March 20, 2020