Disordered Nature of Plastic Polymers Can Improve Performance of Plastic Solar Cells
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…
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NASA Data Suggests the Sun’s Magnetic Field is about to Flip
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…
Study Reveals Climate Change is Occurring at an Increased Pace
According to scientists at Stanford University, climate change is on pace to occur 10 times faster than any change recorded in past 65 million years….
Hydrogel Improves Lithium-Ion Battery Performance
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…
Stanford Physicists Develop an Electrically Driven Polariton Laser
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…
How NASA Might Revive the Kepler Space Telescope
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…
Stanford Engineers Develop Flexible Skin-Like Heart Monitor
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…
New Metamaterial Doubles the Range of Light that Can Be Manipulated
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…
New Solar Structure Cools Buildings in Full Sunlight
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…
Solar Photovoltaic Industry is Likely a Net Electricity Provider
A new study from Stanford researchers suggest that electricity generated by all of the world’s installed solar photovoltaic (PV) panels has caught up to the…
Biodiversity and Disease Risk for Humans
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…
Single Antibody is Broadly Effective Against a Variety of Human Cancer Tumors
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…
Study Describes a Biological Transistor for Computing Within Living Cells
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…
High-Resolution Endoscope as Thin as a Human Hair
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…
Finding the Asteroids That Threaten Earth
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…
Nitrogen Deposits Increased 60% from the 1980s – 2000s in China
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…
Scientists Develop a Tool for Reading the Minds of Mice in Real-Time
Stanford scientists have developed a technique for observing real-time brain activity in live mice. The new tool may be useful in the fight against neurodegenerative…
Astrophysicists Confirm Cosmic Rays Come from Exploding Stars
Using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, researchers confirmed that cosmic rays do indeed come from exploding supernovas. A new study confirms what scientists…