Stanford SciCast

A new study published by Stanford Researchers heralds safe, life-saving body implants that never run out of power.

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Antibiotics are a powerful, life-saving treatment against bacterial infection, but recent research by Denise Monack and her colleagues at the Stanford School of Medicine suggests that in some cases antibiotics may actually amplify the problem they are intended to solve.

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What if the easiest way to prevent suicides has been under our control all along? A Stanford Suicide Prevention Research Laboratory experiment led by Rebecca Bernert, PhD showed that participants who reported poor sleep had a 1.4 times greater chance of death by suicide within ten years than participants who reported sleeping well.

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Many of today’s environmental issues revolve around measuring and conserving precious resources. Some resources, like groundwater, are difficult to monitor since they are located meters below the Earth’s surface and are invisible to the human eye. However, researchers at Stanford University are exploring the use of satellite imagery to measure groundwater contained in aquifers.

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What images come to mind when you think of “agriculture”? Can you imagine a field that stretches for miles? A small family farm located far away from the bustling streets of the world’s biggest cities? Well, think again. A recent study by Stanford professor Eric Lambin shows that there is an increasing trend of urban agriculture.

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You can’t have day without night, land without sea, or a protected species without a protected ecosystem. A group of Stanford scientists would suggest you must protect a threatened species as well as the ecosystem in which it lives.

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Computing speeds have become faster and faster in the last few decades, but soon they may go at the speed of light. Fiber optics, which uses light to transmit data, has already revolutionized internet connections, but Stanford researchers may have found a way to integrate this technology into computers themselves.

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Imagine you are preparing for a day at the beach. You may check the weather report, and scout out nice restaurants beside the water. However, most people do not check what’s actually in the water. Each year, millions of swimmers get illnesses like stomach upsets, rashes, and respiratory infections from high levels of contaminants and harmful bacteria in the water. Listen to find out what Stanford scientists are doing to solve this problem.

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In this final episode from season 1 of the Stanford SciCast, Joe Getsy speaks with Stanford’s Dr. Hank Greely about the promise and implications of bringing extinct organisms back to life.

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In today’s athletics, fractions of a second and miniscule differences in performance can be the difference between winning a competition or not. Athletes exhaust themselves in the training room trying to out perform each other, while slowly approaching their bodies’ limits. Some athletes resort to using performance-enhancing drugs in order to transcend these limits: a choice with obvious health, ethical, and legal consequences.

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