Science and Technology
White Republicans and Southern evangelicals most likely to claim reverse discrimination, Stanford research finds
Whites who perceive anti-white bias draw from different communities in different parts of the country: evangelical churches in the South, and the Republican Party elsewhere.
Stanford students build solar home in national competition
In a competition that could help transform the homebuilding industry, a team of Stanford students is redesigning the common house by putting utilities in a common core.
From the man who left Goldman Sachs, advice to Stanford about saving Wall Street from itself
Greg Smith, a Stanford alumnus who resigned from Goldman Sachs in a New York Times op-ed last year, gave an Ethics of Wealth talk Thursday at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Reduce greenhouse gas by exporting coal? Yes, says Stanford economist
Despite environmentalists' objections, greater U.S. coal sales to Asia are likely to lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions, Stanford energy economist finds.
Heat-resistant corals provide clues to climate change survival, Stanford researchers say
Stanford researchers have found a genomic basis for corals resistent to warming oceans, helping make it possible to save the toughest breeds as temperatures continue to rise.
Sacrifice and luck help Japan survive without nuclear power, Stanford visiting scholar says
After the Fukushima disaster that followed an earthquake and tsunami, a Tokyo utility executive came to Stanford to figure out how Japan can thrive on less electricity.
Stanford researchers develop acrobatic space rovers to explore moons and asteroids
An autonomous system for exploring the solar system's smaller members, such as moons and asteroids, could bring us closer to a human mission to Mars.
12.21.12
Stanford operations research expert Arthur Veinott dies at 78
Arthur "Pete" Veinott was a professor of management science and engineering who made major contributions to the theory of operations research.
Export American natural gas? Not so fast, says Stanford economist
Stanford economics Professor Frank Wolak warns of betting against the international spread of shale gas technologies by attempting to export domestic natural gas.
Stanford experiment finds ulcer bug's weak point
Scientists have used powerful X-rays at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to home in on a potential way to attack the common stomach bacteria that cause ulcers. Solving the structure of the protein to find the area to target wasn't easy.
The archives of Road & Track magazine come to Stanford
Stanford has inherited the entire 65-year archives of Road & Track magazine, a treasure trove for exploring the place of the automobile in modern society.
Stanford population biologist calls for realignment of human activity and natural systems
Environmental problems should be treated with as much urgency as solving the debt crisis, says Stanford's Paul Ehrlich.
Stanford researchers find clues to the Baltic Crusades in animal bones, horses and the extinct aurochs
Pagan villages plundered by medieval knights during the Baltic Crusades had problems in common with today's global village. A multidisciplinary project seeks to understand the Eastern Baltic Crusades through the lens of ecology.
12.5.12
Himalayas and Pacific Northwest could experience major earthquakes, Stanford geophysicists say
Stanford research could help predict earthquake damage in the Himalayas and Pacific Northwest.
12.4.12
Stanford School of Engineering names new engineering heroes
Yahoo! founders, earthquake engineering pioneer, cryptography inventor and other Stanford engineers honored for their contributions to technology and society.
