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Institutions RSS FeedsMost new farmland comes from cutting tropical forest, says Stanford researcher - New report says vast tracts of tropical forest were felled for farmland between 1980 and 2000, but there are signs the situation may be improving....Feed Source: news.stanford.edu Hennessy comments on Obama's plans to change export regulations - Stanford President John Hennessy has been at the forefront of the issue of export control reform. In a statement released through the Association of American Universities, Hennessy commended President Barack Obama's administration for moving forward on the issue.... Q&A: Hoover's Tom Henriksen on end of U.S. combat mission in Iraq - The Hoover senior fellow reacts to Obama's Oval Office speech and what it means for the future of Iraq and America's war on terror.... Olmsted housing will improve Stanford's recruiting of coaches - The construction of 25 housing units, including 17 single-family homes and four duplexes, designed primarily for athletic coaches and their families, is nearing completion on a three-acre plot between El Camino Real and Olmsted Road.... High-speed filter uses electrified nanostructures to purify water at low cost - New filter that uses nanostructures, cotton cloth and electricity to purify water more than 80,000 times faster than existing filters has major potential in the developing world.... Children raised by gay couples show good progress through school - Stanford researcher uses social science to shed light on public debate over family values.... Stanford preparing for Dalai Lama's October visit - Tickets are on sale for the Dalai Lama's Oct. 14-15 visit to Stanford. The exiled Tibetan spiritual and religious leader will lead a series of programs titled "Compassion, Science and Society." This will be the Dalai Lama's third visit to the Farm.... GCEP awards $7.5 million for energy research programs - With its latest round of awards, Stanford's Global Climate and Energy Project has supported 75 research programs with a total of $95 million.... 10 years after new plan, Dish now attracts 500,000 visitors annually - A decade after Stanford instituted a new conservation and recreational plan, visits to the Dish area have increased while safety and ecological stability have improved.... Saroyan Prize awards authors Galchen and Himelstein - Novelist Galchen and author Himelstein receive the $5,000 prize honoring Saroyan?s legacy.... Secrets of the gecko foot help robot climb - To perfect the climbing abilities of his robot, mechanical engineer Mark Cutkosky is using an adhesive that uses the same molecular attractions as a gecko's foot.... DNA puts Stanford chemists on scent of better artificial nose - New sensors for an artificial nose give more info per sniff.... The strange case of solar flares and radioactive elements - When researchers found an unusual linkage between solar flares and the inner life of radioactive elements on Earth, it touched off a scientific detective investigation.... Stanford researchers tapped to help make rules for commercial space travel - Before business skyrockets to space, the FAA has to make sure it's safe to get there.... Nelee Langmuir, French Holocaust survivor and influential Stanford teacher, dies at 78 - An award-winning lecturer in French, Langmuir told the story of her family's miraculous survival in a new film.... Copyright © 2010, Psychology. All Rights Reserved. |