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Stanford physicists observe quantum jump in sound for first time

A team of Stanford physicists has documented the first direct observation of a quantum jump in sound, capturing the instant a single unit of vibration — known as a phonon — dropped from one energy level to another inside a…

Stanford’s AI ‘biotech company’ designed a lung cancer drug later validated by GSK

Researchers at Stanford University have built an artificial intelligence system that mimics an entire drug development company — complete with a chief scientific officer, specialized departments, and tens of thousands of AI employees — and published their findings Thursday in…

Stanford transplants lab-grown human brain tissue into mice

Scientists at Stanford University have transplanted lab-grown human brain tissue into mice engineered to lack most of their cerebral cortex, creating hybrid animals whose brains are roughly half human by volume — a advance that researchers say could reshape the…

Study finds elderly heat risks far greater than estimated

The health threat that rising temperatures pose to older people has been "dramatically underestimated," according to a modeling study published Tuesday in The Lancet Planetary Health by researchers at Stanford University.

Stanford study finds blocking one receptor slows aging in mice

A study published in the journal Science on Wednesday reveals that blocking a single receptor on immune cells can restore the body's ability to clear senescent "zombie" cells, preventing cognitive decline, frailty, and weight gain in aging mice. The research,…

Small desktop AI models can rival cloud systems, Stanford study finds

A Stanford University study is drawing fresh attention for its finding that small language models running on desktop computers can match the performance of large cloud-based AI systems on the vast majority of tasks — while consuming far less energy.…