Expanding access to a treatment that combines medication and counseling for opioid addiction may generate significant cost savings while also saving many lives, according to a study by researchers at Stanford and the Veterans Health Administration.
Apr 5, 2021
Bright semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots give QLED TV screens their vibrant colors.
Apr 1, 2021
Among the many mysteries in medical science, it is known that minority and low-income patients experience greater pain than other parts of the population.
Mar 4, 2021
Achance encounter five years ago in a Chicago-area courtroom altered the course of sociologist Matthew Clair’s academic life.
Dec 29, 2020
When it comes to fully understanding the hidden secrets of quantum materials, it takes one to know one, scientists say: Only tools that also operate on quantum principles can get us there.
Oct 31, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept around the world early this year, shortages of protective equipment such as N95 masks left healthcare workers little choice but to reuse the masks they had – increasing the risk of infection for both them and their patients.
Sep 28, 2020
Through deep genetic analyses, Stanford Medicine scientists and their collaborators have found conclusive scientific evidence of contact between ancient…
Jul 15, 2020
Nonprofits often pull at donors’ heartstrings by casting aid recipients as “poor,” “needy” or “vulnerable.” But new Stanford research shows how such demeaning language can undermine their goal to help others.
Jun 25, 2020
The way we measure economic health is flawed, according to new research from the Stanford-based Natural Capital Project.
Jun 10, 2020
When stars explode as supernovas, they produce shock waves in the plasma surrounding them.
Jun 10, 2020
Scientists have married two of today’s most powerful microscopy techniques to make images that pinpoint, for the first time, the identities and precise locations of individual proteins within the detailed context of bacterial cells.
Jun 10, 2020
A Stanford research team has developed a way to boost the effectiveness of the insulin injections people with diabetes routinely take to control their blood sugar.
May 11, 2020
From 1347 onward, about a third of the population in Europe and the Middle East lost their lives – and in some areas, more – to the bubonic plague, according to Stanford historian Walter Scheidel.
May 2, 2020
The study of exoplanets – planets around other stars – is a relatively new field, but planet-hunting efforts have been prolific.
Apr 28, 2015
