Research

An innovative adaptation of the technology in an old inkjet printer plus AI-assisted imaging leads to a faster, cheaper way to spot bacteria in blood, wastewater, and more.

Two Stanford scientists found hope and learned lessons for improving disaster response after oil spills hit close to home.

If scaled up successfully, the team's new system could help answer questions about certain kinds of superconductors and other unusual states of matter.

In the race for fast-charging, energy-dense lithium metal batteries, researchers discovered why the promising solid electrolyte version has not performed as hoped.

Stanford researchers have created a set of open-source tools to measure therapists’ timing, responsiveness, and consistency to better understand what works.

Stanford-led study of poison frogs in tiny trackable pants tests two theories for sex differences in spatial skills.

Using well-known materials and manufacturing processes, researchers have built an effective, passive, ultrathin laser isolator that opens new research avenues in photonics.

Stanford scholars Jonathan Osborne and Daniel Pimentel make a case for “a fundamental shift” in K-12 science education.

Tax rebates for installing residential solar power have done little to spur adoption in low-income communities in the United States, while a less common incentive seems to...

American beaver populations are booming in the western United States as conditions grow hotter and drier.

A technique developed at Stanford Medicine allows mice with diabetes to accept unmatched islet cells and durably restores blood sugar control without immunosuppression or...

The largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth ingest the tiniest specks of plastic in colossal amounts, Stanford University scientists have found.

For years, the Stanford Biomechatronics Laboratory has captured imaginations with their exoskeleton emulators – lab-based robotic devices that help wearers...

Foremost scholars of race and ethnicity from throughout the country and across disciplines will gather Oct.

Thanks to new RNA vaccines, we humans have been able to protect ourselves incredibly quickly from new viruses like SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

When Feyaad Allie traveled to India in the summer to explore research possibilities after his second year at Stanford, he had a general interest in studying the

Is SARS-CoV-2 hiding in your fat cells?

For nearly 37 years, she was known as Buckskin Girl — a young, anonymous murder victim found outside Dayton, Ohio, wearing a deer-hide poncho.

A boss who overloads you with information may be frustrating, but one who leaves you in the dark may come off as uncaring.

After the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020, more than 15 million Americans took to the streets to protest racial injustice.