In the News
In the News
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Transformative? New Device Harvests Energy in Darkness
It doesn’t generate much power, but it works during the one time of day that solar cells can’t: night.
November 01, 2019
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Peter B. Catrysse Elected OSA Fellow
The Optical Society (OSA) Board of Directors has elected 94 members to the society’s 2020 Fellows Class. Fellows are selected based on several factors, including contributions...
October 31, 2019
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Stanford researchers design a light-trapping, color-converting crystal
A recipe for creating a microscopic crystal structure that can hold two wavelengths of light at once is a step toward faster telecommunications and quantum computers.
August 07, 2019
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Quantum microphone counts particles of sound
Stanford physicists count sound particles with quantum microphone. A device that eavesdrops on the quantum whispers of atoms could form the basis of a new type of quantum computer.
July 04, 2019
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LIGO resumes gravitational wave search after upgrades
With some Stanford-led upgrades, the gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after a year of work. It’s now more sensitive than ever to spacetime ripples and will be joined
April 03, 2019
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Q-FARM initiative to bolster quantum research at Stanford-SLAC
The newly launched Quantum Fundamentals, ARchitecture and Machines initiative will build upon existing strengths in theoretical and experimental quantum science and engineering at
February 08, 2019
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Stanford researchers develop a rooftop device that can make solar power and cool buildings
A new rooftop device under development will be able to produce electricity from sunlight while also beaming heat directly into space to cool buildings.
November 08, 2018
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Stanford researchers investigate behavior in quantum systems with a toy-inspired technique
With its suspended metallic spheres that clack back and forth, Newton’s cradle is more than a popular desktop plaything. It has taught a generation of students about conservation o
May 02, 2018
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Congratulations Maha Yusuf: Awarded the Schlumberger Faculty for the Future fellowship
The Schlumberger Foundation announces 178 Faculty for the Future fellowships, nurturing its community of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) from devel
April 01, 2018
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LIGO mirror coatings get an upgrade with new Stanford-led national collaboration
Stanford researchers are leading a national effort to improve the next generation of gravitational wave detectors by creating new and better coatings for LIGO’s mirrors.
November 09, 2017
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Sending excess heat into the sky
Stanford scientists cooled water without electricity by sending excess heat where it won’t be noticed – space.
September 04, 2017
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Big advance in wireless charging of moving electric cars
Stanford scientists have developed a way to wirelessly deliver electricity to moving objects, such as electric cars.
June 14, 2017
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Stanford researchers create new special-purpose computer
A new type of computer can solve problems that are a challenge for traditional computers.
October 20, 2016
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Stanford engineers develop a plastic clothing material that cools the skin
Researchers have engineered a low-cost plastic material that could become the basis for clothing that cools the wearer.
September 01, 2016
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Two Stanford professors win prestigious Kavli Prizes
The faculty members have been elected to receive one of the highest honors for an American scientist in recognition of their achievements in original research.
June 02, 2016
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Nine Stanford faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences
The faculty members have been elected to receive one of the highest honors for an American scientist in recognition of their achievements in original research
May 04, 2016
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Stanford scientists celebrate technological advances that finally made gravitational wave detection possible
An international team of scientists has taken a step toward understanding the universe.
February 11, 2016
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Stanford engineers invent high-tech mirror to beam heat away from buildings into space
Stanford Report, November 26, 2014 Stanford engineers invent high-tech mirror to beam heat away from buildings into space
November 26, 2014