SIGF News
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Affordable microscope speeds up malaria diagnosis with AI
Lead author of the study, Hongquan Li, is a 2017 SIGF Fellow.
February 09, 2026
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Researchers work to squash ‘fantastic bugs’ hidden in AI benchmarks
Co-researchers on the study include Michael Hardy, a 2022 SGF Fellow, and Anka Reuel, a 2024 SIGF Fellow.
December 08, 2025
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Stanford researchers tackle food insecurity in a warming world
Co-researcher of the study, Christopher Knight, is a 2022 SIGF Fellow.
November 21, 2025
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Stanford expertise helps establish first-of-its-kind marine protected area
Eeshan Chaturvedi, a 2024 SIGF Fellow, co-organized the conference in March 2025 that brought researchers, community groups, government officials, and practitioners together.
November 19, 2025
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Scientists uncover extreme life inside the Arctic ice
Co-author of the study, Hongquan Li, is a 2017 Bio-X SIGF Fellow.
September 09, 2025
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Is data advancing science at the cost of deeper insight?
Featured neuroscientist Grace Huckins is a 2020 SIGF fellow.
August 04, 2025
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Supportive housing offers high-impact, cost-effective response to homelessness and opioid use
Co-author of the study, Isabelle J. Rao, is a 2021 SIGF Fellow.
June 27, 2025
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Targeting cells’ ‘trash-sorting’ systems could unlock new treatments for neurodegenerative disease
The study's co-lead author, Kwamina Nyame, is a 2022 SIGF Fellow
May 12, 2025
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2025 Stanford Bio-X, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, and Sarafan ChEM-H Fellowship Applications Available Now
Applications for the Bio-X PhD fellowships are open. Bio-X fellows receive three years of tuition and stipend funding.
January 29, 2025
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Stanford welcomes first GPU-based supercomputer
Oana Enache, a 2024 SIGF Fellow, is co-developing AI auditing tools to detect unethical practices in AI utilization.
December 16, 2024
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Bio-X seed grant leads to new imaging platform
Co-researcher of the study, Melinda Cromie, is a Bio-X SIGF Fellow.
August 27, 2024
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Going atom-by-atom, Stanford researchers craft a new precision drug for fighting COVID-19
Co-author of the study, Xinzhi Zou, is a 2019 SIGF Fellow.
March 13, 2024
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Study reveals significant discrepancies in common poverty measurement approaches
Researchers found almost no agreement among four widely used poverty measurement approaches. The findings suggest that the choice of a measurement approach can lead...
February 05, 2024
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15 Stanford graduate students named Siebel Scholars
In addition to receiving support for their studies, the students will join a network of accomplished scholars, researchers, and entrepreneurs.
October 05, 2023
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Regeneration might be a whole-body affair
In certain organisms, injuries on one part of the body can induce a healing response in another. New evidence suggests this whole-body response isn’t a side effect: it’s the...
July 21, 2023
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Twenty-four Stanford students and alumni awarded Fulbright Grants
The grants will support Stanford seniors, graduate students, and alumni who will pursue projects abroad during the 2023-24 academic year.
June 19, 2023
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Changing tides
Three Stanford graduate students share what led them to study the oceans, and why the next generation of ocean scholars must define the field more broadly.
June 08, 2023
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Will a Police Stop End in Arrest? Listen to Its First 27 Seconds.
Researchers have identified a linguistic signature that can predict whether encounters with cops will escalate. Black drivers hear this pattern as well.
May 30, 2023
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The 2020 election saw fewer people clicking on misinformation websites, Stanford study finds
Stanford scholars find a smaller percentage of Americans visited unreliable websites in the run-up to the 2020 U.S. election than in 2016 – which suggests mitigation and...
April 13, 2023
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Counting Cars: New AI-Driven Approach Fine-Tunes Road Tolls to Reduce Traffic
Congestion pricing schemes to lessen traffic's societal costs could benefit from a simple, practical algorithm that optimizes tolls based on driver behavior.
April 10, 2023