Study shows morality affects perception of money
How you earn your money may actually matter, according to a recent study by Professor of Sociology Robb Willer.
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Federal government’s “sequester” to have significant effects on research at Stanford
The inability of the federal government to avert the “sequester” — automatic and across-the-board spending cuts of $85 billion that came into effect last Friday — will seriously affect the state of ongoing and future research at Stanford, according to University administrators.
Incoming federal funding cuts to affect faculty research, grad students
Even as Stanford continues to bounce back strongly from the impact of the 2008 recession, renewed uncertainty about potential cuts in federal spending may prompt a more serious challenge to the University’s ability to fund faculty and students in the years ahead.
Stanford co-develops autonomous underwater robot software
Stanford and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) engineers have created a new way for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to take photographs deep below the surface of the ocean.
Brain scans can forecast reading ability in children, researchers find
A Stanford research group found that brain scans can reveal neural differences in children of varied reading abilities by measuring the rate of development in certain brain regions.
Stanford professor’s “virtual” pathology constructs 3-D images of disease
In an interview with The New York Times, Contag called the process, which uses new technology to construct three-dimensional images hundreds of cells deep, “point of care pathology.”
Symposium promotes undergraduate research
The 11th annual Symposium of Undergraduate Research and Public Service (SURPS) covered topics from “The Stanford Robot Zombie Apocalypse Comic Book Series” to “Dark Matter Halo Mass Characterization Using Galaxy Magnitude Variations.”
Stanford Researchers Develop Wireless Cardiac Technology
New wireless technology developed by Stanford researchers could eliminate the need for batteries in implantable medical devices.