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- May 28, 2020
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Why self-driving cars shouldn’t be too autonomous
- Two researchers explain why designers should focus on developing systems that make it easy and natural for passengers to take control in an emergency.
- In the News, Infrastructure
- May 11, 2020
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Less water could sustain more Californians if we make every drop count
- As climate change and population growth make drinking water costlier, here are six strategies to quench the state’s thirst without busting its budget.
- In the News, Water, Infrastructure
- April 30, 2020
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Footstep Sensors Identify People by Gait
- A supersensitive detector system can also glean clues about health
- Faculty, In the News, Public Health
- April 27, 2020
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New approach to managing risk of earthquakes triggered by fracking
- Earthquakes caused by hydraulic fracturing can damage property and endanger lives. Stanford researchers have developed guidelines to slow fracking operations based on local risks.
- In the News, Faculty, Infrastructure
- April 20, 2020
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A more holistic way to measure the economic fallout from earthquakes
- A new study describes the first way to estimate the greater financial fallout that the earthquake would have, especially on the poor.
- In the News, Infrastructure, Cities
- April 07, 2020
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Stanford CEE Researchers track COVID-19 with Sewage Surveillance
- How many people have been infected with the new coronavirus? A group of Bay Area researchers aims to find out—by tracking what's in the local wastewater.
- In the News, Faculty, Public Health
- March 27, 2020
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What are the factors that affect COVID-19 transmission?
- Two environmental engineers discuss knowledge gaps, promising research pathways and other issues related to the control of viruses such as SARS-CoV-2.
- In the News, Faculty, Public Health
- March 06, 2020
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Nick Ouellette: What flocks of birds can tell us about engineering
- A civil engineer explains how new insights gleaned from the flight of birds may one day be applied to fields as far-ranging as autonomous cars and crowd control.
- Faculty, In the News
- January 08, 2020
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A study shows how the humble mealworm can help solve some big problems
- “This is definitely not what we expected to see,” said one of the researchers.
- Infrastructure, In the News, Staff
- December 09, 2019
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Are the buildings you live and work in making you feel stressed?
- Researchers point the way to buildings that aim to improve human well-being.
- Public Health, Cities, Infrastructure
- October 29, 2019
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Q&A: How do we develop new sources of usable water?
- An ambitious research project looks to develop affordable devices to recycle most of the water we currently throw away.
- Water, Infrastructure, Faculty
- October 14, 2019
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Professor Bill Mitch interviewed on Zantac study
- In the News, Faculty
- July 05, 2019
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Tiny tweak could steer wind power in the right direction
- On a working wind farm, researchers show that angling turbines slightly away from the wind can boost overall energy produced and even out the otherwise variable supply.
- Energy, Infrastructure, Cities
- March 14, 2019
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Mark Jacobson Interviewed on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels
- Faculty, In the News, Energy
- September 24, 2018
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In Africa, access to clean water isn’t just about pipes and pumps
- Equally important are the often-overlooked issues in infrastructure, including information flow, governance and accountability.
- Water, Public Health, Infrastructure
- September 19, 2018
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Last straw: The path to reducing plastic pollution
- Ocean experts discuss the limitations of bans on single-use plastics, as well as potentially higher impact solutions.
- In the News, Water, Faculty
- September 10, 2018
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Could water utilities transform the way the electric sector did?
- A newly developed model looks at how updated regulations and financing options could help renew our aging water infrastructure.
- Water, Infrastructure, In the News