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Feed SubscriptionLike Peter Thiel’s Fellows, Sebastian Thrun Dropped Out, Hacked Education, Too
What the former Stanford professor-turned-independent educator teaches us about the new online power dynamic. Wars have been fought in pursuit of it.
Read More »SLAC, Stanford team focuses on high-energy electrons to treat cancer
Accelerator physicists at SLAC and cancer specialists from Stanford are working on a new technology that could dramatically reduce the time needed for cancer radiation treatments.
Read More »How to Make More Impact With Fewer People
Growth means different things to different people. And it doesn't necessarily mean more headcount.
Read More »Using nanophotonics to reshape on-chip computer data transmission
A team at Stanford's School of Engineering has demonstrated an ultrafast nanoscale light emitting diode (LED) that is orders of magnitude lower in power consumption than today's laser-based systems and able to transmit data at 10 billion bits per second.
Read More »Conjoined twins to be separated in Calif. (pictures)
Two-year-old Angelica and Angelina Sabuco facing lengthy surgery at Stanford University Lucile Packard's Children's Hospital
Read More »Longevity Shown for First Time to Be Inherited via Non-DNA Mechanism
In October 2009, Stanford University geneticist Anne Brunet was sitting in her office when a graduate student came to her with a slightly heretical question.
Read More »Shocking "prison" study 40 years later: What happened at Stanford?
Still-controversial Stanford University study turned college students into "prisoners" and "guards." What happened next?
Read More »Stanford group creates miniature self-contained fluorescence microscope
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers working at Stanford University have devised a means for building the smallest self-contained fluorescence microscope ever. Weighing just under 2 grams and slightly larger than the end of a pencil, the new microscope is small enough to attach to a mouse head, which means researchers can watch the mouse brain in a natural setting.
Read More »New physics?
Radioactive decay a random process right? Well, according to some maybe not
Read More »Xenith: Stanford’s Solar Race Car Wants To Be The Fastest In The World
In a month, the fastest solar cars will meet in Australia for a 14-hour race to determine the speediest sun-powered vehicle. After a disappointing finish in 2010, Stanford's team thinks they have what it takes
Read More »Miyazato, Stanford tied at Canadian Women’s Open
Angela Stanford and Ai Miyazato took advantage of soft greens and a lack of wind to be co-leaders after two rounds of the Canadian Women's Open.
Read More »Steve Jobs Vs. Tim Cook: Words Of Wisdom
Steve Jobs, visionary genius. Tim Cook, stalwart stationkeeper
Read More »Stanford Brings Affordable Medical Innovation To India Through Collaborative Design
The future of U.S. medical-device design may reside in developing countries. In India, where a chaotic road system spawns many accidents and hospitals are often hours away, the need for an inexpensive alternative vascular access is great.
Read More »Lytro: The $50M Tech That May Change Photography Forever
The startup's capital comes from big names like Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock, and its tech team includes a co-founder of Silicon Graphics and the man who was the chief architect for Palm's revolutionary webOS software.
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