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Seeing the Universe Without Sight
SKY & TELESCOPE:
MARCH 2024
Creative minds are finding ways to explore and share the wonders of the cosmos without visual aids.
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Final data and undiscovered images from NASA’s NEOWISE
Final data and undiscovered images from NASA’s NEOWISE
Final data and undiscovered images from NASA’s NEOWISE
CALTECH IPAC:
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
After over 26 million images and nearly 200 billion sources detected by the telescope, the NEOWISE team has delivered the final data release.
Getting to know Stanford’s first data science faculty
Final data and undiscovered images from NASA’s NEOWISE
Final data and undiscovered images from NASA’s NEOWISE
STANFORD REPORT:
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Laura Gwilliams and Brian Hie are the inaugural faculty of Stanford Data Science. Their work spans multiple disciplines but is united by the desire to explore and leverage large volumes of real-world data.
'Last Light' Image from NASA's NEOWISE
Final data and undiscovered images from NASA’s NEOWISE
Apollo moon rocks reveal secrets of the moon’s thin ‘atmosphere’
CALTECH IPAC:
AUGUST 7, 2024
Around midnight on July 31 in Pasadena, California, NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft made its final record of the infrared sky.
Apollo moon rocks reveal secrets of the moon’s thin ‘atmosphere’
Brown Dwarf and Red Dwarf Pairs Highlight a Gray Area Between Planets and Stars
Apollo moon rocks reveal secrets of the moon’s thin ‘atmosphere’
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC:
AUGUST 5, 2024
A constant rain of tiny meteorites kicks up dust on the moon and helps generate the thin layer of atoms that form its exosphere.
Brown Dwarf and Red Dwarf Pairs Highlight a Gray Area Between Planets and Stars
Brown Dwarf and Red Dwarf Pairs Highlight a Gray Area Between Planets and Stars
Brown Dwarf and Red Dwarf Pairs Highlight a Gray Area Between Planets and Stars
CALTECH IPAC:
JULY 23, 2024
A team of researchers and citizen scientists discovered 13 new red dwarf and brown dwarf binary systems in NASA's WISE and NEOWISE data that will help scientists better define the differences between stars and planets.
8 ways to visit the beach like a scientist
Brown Dwarf and Red Dwarf Pairs Highlight a Gray Area Between Planets and Stars
Brown Dwarf and Red Dwarf Pairs Highlight a Gray Area Between Planets and Stars
STANFORD REPORT:
JULY 16, 2024
Stanford experts in coastal ecology and engineering share their tips for bringing a scientist’s perspective to your next trip to the coast.
How a rare, ‘once-in-20-years’ aurora formed at the North Pole
How a rare, ‘once-in-20-years’ aurora formed at the North Pole
How a rare, ‘once-in-20-years’ aurora formed at the North Pole
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC:
JUNE 21, 2024
Scientists have identified the phenomenon as a polar rain aurora, never seen before from the ground.
The power of citizen science
How a rare, ‘once-in-20-years’ aurora formed at the North Pole
How a rare, ‘once-in-20-years’ aurora formed at the North Pole
STANFORD REPORT:
JUNE 13, 2024
The team behind Stanford’s Our Voice citizen science research initiative explains the community-driven research practice being implemented in communities across the globe.
‘Ceramic textile’ offers fast way to cool buildings
How a rare, ‘once-in-20-years’ aurora formed at the North Pole
Dairy residues on Neolithic pottery show that ancient Europeans loved cheese from multiple species
CERAMIC TECH TODAY:
MAY 1, 2024
Flexbrick façades can help regulate building temperatures and are made from sustainable materials.
Dairy residues on Neolithic pottery show that ancient Europeans loved cheese from multiple species
Dairy residues on Neolithic pottery show that ancient Europeans loved cheese from multiple species
Dairy residues on Neolithic pottery show that ancient Europeans loved cheese from multiple species
CERAMIC TECH TODAY:
APRIL 5, 2024
University of York researchers led a study that suggests early farmers used dairy products from multiple animals and made it into cheese.
Study details how low humidity could be a boon for viruses
Dairy residues on Neolithic pottery show that ancient Europeans loved cheese from multiple species
Tiny tubes and far away stars—large metalens images the night sky
STANFORD NEWS:
MARCH 12, 2024
New Stanford research adds to evidence that the seasonality of respiratory illnesses, like COVID-19 or the flu, can be linked to indoor humidity levels. The study, which found that ventilation reduces the presence of naturally occurring disinfectant compounds in airborne microdroplets, could add another dimension to public health approaches to seasonal viruses.
Tiny tubes and far away stars—large metalens images the night sky
Dairy residues on Neolithic pottery show that ancient Europeans loved cheese from multiple species
Tiny tubes and far away stars—large metalens images the night sky
CERAMIC TECH TODAY:
MARCH 5, 2024
Large metalenses as an alternative to traditional optics in astronomy.
A day in the life of an experiment controls engineer
If we’re facing fewer storms, would seeding clouds help wring more rainfall out of them?
If we’re facing fewer storms, would seeding clouds help wring more rainfall out of them?
SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY:
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
By tinkering and troubleshooting, Aalayah Spencer helps turn researchers’ ideas into state-of-the-art science experiments.
If we’re facing fewer storms, would seeding clouds help wring more rainfall out of them?
If we’re facing fewer storms, would seeding clouds help wring more rainfall out of them?
If we’re facing fewer storms, would seeding clouds help wring more rainfall out of them?
GOODTIMES:
JANUARY 3, 2023
Tackling some of the top water questions facing Santa Cruz County.
Wildfires are climbing up the snowiest mountains of the western U.S.
If we’re facing fewer storms, would seeding clouds help wring more rainfall out of them?
Wildfires are climbing up the snowiest mountains of the western U.S.
MONGABAY:
DECEMBER 14, 2022
Forest fires are getting larger and hotter in the western U.S., shrinking the mountain snowpacks vital to communities and ecosystems.
Mission Could Lasso Amino Acids from the Icy Plumes of Enceladus
Shining a new light on oil-slick rainbows and other thin-layer physics
Wildfires are climbing up the snowiest mountains of the western U.S.
AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION'S EOS:
DECEMBER 13, 2022
New research shows that if geysers from Saturn’s moon Enceladus contain amino acids, a spacecraft could collect them with signatures of possible life preserved.
‘Open Science’ Research Collaboration: Is There Life On Exoplanets?
Shining a new light on oil-slick rainbows and other thin-layer physics
Shining a new light on oil-slick rainbows and other thin-layer physics
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS:
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Astronomers from UC Santa Cruz analyze JWST telescope data.
(Published in print and online.)
Shining a new light on oil-slick rainbows and other thin-layer physics
Shining a new light on oil-slick rainbows and other thin-layer physics
Shining a new light on oil-slick rainbows and other thin-layer physics
SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY:
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
To invent a new tool for studying how chemicals react at interfaces, researchers shoot tiny jets of oil and water at each other and illuminate them.
Yijing Huang wins award for work on controlling unique structures of semiconductors
Stanford students develop wearable device to help Ghanaian healthcare workers perform eye surgeries
Stanford students develop wearable device to help Ghanaian healthcare workers perform eye surgeries
SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY:
OCTOBER 31, 2022
The award celebrates Huang’s achievements studying atom-scale physics with fast X-ray pulses.
Stanford students develop wearable device to help Ghanaian healthcare workers perform eye surgeries
Stanford students develop wearable device to help Ghanaian healthcare workers perform eye surgeries
Stanford students develop wearable device to help Ghanaian healthcare workers perform eye surgeries
STANFORD NEWS:
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
A group of Stanford students from Design for Extreme Affordability are transforming patient data collection and analysis for a nonprofit that performs vision-restoring surgeries for people with cataract-induced blindness.
Stanford students help CAL FIRE rethink wildfire response using data science and AI methods
Stanford students develop wearable device to help Ghanaian healthcare workers perform eye surgeries
Stanford students help CAL FIRE rethink wildfire response using data science and AI methods
STANFORD NEWS:
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Fighting fire after fire in ever-growing wildfire seasons, CAL FIRE is in search of innovative prevention and response strategies. Stanford students address this need by successfully tackling some of the biggest problems in wildfire management with fresh perspectives.
Stanford machine learning algorithm predicts biological structures more accurately than ever before
First-of-its-kind Stanford machine learning tool streamlines student feedback process for professors
First-of-its-kind Stanford machine learning tool streamlines student feedback process for professors
STANFORD NEWS:
AUGUST 26, 2021
Stanford researchers develop machine learning methods that accurately predict the 3D shapes of drug targets and other important biological molecules, even when only limited data is available.
First-of-its-kind Stanford machine learning tool streamlines student feedback process for professors
First-of-its-kind Stanford machine learning tool streamlines student feedback process for professors
First-of-its-kind Stanford machine learning tool streamlines student feedback process for professors
STANFORD NEWS:
JULY 27, 2021
Stanford professors develop and use an AI teaching tool that can provide feedback on students’ homework assignments in university-level coding courses, a previously laborious and time-consuming task.
Stanford researchers use high-speed cameras to reveal bubbles popping like blooming flowers
First-of-its-kind Stanford machine learning tool streamlines student feedback process for professors
Stanford researchers use high-speed cameras to reveal bubbles popping like blooming flowers
STANFORD NEWS:
JULY 19, 2021
Researchers at Stanford and the University of Naples studying how bubbles form and eventually burst use high-speed cameras and analytical modeling to reveal a new popping process.