SGF News
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Stanford-led research shows how commercial rooftop solar power could bring affordable clean energy to low-income homes
Co-author of the study, Zhecheng Wang, is a 2018 SGF Fellow.
March 28, 2024
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A newly published protein structure helps explain how some anti-cancer immunotherapy treatments work
Phil Yong Bin Kim, co-author of the study, was a 2020 EDGE Fellow, and Grayson Rodriguez, another co-author, was a 2019 SGF Fellow.
March 11, 2024
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AI makes a rendezvous in space
Tommaso Guffanti, the lead author of the study, is a recipient of the 2018 SGF Fellowship.
March 07, 2024
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VPGE Grad Student Spotlight: Marcos Rojas
This month we are featuring Marcos Rojas, a PhD student in Learning Sciences and Technology Design. Marcos is a 2022 EDGE Fellow and a 2023 SGF Fellow.
January 16, 2024
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Farms that create habitat key to food security and biodiversity
Diversified farming is an important complement to forest protections for reversing tropical biodiversity declines.
September 04, 2023
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Renowned tumor suppressor has prominent role in tissue repair, Stanford Medicine study finds
The tumor suppressor p53 has been in the limelight for decades. But its cancer-fighting function may be only a side effect of its role in tissue repair, a Stanford Medicine study f
August 08, 2023
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A molecular additive enhances next-gen LEDs – but shortens their lifespans
By tinkering with the material makeup of perovskite LEDs, a cheaper and more easily-made type of LED, Stanford researchers achieved leaps in brightness and efficiency...
August 01, 2023
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A New Approach Trains Large Language Models in Half the Time
A Stanford team has developed Sophia, a new way to optimize the pretraining of large language models that’s twice as fast as current approaches.
June 30, 2023
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Better predictions of wildfire spread may sit above the treetops
Understanding the physics of wind currents above forest canopies may help wildfire managers forecast the flight paths of dangerous burning embers, or firebrands.
June 23, 2023
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Twelve Students Receive the 2022-23 James W. Lyons Award for Service
The annual honor goes to undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate extraordinary commitment to service to and on behalf of Stanford University.
May 30, 2023
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Feedback from an AI-driven tool improves teaching, Stanford-led research finds
The first study of its kind shows that a tool providing automated feedback improves instructors’ communication practices and student satisfaction.
May 08, 2023
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A new material could enable more efficient magnet-based computer memory
Engineers have found a metallic compound that could bring more efficient forms of computer memory closer to commercialization, reducing computing’s carbon footprint, enabling...
May 05, 2023
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Researchers find new molecule that shows promise in slowing SARS-CoV-2
A molecule with hooks that can grip and disable the virus’s pesky protease shows potential for fighting infection.
March 28, 2023
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Wastewater could be the key to tracking more viruses than just COVID-19
Researchers have developed methods for using wastewater to track the levels of various respiratory viruses in a population.
March 23, 2023
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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