Stanford Scientists Generate Electricity from Sewage
Scientists at Stanford University have developed a “microbial battery” driven by naturally occurring bacteria that have evolved to produce electricity as they digest organic material….
Scientists at Stanford University have developed a “microbial battery” driven by naturally occurring bacteria that have evolved to produce electricity as they digest organic material….
Stanford researchers have sequenced the genome of mankind’s closest invertebrate relative, Botryllus schlosseri – a small sea creature that can regenerate its entire body from…
In a new study, Stanford scientists explain how disorder at the molecular level can improve the performance of plastic solar cells, which could to the…
According to data from NASA-supported observatories, the sun’s vast magnetic field is about to flip. Watch this new four minute ScienceCast video to learn more…
According to scientists at Stanford University, climate change is on pace to occur 10 times faster than any change recorded in the past 65 million…
By coating electrodes made of silicon with a conducting polymer hydrogel, researchers developed a new technique to significantly improve the charge storage capacity of lithium-ion…
Making use of the unique physical properties of bosons, Stanford physicists have created an electrically driven polariton laser that uses less power than conventional lasers…
In a conversation with Stanford News Service, Scott Hubbard, a Stanford professor and former NASA official, explains how NASA might bring the Kepler spacecraft back…
By combining layers of flexible materials into pressure sensors, engineers have developed a wearable heart monitor that is thinner than a dollar bill. Most of…
By designing a broadband metamaterial that more than doubles the range of wavelengths of light that can be manipulated, Stanford scientists have taken an important…
Scientists at Stanford University have designed an entirely new form of cooling structure that cools when the sun is shining by reflecting sunlight and emitting…
A new study from Stanford researchers suggests that electricity generated by all of the world’s installed solar photovoltaic (PV) panels has caught up to the…
A newly published study pokes holes in widely accepted theory that connects biodiversity abundance with a reduced disease risk for humans, finding that the links…
In a new study, a team of scientists have shown that a single antibody shrinks variety of human tumors transplanted into mice, finding that anti-CD47…
In a newly published study, Stanford researchers describe a biological transistor that is made from genetic material (DNA and RNA) in place of gears or…
Stanford engineers have developed a single-fiber endoscope with a resolution four times better than previous devices of similar design, possibly leading to the development of…
By building an asteroid-hunting space telescope called Sentinel, the B612 Foundation aims to track down the thousands of unknown asteroids that could pose a threat…
A group of international researchers reveal in a new study that the amount of nitrogen deposited on land and water in China has increased 60…