EDGE News
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Stanford scholars show how machine learning can help environmental monitoring and enforcement
How to locate potentially polluting animal farms has long been a problem for environmental regulators.
April 08, 2019
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Stanford-led effort examines homes of 19th-century Chinese migrants
A collaboration among Stanford archaeologists and scholars in China is helping reveal the culture and lives of Chinese migrants who traveled across the Pacific Ocean
April 02, 2019
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Computer science college seniors in U.S. outperform peers in China, India and Russia, new research says
Undergraduate computer science programs at universities and colleges in the United States appear to produce more skilled students on average than equivalent programs
April 02, 2019
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Wendy De La Rosa, PhD ’21: Human Behavior and the Art of Saving
In 1998, at age 9, Wendy De La Rosa moved from her native Dominican Republic into her grandmother’s two-bedroom Bronx apartment with her mother and an ever-chang
March 29, 2019
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Chemistry students provide space for underrepresented groups in science
Breakfast conversations have taken a new shape in Stanford’s Chemistry Department, thanks to the efforts of two graduate students: Jen Marrero Hope and Natalie G
March 21, 2019
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Rescuing geologic and climate records
Scattered throughout the Philippines are many caves containing precious geological formations that hold key information about past climate.
March 07, 2019
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Stanford scholars examine issues of expanding genetics research in education
As researchers learn more about the genes that shape a child’s development – including traits of interest to parents and educators – these discoveries must not d
February 20, 2019
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Stanford sociologists explore who does, and doesn’t, want a DNA ancestry test
At-home DNA testing kits may be the latest fad, but according to new research by Stanford sociologists, not everyone is keen to find out whether they are related
February 11, 2019
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Stanford researchers create a wireless, battery-free, biodegradable blood flow sensor
A new device developed by Stanford University researchers could make it easier for doctors to monitor the success of blood vessel surgery.
January 08, 2019
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MVP to Ph.D.: My Stanford Journey
Our family's story begins in a mud hut. That’s where my father’s life began. His story is one of perseverance, and that is a large part of mine.
December 28, 2018
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How these humanities graduates are finding jobs in Silicon Valley
Only 1 in 20 college degrees awarded today are in the humanities or liberal arts, as a perception persists that these fields don't provide marketable skills for
December 07, 2018
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Meet Derrick Boone Jr.
Read a list of his pursuits, and you might think that Derrick Boone Jr. is a dabbler. Officially, he’s a sixth-year PhD candidate in applied physics.
December 01, 2018
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Student Podcast Tackles Science
A lively group of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers is on a mission to show the public why science is cool, one podcast episode at a time.
November 30, 2018
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Stanford researchers make movies of photochemistry in single nanoparticles
When Michal Vadai’s experiment worked for the first time, she jumped out of her seat.
November 07, 2018
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October 17, 2018
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Catie Cuan’s robot choreography
In a former shipyard in New York City, the contemporary dancer and choreographer Catie Cuan twists and sways her limbs.
October 12, 2018
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Stanford welcomes inaugural cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Stanford will celebrate the arrival of the first cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars on Saturday
September 20, 2018
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How a mathematical model could help us curb the opioid epidemic
Stanford University researchers have developed a mathematical model that could help public health officials and policymakers curb an opioid epidemic that took th
August 28, 2018
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Stanford invites its new students to engage in ‘Three Books Chats’
During a recent online discussion about Signs Preceding the End of the World, incoming Stanford students posed questions, discussed themes and shared favorite pa
August 24, 2018
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We’re failing in the opioid crisis. A new study shows a more serious approach would save lives.
The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug ov
August 23, 2018