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Science

What On Earth Is This?

7:30PM February 10, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

No, this isn’t a closeup of a Cosby Sweater. Nor is it the result of those shrooms you ingested 20 minutes ago. It’s actually science’s newest means of mapping one of the Earth’s wildest and most remote regions. More »


Online

Ex-Stanford Prof Is Starting A Free Online School

6:15AM January 25, 2012 | Kyle Wagner

Remember when Stanford offered those university-level Computer Science courses for free? Now the professor who ran them is leaving Stanford to start a project that will offer nothing but free CS online classes. More »


Science

Stanford Building World’s Biggest Digital Camera

3:30AM November 11, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

So just how much can a digital camera the size of a Hyundai see? Hopefully, if you’re the Stanford team building it, enough to answer some fundamental questions about our galaxy. More »


Science

Conjoined Twins To Be Separated Today

8:40AM November 2, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

Surgeons will spend about nine hours today separating two-year-old conjoined twins at Stanford. More »


Science

Stanford Researchers Totally Saw Those Sunspots Before You Did

4:20PM August 25, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

We’ve studied sunspots for over 400 years but have never been able to reliably predict their appearances. That is, until three Stanford researchers developed a technique to find them days before they hit the Photosphere. More »


Science

Orca Ears Inspire Researchers To Build Pea-Sized Underwater Microphones

11:12AM July 1, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

If you want to make the best equipment to listen to underwater sounds, where should you look? Most people would point you to the sales department of a high-end audio company, but a group of Stanford researchers are looking to Orca whales for their inspiration. More »


Software

People Who Took This Facebook Class At Stanford In 2007 Are Making Millions

9:00AM May 8, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Anyone who’s seen “The Social Network” knows that, by the middle of the last decade, the leaders in tech were skewing younger and making money faster. In one notable instance at Stanford, the secret of success was this: cut corners! More »


Computing

Why Women In Computer Science Matter

6:20AM April 27, 2011 | Anna North

Last week, Harvard celebrated a record number of female students declaring a computer science major. But the school – and the field – may still have a ways to go. More »


Science

New Solar Tech Uses Both Light, Heat To Nearly Triple Energy-Gathering Efficiency

6:55AM August 3, 2010 | Adam Frucci

Stanford engineers have figured out a new way to make solar panels that use both the sun’s light and heat to generate energy. It’s a discover that could double the efficiency of solar panels. More »


Gadgets

The Idea Behind Stanford’s New Library: Remove All The Books

9:00AM July 11, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Stanford University’s new Engineering Library is scheduled to open this August, and when it does, it will have 85 per cent less books than the one it’s replacing. It’s a big step toward what the school’s librarians envision as a bookless future. More »