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Programming code on a computer screen.

Feb 23, 2023

How do we fix and update large language models?

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Hands typing on a laptop keyboard.

Feb 21, 2023

Human writer or AI? Scholars build a detection tool

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Map of Central and South America

Feb 17, 2023

Beatriz Magaloni: Data illuminate the cycle of police violence in Latin America

Technology & Society

Photo of a home office

Feb 7, 2023

Nicholas Bloom: Home is where the work is

Technology & Society

Aerial view of a Los Angeles freeway interchange.

Jan 27, 2023

Mac Schwager: How engineers are putting the ‘auto’ in autonomous

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Dried lake and river in summer.

Jan 17, 2023

Droughts increase costs for low-income households

Environment, Technology & Society

Image of a scientist's hand holding a pencil while looking at a DNA gel.

Dec 2, 2022

Lawrence Wein: Computation cracks cold cases

Technology & Society

Solar panel array on the rooftop of an apartment building.

Nov 21, 2022

Solar panels are largely confined to wealthy Americans

Energy, Environment, Technology & Society

High angle view of office workers gathered around a table collaborating on a project.

Nov 11, 2022

Melissa Valentine: The rise of the flash organization

Technology & Society

A person walking on campus while wearing the exoskeleton boots.

Oct 12, 2022

Untethered exoskeleton walks out into the real world

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Health, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Image of a doctor showing a patient something on a digital tablet.

Oct 6, 2022

Is a good diagnosis possible without revealing your medical secrets?

Health, Technology & Society

Image of a student using the water fountain at school.

Sep 28, 2022

A water problem that’s still unresolved in schools across the country

Health, Technology & Society

A 3D printed model of Kyiv’s Saint Sophia Cathedral in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag.

Sep 28, 2022

A new 3D printing method promises faster, multi-material creations

Materials, Technology & Society

A prototype of a small device with a stretchable and flexible sensor.

Sep 16, 2022

An autonomous wearable device measures a tumor’s changing size

Electronics & Networking, Health, Technology & Society

A close-up image of a digital chip.

Aug 19, 2022

Engineers present new chip that ramps up AI computing efficiency

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society

Photo of a street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Aug 17, 2022

A mobile app can help communities improve their health and well-being

Health, Technology & Society

An image of a scientific display with leaf punches in 96-well plates

Aug 11, 2022

New synthetic genetic circuits could help plants amid climate change

Environment, Technology & Society

Aerial photo of a subdivision of houses.

Aug 8, 2022

How to design algorithms with fairness in mind

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

An animation of a small ball next to a sandcastle

Aug 5, 2022

A new animation simulator focuses on finding interesting outcomes

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

A woman taking a wastewater sample at a facility on the Stanford campus

Aug 5, 2022

An initiative to monitor wastewater aims to help guide public health responses

Health, School News, Technology & Society

Image of a starshade, which can be used to find exoplanets

Jul 18, 2022

An engineer uses an ancient art to solve a very modern problem

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Image of Kathleen Creel with an illustration of a legal scale

Jun 29, 2022

A new program at Stanford is embedding ethics into computer science

School News, Technology & Society

Jun 24, 2022

An innovative polling model can move us past political polarization

Technology & Society

Photo of photojournalist in a war zone.

Jun 17, 2022

How cryptography and Web3 can help restore trust in digital media

Computation & Data, Security, Technology & Society