BBC World
AI Designs Whole Viruses, Because Why Not Add 'Virologist' to Its Résumé
AI has now designed fully functional viruses, which is either a medical breakthrough or the plot of a sci-fi horror film - probably both.
2026-08-06
BBC World
2026-06-08
ScienceDaily
Heat Breaks the Rules at the Nanoscale, and Scientists Are Very Excited About Engineering It
Heat does weird stuff at the nanoscale, and researchers have figured out how to make it transfer four times faster using gold-patterned metamaterials - possibly leading to better computer cooling and energy tech.
2026-06-05
BBC Business
Scientists Turn Food Waste Into Cheese, Proving One Person's Trash Is Another's Parmigiano
Bioengineers are using fungi to turn food scraps into tasty cheese, proving that one person's waste is another person's artisanal dinner.
2026-05-31
ScienceDaily
Stanford Scientists Find Traffic Jams in Your Brain’s Protein Factory, Blame Aging and Alzheimer’s
Stanford researchers find that aging brains suffer from protein production traffic jams, offering a new explanation for cognitive decline and potential targets for Alzheimer's treatment.
2026-05-30
ScienceDaily
Stanford Researchers Figure Out How to Run Quantum Computing Without Freezing the Planet First
Stanford researchers built a room-temperature quantum device using twisted light and molybdenum diselenide, proving that quantum computing might not require dressing like you're going to Mars.
2026-05-19
TechCrunch
Stanford Freshman Accidentally Discovers Journalistic Integrity, Writes Book About It
Student journalist Theo Baker spent four years exposing Stanford's startup-obsessed underbelly. He got a Polk Award, a book deal, and an existential question: is founding a company harder than getting an internship?
2026-05-05
ScienceDaily
Stanford Physicists Create Fingertip-Sized Light Booster That Uses Surprisingly Little Juice
Stanford physicists built a fingertip-sized optical amplifier that boosts light signals 100x while sipping power - because apparently light needed a performance-enhancing drug.
2026-04-27
TechCrunch
Stanford Grad's Exposé on Power Could Backfire, Showering More Freshmen with Delusions of Grandeur
A Stanford grad's exposé on the school's power-hungry culture might just inspire more students to chase the very delusions it skewers - because nothing says 'anti-establishment' like a movie deal.
2026-04-18
ZDNet
AI Still Can't Do Your Thinking For You, But It's Getting Better At Clicking Stuff
New research confirms AI is great for simple online chores but still terrible at complex thinking, so maybe don't ask it for life advice.
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