Articles from Stanford’s Science Department You and Others Might Find of Interest

Earth/Energy/Environment

Kinderdijk Windmills, Netherlands; Wikimedia Commons

Race to zero: The science behind decarbonization
A collection of research and insights from Stanford experts who are revealing the stakes of emission cuts, enabling better carbon accounting, predicting the consequences of future emission pathways and mapping out viable solutions.
 

Technology

When artificial agents lie, defame and defraud, who is to blame?
Scholars consider how the legal system might protect and regulate non-human actors.
 
Ankle exoskeleton enables faster walking
In lab tests, researchers found that an optimized ankle exoskeleton system increased participants’ walking speed by about 40 percent compared with their regular speed. The researchers hope someday to help restore walking speed in older adults.
 

Health/Medicine

AI expands the reach of clinical trials, broadening access to more women, minority and older patients
Using artificial intelligence to scour medical records, researchers were able to double the number of patients who qualified for clinical trials, while expanding the pool’s gender, age and racial profile.

How to lower transaction costs in health care
A new analysis suggests the health care industry can reap many of the economic benefits of a “Medicare for All” program through incremental changes to the private health care market.