http://news.stanford.edu Latest news headlines from Stanford University. Copyright (C) Stanford University en-us http://news.stanford.edu/images/srdot.gif http://news.stanford.edu http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november23/robots-and-law-112309.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november23/robots-and-law-112309.html If a robot does damage, who takes the blame? Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november23/shih-rhodes-scholar-112309.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november23/shih-rhodes-scholar-112309.html Daniel Shih is an experienced community organizer, researcher and accomplished violinist. He plans to pursue graduate study in comparative politics when he attends Oxford next fall. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november23/climate-civil-wars-112309.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november23/climate-civil-wars-112309.html Historical records show that in warmer-than-average years, the number of conflicts rises. The researchers predict that by 2030, Africa could see a greater than 50 percent increase in civil wars. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november16/bede-scholar-brown-111909.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november16/bede-scholar-brown-111909.html Bede was the "teacher of the whole Middle Ages" – and one Stanford scholar has devoted a lifetime to his achievements. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november16/greely-neurolaw-issues-111909.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november16/greely-neurolaw-issues-111909.html Will advances in neuroscience make the justice system more accurate and unbiased? Or could brain-based testing wrongly condemn some and trample the civil liberties of others? The new field of neurolaw is cross-examining for answers. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november16/sustainability-plan-qanda-111609.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november16/sustainability-plan-qanda-111609.html Joseph Stagner, executive director of the Department of Sustainability and Energy Management, explains what comes next in Stanford's $250 million Energy and Climate Plan. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/inca-pottery-replication-111209.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/inca-pottery-replication-111209.html The Inca artisans of the 1570s tried to recreate the pots their predecessors had made before the Spanish Conquest. Now Stanford's Archaeology Center retraces their steps and in doing so, rediscovers a vanished world. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/veterans-day-slideshow-111109.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/veterans-day-slideshow-111109.html From the Great War to current conflicts, members of the Stanford community have answered the call to military service. On this Veterans Day 2009, the Stanford community remembers them. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/ancient-sea-temperature-111109.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/ancient-sea-temperature-111109.html The blisteringly hot, primordial soup once thought to cover the Earth in its early years may actually have had a tepid temperature no hotter than a backyard hot tub, Stanford researchers say. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/adam-johnson-award-111209.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/adam-johnson-award-111209.html "Why not have a spaceship come into the story? Why not?" asks the author who has been praised for his "satiric glee and elegiac compassion." Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/sapolsky-depression-lecture-101009.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/sapolsky-depression-lecture-101009.html Depression must be understood on both a biological and psychological level, says Robert Sapolsky. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/organic-electronics-research-111009.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/organic-electronics-research-111009.html Study could lead to improved performance, consistency in devices such as flexible digital displays. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/wall-commemoration-slideshow-110909.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/wall-commemoration-slideshow-110909.html A replica of the Berlin Wall was erected and knocked down in Stanford's White Plaza on Monday, the 20th anniversary of the wall's destruction. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/oneill-award-zasio-110909.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/oneill-award-zasio-110909.html Unsung hero, near-magic man. Reese Zasio wins Marsh O'Neill Award. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/h1n1-flu-vaccines-110909.html http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/november9/h1n1-flu-vaccines-110909.html Vaden Health Center has received a first shipment of H1N1 vaccines and has scheduled a clinic to distribute the shots to eligible students and their spouses or domestic partners. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST