Stanford psychiatrist and bioengineer Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, spent much of this century's first decade developing a revolutionary method for studying the brain: optogenetics. In 2010, …
Month: April 2013
"The Revolutionary Optimists" stars take the stage to discuss improving health in India
Last week at TEDxChange 2013: Positive Disruption, Melinda Gates brought to stage Salim Shekh and Sikha Petra, two of the children featured in the Stanford-produced documentary "The Revolutionary …
Google search data offers insights into how seasonal changes affect mental health
New findings analyzing Internet search data for major mental illnesses shows that seasonal weather changes may have a larger impact on such health conditions than …
Bring more argument into science education, Stanford expert suggests
Stanford professor Jonathan Osborne, PhD, believes there's a grave misperception between how scientists learn and study the world around them and how science is taught …
New documentary focuses on Stanford’s Design for Extreme Affordability course
Tonight, Stanford will host a screening of a new documentary titled "Extreme By Design." The film chronicles the story of three groups of students from the …
The "sky's the limit" for young Stanford structural biologist
Adam de la Zerda, PhD, likes to tell his students that the sky's the limit - something he most likely told himself many times over. …
Exploring the "dark side of open access"
In case you haven't yet seen it, the front page of today's New York Times features a piece on the world of "pseudo-academia," where less-than-reputable …
Patient is "living to live instead of living to survive," thanks to heart repair surgery
Congenital heart defects, abnormalities in the heart that occur during fetal development, are the most common type of birth defect, with the Centers for Disease Control and …
Image of the Week: Microscopic view of lung surfactant
This microscopic image of lung surfactant, a lipid-protein material that reduces surface tension in the lung and aids in proper pulmonary function, could easily be …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of March 31
The five most-read stories on Scope this week were: Stanford center launches Huffington Post blog on the “very mysterious process” of sleep: This week, Emmanuel …
Stanford neurologist discusses role of amyloid proteins in the nervous system on Science Friday
On Wednesday, my colleague reported on a pair of recent Stanford studies that counteract the conventional belief that amyloid-forming proteins are universal enemies to the …
H7N9 got you aflutter? Wired offers help sorting fact from fiction
I admit to a certain sense of mounting dread about the news of the new H7N9 influenza virus arising in China. And the never-ending supply …
Could "breathprints" one day be used to diagnose disease?
Your "breathprint," the chemical composition of each exhale, may hold potential as a new medical diagnostic tool, according to research recently published in PLOS ONE. …
A reminder that texting and driving don't mix
There's a new feature on the 30-mile stretch of highway that takes me from the Stanford campus to my San Francisco home: a digital sign warning …
A conversation with New York Times’ Pam Belluck about health care in practice
The latest Stanford Health Policy Forum featuring science and health reporter Pam Belluck is now available online. A staff writer for the New York Times …
Researchers combine brain-imaging tool and stroke test to detect early signs of dementia
Previous research has shown that elderly patients with an increased risk of stroke have an accelerated rate of cognitive decline. Now researchers at University of …