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New Stanford-led research has painted a picture of how focusing efforts on methane removal could help limit dangerous temperature rise from climate change, while also preventing tens of thousands of premature deaths relating to poor air quality.

The CRISPR gene-editing system is usually associated with the Cas9 protein, but that’s not the only option. Stanford scientists have now developed a CRISPR tool called CasMINI, using a much smaller protein that's able to enter human cells more easily.

Stanford University scientists experimenting with a decades-old, single-use battery architecture have led the development of a version that is not only rechargeable, but offers around six times the capacity of today's lithium-ion solutions.

By using cutting-edge tools to study microscopic jets of the liquid, scientists have spotted water molecules pushing and pulling on each other in what is described as a "quantum tug," a phenomenon that has never been directly observed before.

Black holes are notoriously dark objects, but now astronomers have spotted strange light coming from behind one. The X-ray echoes seem to be the result of the intense gravity of the object warping space and bending the light back around into view.

Scientists have found a way to convert methane into methanol at room temperature. Using a common crystal as a catalyst, the technique could eventually reduce methane escaping into the atmosphere by turning it into a useful liquid fuel instead.

New research from the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging is demonstrating a new tool that can calculate a person’s immune system age, which could help predict frailty and disease before symptoms appear.

A new study from Stanford University researchers has found previous recent exposure to common-cold-causing coronaviruses could help explain why some people infected with SARS-CoV-2 only suffer mild symptoms.

A detailed investigation into brain tissue from those who died from COVID-19 has found no trace of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but “profound molecular markers of inflammation” were seen offering clues to explain long COVID symptoms.

Scientists at Stanford University have demonstrated a cement recipe that swaps troublesome limestone for zero-carbon volcanic rock, which might just help reinforce the finished product through embedded microscopic fibers.

Scientists continue to make surprising discoveries in our own bodies. Stanford researchers have now discovered a new biomolecule hiding in plain sight, which may be common to most types of life and could play a role in autoimmune diseases in humans.

When someone is paralyzed from the neck down, they can obviously no longer write words out by hand. They can still think about doing so, though, and those thoughts could allow them to type out messages via a new brain-computer interface (BCI).