SGF News
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Researchers take a step toward novel quantum simulators
If scaled up successfully, the team's new system could help answer questions about certain kinds of superconductors and other unusual states of matter.
January 30, 2023
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Stanford scientists illuminate barrier to next-generation battery that charges very quickly
In the race for fast-charging, energy-dense lithium metal batteries, researchers discovered why the promising solid electrolyte version has not performed as hoped.
January 30, 2023
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Can We Improve Psychotherapy by Quantifying Therapists’ Language?
Stanford researchers have created a set of open-source tools to measure therapists’ timing, responsiveness, and consistency to better understand what works.
January 04, 2023
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Stanford researchers study frog spatial skills
Stanford-led study of poison frogs in tiny trackable pants tests two theories for sex differences in spatial skills.
December 14, 2022
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New Stanford chip-scale laser isolator could transform photonics
Using well-known materials and manufacturing processes, researchers have built an effective, passive, ultrathin laser isolator that opens new research avenues in photonics.
December 01, 2022
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How much microplastic do whales eat? Up to 10 million pieces per day, Stanford research finds
The largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth ingest the tiniest specks of plastic in colossal amounts, Stanford University scientists have found.
November 01, 2022
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Stanford exoskeleton walks out into the real world
For years, the Stanford Biomechatronics Laboratory has captured imaginations with their exoskeleton emulators – lab-based robotic devices that help wearers...
October 12, 2022
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New Stanford animation simulator focuses on finding interesting outcomes
Computer-based animators who are tasked with bringing to life imaginary worlds and characters are aided by simulators that can model the many possible ways an ob
August 04, 2022
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‘Digital human’ helps teach Stanford study participants to walk with less stress on knees
Researchers at Stanford Medicine have discovered how to reduce forc
July 07, 2022
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Groundwater depletion causes California farmland to sink. Stanford study shows water levels must rise to halt subsidence.
The floor of California’s arid Central Valley is sinking as groundwater pumping for agriculture and drinking water depletes aquifers.
June 02, 2022
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New hardware created by Stanford team shows a way to develop delicate quantum technologies based on tiny mechanical devices
Stanford University researchers have developed a key experimental device for future quantum physics-based technologies that borrows a page from current, everyday
April 21, 2022
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Stanford engineers develop new kind of 3D printing
While 3D printing techniques have advanced significantly in the last decade, the technology continues to face a fundamental limitation: objects must be built up
April 20, 2022
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Stanford engineers develop a simple delivery method that enhances a promising cancer treatment
One cutting-edge cancer treatment exciting researchers today involves collecting and reprogramming a patient’s T cells – a special set of immune cells – then put
April 08, 2022
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Stanford researchers use hot springs to map where continental plates collide beneath Tibet
In the classic example of mountain-building, the Indian and Asian continental plates crashed – and continue colliding today – to form the world’s largest and hig
March 14, 2022
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Speed and surprises: Decline and recovery of global electricity use in COVID’s first seven months
Global electricity consumption plummeted an unprecedented amount during the first six weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 11, 2022
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Study identifies how Epstein-Barr virus triggers multiple sclerosis
Scientists have long suspected — but failed to prove — a link between certain viral infections and the development of multiple sclerosis, a crippling autoimmune
January 24, 2022
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Forbes selects 10 Stanford students and alumni in cleantech for "30 Under 30" lists
Forbes’ 2022 “30 Under 30” feature includes two current Stanford University students and eight recent alumni developing energy- and sustainability-relat
December 30, 2021
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Stanford engineers and physicists study quantum characteristics of ‘combs’ of light
Unlike the jumble of frequencies produced by the light that surrounds us in daily life, each frequency of light in a specialized light source known as a “soliton
December 16, 2021
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Stanford engineers develop a robotic hand with a gecko-inspired grip
Across a vast array of robotic hands and clamps, there is a common foe: the heirloom tomato.
December 15, 2021
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Stanford researchers test physics of coral as an indicator of reef health
Vast amounts of energy flow around the ocean as waves, tides and currents, eventually impacting coasts, including coral reefs that provide food, income and coast
December 14, 2021