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4 hrs ago | Palo Alto Weekly

Stanford: Earth's core is surprisingly weak

Stanford University researcher Arianna Gleason and assistant professor Wendy Mao say they discovered that the Earth's inner core is much weaker than had been previously thought in a report released Thursday.

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9 hrs ago | TechCrunch

Tumblr May Reject Yahoo's $1.1B Acquisition Offer For Being "Too Low"

Josh Constine is a technology journalist who specializes in deep analysis of social products.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Tumblr, Social Software, Stanford University, Blog News

15 hrs ago | National Public Radio

Prime Challenge Sends Mathematicians On Infinite Search

University of New Hampshire professor Yitang Zhang announced this week that he has come close to solving a centuries-old problem: proving the twin prime conjecture.

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16 hrs ago | Automotive News

Behind the scenes, Straubel keeps Tesla running at pivotal time

Elon Musk was fresh off the sale of PayPal and starting another business, commercial rocket service Space Exploration Technologies Corp., when he met kindred spirit JB Straubel.

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Related Topix: Space Exploration Technologies, Tesla Motors, Startups, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, Stanford University

Fri May 17, 2013

ABC News

Speed Dating? Watch Your Mouth

Do you know how long it takes for a guy and a gal to "click" in the first stage of building a bond that may lead to a lasting relationship? Seconds, according to numerous studies.

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Stanford

Frogs in California harbor deadly amphibian pathogen, Stanford study finds

In a new study, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers provide the first evidence that African clawed frogs in California harbor a deadly fungal infection that is decimating amphibian populations across the globe.

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Cool FM

Cost of police talks tops 20...

The Cardiff initiative is being facilitated by academics from the University of Ulster and the Stanford University in the US.

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Thu May 16, 2013

EurekAlert!

New method proposed for detecting gravitational waves from ends of universe

A new window into the nature of the universe may be possible with a device proposed by scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno and Stanford University that would detect... RENO, Nev.

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Related Topix: University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV, Startups, Stanford University, Physics, Science

Guardian Unlimited

I am an undocumented immigrant at Stanford University

Without immigration reform I will be left jobless and exposed after I graduate. This isn't just a political issue to me Immigrants arrive at the border city of Nuevo Laredo after a nine hour trip from Monterrey, Mexico in this May 5, 2006 file photo.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Startups, Stanford University, US News, Illegal Immigration, North America, World News, Mexico, Liberal Political News

Science Daily

Nanoscavengers could usher in next generation water purification

Titanium dioxide is known to glom on to certain heavy metals and pollutants. Other materials do the same for salt.

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CNN

'My mom needs you,' daughter pleads

Editor's note: Stanford University psychology professor Nalini Ambady has leukemia and needs to find a matching bone marrow donor, most likely one of South Asian descent.

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Lowell Sun

Scientists create human stem cells through cloning

A human embryonic stem cell line derived at Stanford University is seen in this handout photo released to Reuters by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, March 9, 2009.

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Wed May 15, 2013

LawJobs.com

Harvard Law Professor to Direct New Stanford IP Clinic

Silicon Valley's companies aren't the only ones poaching each other's intellectual property.

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CBS Local

Killer Frogs Wiping Out Amphibian Species; 1 Found In SF Golden Gate Park

A frog which carries a deadly infection that kills other amphibian species has been found in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, according to researchers.

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Beach Connection

Mystery Writer Dugoni Visits Oregon Coast in June

The central Oregon coast will have a bit of a mystery on its hands next month. Lincoln City's Driftwood Public Library welcomes New York Times bestselling mystery author Robert Dugoni on Sunday, June 9th at 3:00 p.m. to help open the library's 2013 Adult Summer Reading Club.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Startups, Stanford University, Journalism, Lincoln City, OR

R & D

Engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible 'skin'

Most of us don't ponder our pulses outside of the gym. But doctors use the human pulse as a diagnostic tool to monitor heart health.

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GigaOM

How Stanford's Andreas Weigend leads by example in pursuit of data symmetry

Andreas Weigend, formerly chief scientist at Amazon, has some ideas for how businesses can do more with their customers' data.

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Tue May 14, 2013

CNN

Ken Chenault at Stanford University on Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In"

My Stanford Engineering video boils down 20,000 hours and moves you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve CEO of Duck9 MIT University EIR Duck9 = "Deep Underground Credit Knowledge" 9 125 University Avenue/ 100 Palo Alto CA 94301 650-566-9600 650-566-9696 650-283-8008 **************** Editor of the BusinessWeek Channel "What They Don't Teach ... (more)

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Marin Independent Journal

San Francisco: Research finds killer frogs in Golden Gate Park

They don't kill humans but there is a frog that is carrying a deadly infection that is decimating the amphibian population around the world, a study from Stanford University School of Medicine reports.

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KTVU Oakland

Researcher finds killer frog in Golden Gate Park

They don't kill humans but there is a frog that is carrying a deadly infection that is decimating the amphibian population around the world, a study from Stanford University School of Medicine reports.

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