‘Step by step, we’ve made a huge amount of progress’
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Molecular biologist Luis de Lecea is mapping the brain circuits that control sleep so we can manipulate them for a better night’s rest.
Stanford expert explains breakthrough skin graft treatment for rare disease
Health & MedicineQ&A
Dermatologist Jean Tang shares how two decades of research led to an FDA-approved treatment for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, a painful skin condition.
Physics helps decode how gut bacteria evolve
Health & MedicineResearch
Stanford biophysicist Ben Good is exploring changes in the gut microbiome, with the long-term goal of improving health and developing treatments for a range of illnesses.
Students and researchers team up to customize smoke sensors
Science & EngineeringResearch
When traditional devices couldn’t provide the air quality data needed to monitor prescribed burns’ effects on local communities, Stanford Radio Club students stepped in to help.
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As we continue to integrate AI into crucial societal decisions, we have an opportunity to build systems that don’t just replicate our current inequities, but actively work to address them.”
Sanmi Koyejo, assistant professor of computer science, on using AI as a tool for creating more equitable systems.
Humanity depends on the ocean – here is what we need to prioritize for immediate ocean science research
Stephen Palumbi, professor of oceans and of biology, and co-author of the article, discusses our reliance on the ocean for economic, social, and physical well-being.
Deliberative democracy puts dialogue and reason at center of decision-making
High school students Ryan Heshmati and Anaya Ertz talk with James Fishkin, professor of communication, on how we can put dialogue and reason at the center of decision-making.
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