http://news.stanford.edu Latest Science and Technology news headlines from Stanford University. Copyright (C) Stanford University en-us http://news-service.stanford.edu/images/srdot.gif http://news.stanford.edu http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/savebio-082008.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/savebio-082008.html Preserving a substantial amount of biodiversity is critical to a healthy future, but how best to do that has been a subject of ongoing debate. A multi-pronged approach is the only way humanity can pull it off, according to Stanford biologists Paul Ehrlich and Robert Pringle. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/resist-082008.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/resist-082008.html Stanford researchers have developed a method to get around one of the most common forms of drug resistance. To do it, they took a tip from nature. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/med-immune-082008.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/med-immune-082008.html Human embryonic stem cells trigger an immune response when they are transplanted into mice, researchers from the School of Medicine report. The finding suggests that the effectiveness of human therapies derived from the stem cells could be limited unless ways are found to dampen the rejection response. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/med-nanotech-082008.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/med-nanotech-082008.html Nanotechnology is the key to a new, noninvasive biomedical imaging technique that could detect early stages of cancer. The method holds promise for determining not just where tumors are located but also for monitoring their treatment, said scientists at the School of Medicine who demonstrated the new approach in mice. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/med-blood-082008.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/med-blood-082008.html Researchers have begun to map out a way to correlate levels of so-called blood biomarkers to suss out the size of a tumor in the early stages of cancer. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/fresh-082008.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/fresh-082008.html The Woods Institute for the Environment has awarded five faculty planning grants to develop long-term research programs at Stanford that help solve the world's urgent demands for freshwater. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/nanomice-082008.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august20/nanomice-082008.html The problem with using a shotgun to kill a housefly is that even if you get the pest, you'll likely do a lot of damage to your home in the process. Hence the value of the more surgical flyswatter. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august6/science-080608.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august6/science-080608.html 17 high school students are participating in an eight-week summer research program at Stanford to study science, medicine and engineering. The university's Office of Science Outreach provides a paid internship for the students, who are typically low-income, historically underrepresented in higher education and the first in their families to attend college. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august6/med-agingworm-080608.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/august6/med-agingworm-080608.html Researchers have found that genetic instructions drive aging in worms, challenging the prevailing theory that aging is a buildup of tissue damage skin to rust. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/july23/med-plants-072308.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/july23/med-plants-072308.html Plants could act as safe, speedy factories for growing antibodies for personalized treatments against a common form of cancer, according to new findings from the School of Medicine. The results came in the first human tests of an injectable vaccine grown in genetically engineered tobacco plants. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/july23/med-darkmice-072308.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/july23/med-darkmice-072308.html The study of dark-skinned mice has led to a surprising finding about a common protein involved in tumor suppression, report researchers at the School of Medicine. The results may lead to new treatments for bone marrow failure in humans. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/july23/med-tyingup-072308.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/july23/med-tyingup-072308.html Stanford genome researchers have taken a big step toward finding a way to examine all of an individual’s genes in detail, swiftly and cheaply. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/july23/slac-072308.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/july23/slac-072308.html After 46 years, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) will be getting a new name, one that probably will not include the word "Stanford"—even though the university will continue to run the laboratory. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/july23/naturcap-072308.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/july23/naturcap-072308.html At a time when the world is sweating under the threat of global warming, rocked by food riots, skyrocketing oil prices and raging wildfires, with increasing numbers of fisheries nearing or beyond collapse and increasing numbers of humans clamoring for more energy as natural habitats around the globe continue to shrink under pressure from the growing human hordes at their gates, talk of a renaissance may sound a bit incongruous. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/july23/leatherb-072308.html http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/july23/leatherb-072308.html With a name like "Leatherback Turtle" you might think the sea turtles could stand up to just about anything the ocean can throw at them, and for more than a hundred million years, they have. But tough, long-lived critters though they are, the population of leatherbacks in the eastern Pacific Ocean has plummeted by over 90 percent in the last 20 years. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT