An accelerated timeline for distributing the COVID-19 vaccine nationally could get an additional 2.4 million people inoculated with the coronavirus vaccine, a Stanford Medicine study published on Jan. 4 in “Annals of Internal Medicine” found.

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The findings suggest the “lab on a chip” takes advantage of microfluidics and CRISPR-based technology to detect the presence of COVID-19. Microfluidics deals with controlling fluids and molecules at the small scales, and CRISPR is a novel gene editing technique.

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“During the pandemic there has been a decrease in elective visits, and patients have delayed essential care as well,” Khandelwal wrote in a statement to The Daily. “We have noted patients wanting to delay elective procedures and routine monitoring. As a clinician, I have seen some patients very fearful of walking outside with social distancing and masks.”

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Each week, The Daily’s Science & Technology section produces a roundup of the most exciting and influential research happening on campus or otherwise related to Stanford. Here’s our digest for the week of Oct. 11 — Oct. 17.

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Each week, The Daily’s Science & Technology section produces a roundup of the most exciting and influential research happening on campus or otherwise related to Stanford. Here’s our digest for the week of Oct. 4 — Oct. 10.

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This week's roundup highlights that fewer than 10% of Americans have antibodies to coronavirus, the gap in partisan thinking between self-identified Democrats, Republicans and Independents narrowed after they experienced California wildfire disasters, and a single gene responsible for electrical abnormality, which increases a patient’s risk for schizophrenia, has been identified.

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Each week, The Daily’s Science & Tech section produces a roundup of the most exciting and influential research happening on campus or otherwise related to Stanford. Here’s our digest for the week of Sept. 20 — Sept. 26.

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"We have the ability to build technologies into the physical spaces where health care is delivered to help cut the rate of fatal errors that occur today due to the sheer volume of patients and the complexity of their care,” medicine professor Arnold Milstein told Stanford Engineering News. Ambient intelligence, a subcategory within artificial intelligence, aims to assist people in day-to-day activities, such as in “smart” homes, vehicles or hospitals.

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Each week, The Daily’s Science & Tech section produces a roundup of the most exciting and influential research happening on campus or otherwise related to Stanford. Here’s our digest for the weeks of Aug 30 – Sept 12.

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Each week, The Daily’s Science & Tech section produces a roundup of the most exciting and influential research happening on campus or otherwise related to Stanford. Here’s our digest for the week of Aug 23 – Aug 29.

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This week's research roundup highlights that ultrathin silicon nanoantennas can slow light, researchers have developed a method to regrow cartilage in the body’s joints and a newly developed rotating microscope allows scientists to study microorganisms in the ocean.

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The week's roundup found that teenagers and young adults who vape may have a higher risk of developing COVID-19, certain innate immune cells which typically destroy bacteria and viruses are slow to respond to the coronavirus in some patients and identified strict guidelines for reopening schools to protect youth and teachers from coronavirus infections.

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Each week, The Daily’s Science & Tech section produces a roundup of the most exciting and influential research happening on campus or otherwise related to Stanford. Here’s our digest for the week of Aug 2 – Aug 8.

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Our roundup this week highlights research that found early COVID-19 studies have many design flaws, such as small sample sizes and limited reach.

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Each week, The Daily’s Science & Tech section produces a roundup of the most exciting and influential research happening on campus or otherwise related to Stanford. Here’s our digest for the week of July 19 – July 25.

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Global methane emissions have reached an all-time high despite carbon dioxide emissions temporarily dropping due to the coronavirus pandemic, disruption to a neuronal pathway has the potential to treat opioid addiction and the molecular signal CD47 may help the body fight infectious disease, serving as a potential drug target.

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This week's research roundup includes genetic evidence that ancient Polynesians and Native Americans made contact hundreds of years ago, an increase in the growth of phytoplankton over the past two decades and a newly identified protein that may be an ideal drug target for Diamond Blackfan anemia.

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A new Stanford Medicine clinical trial involving favipiravir, an oral medication, is underway to test the effectiveness of the drug in reducing symptoms and shortening the duration of COVID-19.

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Each week, The Daily’s Science & Tech section produces a roundup of the most exciting and influential research happening on campus or otherwise related to Stanford. Here’s our digest for the week of June 21 – June 27. Psychological research and race An analysis of psychological research found that articles published in top psychology journals…

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“This paper really highlights the unique strength of the materials that we use in being able to interact with living matter,” materials science and engineering professor Alberto Salleo told Stanford News. “The cells are happy sitting on the soft polymer. But the compatibility goes deeper: These materials work with the same molecules neurons use naturally."

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“People often define racism as disliking or mistreating others on the basis of race. That definition is wrong,” psychology assistant professor Steven Roberts told Stanford News. “Racism is a system of advantage based on race. It is a hierarchy. It is a pandemic. Racism is so deeply embedded within U.S. minds and U.S. society that it is virtually impossible to escape.”

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Each week, The Daily’s Science & Tech section produces a roundup of the most exciting and influential research happening on campus or otherwise related to Stanford. Here’s our digest for the week of May 31 to June 6.

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“Everybody knows exercise is good for you, but we really don’t know what drives that at a molecular level,” professor and genetics department chair Michael Snyder told Stanford Medicine News. “Our goal at the outset was to conduct a highly comprehensive analysis of what’s happening in the body just after exercising.”

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The COVID-19 pandemic has infected at least an estimated 5.5 million people globally. Our roundup this week highlights how daily carbon dioxide emissions have been impacted by shelter in place policies.

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