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NASA's Solar Observatories Resume Data Operations After Flood Disruption
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) have resumed data operations following a flood at Stanford University on November 26, 2024. The incident damaged systems at the Joint Science Operations Center (JSOC), impacting access to critical solar data. Despite challenges, partial database restoration h...
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Common Food Dye Can Make Skin Temporarily Transparent: Report
Researchers at Stanford University were able to peer into the bodies of living animals as they discovered that a common food dye made their skin, muscle and connective tissues temporarily transparent.
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Who Is Twitter's New CEO Parag Agrawal?
Parag Agrawal has been named Jack Dorsey’s successor to lead Twitter. Agrawal is an Indian-origin tech executive who joined Twitter in 2011 and became the CTO of the company in 2017. Agrawal is a Stanford University and IIT Bombay alumnus.
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Researchers Create Rechargeable Battery That Can Store Six Times More Power Than Other Units
A group of Stanford University researchers has developed rechargeable batteries that can store charge six times that of the lithium-ion batteries available at present. With the help of this new technology, users would have to recharge mobile devices only once a week and an electric vehicle would be able to cover six times more distance on a single ...
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Brain Computer Interface Turns Mental Handwriting Into Text on Screen, Could Help People With Paralysis
A team of researchers at Stanford University have, for the first time, decoded brain activity related to writing by hand. To further explore this, the researchers collaborated with a participant with paralysis who had sensors implanted in his brain. The team then used an algorithm that identified the letters the participant imagined and attempted t...
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Stanford University Names World's Top 2% Scientists, 36 Are From 2 IITs
At least 14 scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Banaras Hindu University have figured among the top two per cent scientists in a global list compiled by the prestigious Standford University. The list also includes 22 faculty members or researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati.
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How You Can Help Fight COVID-19 With This Global Open Source Tool
With the coronavirus outbreak, Folding@Home comes as a platform that will allow people across the world to play their part in helping scientists speed up their research by lending computing power from their personal computers to researchers.
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Apple Watch Detects Irregular Heartbeat in Large Study but More Research Needed
Apple Watch can detect a worrisome irregular heartbeat at least sometimes — but experts say more work is needed to tell if using wearable technology to screen for heart problems really helps.
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Many Women Avoid Spotlight At Work, Says Stanford Study
While women understand the importance of being visible at their workplace for the advancement of their career, many deliberately avoid the spotlight so that they can avoid backlash and balance work with family responsibilities, says a study.
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Your Smartwatch Can Flag Your Sickness
Your smart watch may not only measure your steps and physiological parameters but also detect when you are falling sick.
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Google Announces Artificial Intelligence Group for Google Cloud
The group will be led by Fei-Fei Li, an artificial intelligence professor at Stanford University, and researcher Jia Li.
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Stressed Youths Could be at Risk of High Blood Pressure
According to a new research done by the Stanford University in California, the tendency to take more stress during youth may increase the risk of developing high blood pressure later in life.
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Indian-Origin Researcher Among Scientists Who Discovered New Solar Cell Technology
A team of scientists at Stanford University, that includes an Indian origin researcher, has discovered how to make the shiny upper metal contact 'invisible' to light, thereby funnelling light directly into the cell.
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Artificial Neural Network Tells How to Take the Perfect Selfie
Researchers have used a neural network computer to find that the perfect selfie is that of a female with long hair, with a slightly tilted head and the top edge of the frame cutting off the forehead.
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Recent 'Marshmallow Test' Shows Impulse Control, Other Traits are not Fixed
Four decades ago, the famous "Marshmallow Experiment" at Stanford University spawned a body of research that showed how an early test of children's ability to delay gratification.
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NASA's Solar Observatories Resume Data Operations After Flood Disruption
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) have resumed data operations following a flood at Stanford University on November 26, 2024. The incident damaged systems at the Joint Science Operations Center (JSOC), impacting access to critical solar data. Despite challenges, partial database restoration h...
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Common Food Dye Can Make Skin Temporarily Transparent: Report
Researchers at Stanford University were able to peer into the bodies of living animals as they discovered that a common food dye made their skin, muscle and connective tissues temporarily transparent.
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Who Is Twitter's New CEO Parag Agrawal?
Parag Agrawal has been named Jack Dorsey’s successor to lead Twitter. Agrawal is an Indian-origin tech executive who joined Twitter in 2011 and became the CTO of the company in 2017. Agrawal is a Stanford University and IIT Bombay alumnus.
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Researchers Create Rechargeable Battery That Can Store Six Times More Power Than Other Units
A group of Stanford University researchers has developed rechargeable batteries that can store charge six times that of the lithium-ion batteries available at present. With the help of this new technology, users would have to recharge mobile devices only once a week and an electric vehicle would be able to cover six times more distance on a single ...
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Brain Computer Interface Turns Mental Handwriting Into Text on Screen, Could Help People With Paralysis
A team of researchers at Stanford University have, for the first time, decoded brain activity related to writing by hand. To further explore this, the researchers collaborated with a participant with paralysis who had sensors implanted in his brain. The team then used an algorithm that identified the letters the participant imagined and attempted t...
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Stanford University Names World's Top 2% Scientists, 36 Are From 2 IITs
At least 14 scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Banaras Hindu University have figured among the top two per cent scientists in a global list compiled by the prestigious Standford University. The list also includes 22 faculty members or researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati.
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How You Can Help Fight COVID-19 With This Global Open Source Tool
With the coronavirus outbreak, Folding@Home comes as a platform that will allow people across the world to play their part in helping scientists speed up their research by lending computing power from their personal computers to researchers.
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Apple Watch Detects Irregular Heartbeat in Large Study but More Research Needed
Apple Watch can detect a worrisome irregular heartbeat at least sometimes — but experts say more work is needed to tell if using wearable technology to screen for heart problems really helps.
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Many Women Avoid Spotlight At Work, Says Stanford Study
While women understand the importance of being visible at their workplace for the advancement of their career, many deliberately avoid the spotlight so that they can avoid backlash and balance work with family responsibilities, says a study.
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Your Smartwatch Can Flag Your Sickness
Your smart watch may not only measure your steps and physiological parameters but also detect when you are falling sick.
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Google Announces Artificial Intelligence Group for Google Cloud
The group will be led by Fei-Fei Li, an artificial intelligence professor at Stanford University, and researcher Jia Li.
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Stressed Youths Could be at Risk of High Blood Pressure
According to a new research done by the Stanford University in California, the tendency to take more stress during youth may increase the risk of developing high blood pressure later in life.
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Indian-Origin Researcher Among Scientists Who Discovered New Solar Cell Technology
A team of scientists at Stanford University, that includes an Indian origin researcher, has discovered how to make the shiny upper metal contact 'invisible' to light, thereby funnelling light directly into the cell.
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Artificial Neural Network Tells How to Take the Perfect Selfie
Researchers have used a neural network computer to find that the perfect selfie is that of a female with long hair, with a slightly tilted head and the top edge of the frame cutting off the forehead.
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Recent 'Marshmallow Test' Shows Impulse Control, Other Traits are not Fixed
Four decades ago, the famous "Marshmallow Experiment" at Stanford University spawned a body of research that showed how an early test of children's ability to delay gratification.
