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Swarms of tiny oceanic organisms known collectively as zooplankton may have an outsize influence on their environment. New research shows that clusters of centimeter-long individuals, each beating ...
Students programmed robots to autonomously navigate an unknown city-scape and aid in a simulated rescue of animals in peril in a class that mimics the programming needed for autonomous cars or robo...
Historical photos from the Bob Fitch Photography Archive at Stanford Libraries document intimate moments of grief during the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The digital co...
Stanford researchers have developed a “brain stethoscope” that can help detect non-convulsive epileptic seizures. By converting brain waves into sound, even non-specialists can detect “silent seizu...
As part of the Stanford Live concert series, Students in the Stanford Symphony Orchestra worked closely with renowned composer Danny Elfman on his new concerto for violin and orchestra: Eleven Elev...
Someday your self-driving car could react to hazards before you even see them, thanks to a laser-based imaging technology being developed by Stanford researchers that can peek around corners.
Stanford students in a mechanical engineering course fly prototypes of drone delivery systems on quadcopters and design winged drones for long range flights.
In a new class at the Stanford Educational Farm, students developed a positive relationship with land through organic gardening while addressing the history of forced farm labor in the U.S. and its...
Under the guest direction of Tony Award-winner Dominique Serrand, Stanford cast and crew explore age-old themes from a 17th century https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJSG0wr40F4Spanish play while inc...
"The Non-orientable Lavender Menace" takes its shape from a möbius strip - a surface with one side and one boundary and that is mathematically un-orientable. In it, Terry Berlier, associate profess...
Improving water, sanitation and hygiene in poor regions of Bangladesh helped overall health, but, contrary to expectations, did not improve children’s growth and development, according to a Stanfor...