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Robots that can help us with mundane tasks, such as this model circa 1975 washing a car, are nothing new.

I am so used to hearing about innovation in journalism that when I first heard about the Innovation Journalism program at Stanford, I assumed that's what it focused on.

Researchers at Stanford University have used nanotechnology to create lightweight and even bendable batteries out of paper.

Rodan + Fields Dermatologists Dr. Katie Rodan and Dr. Kathy Fields, founders of ProactivA Skin Care Solution, Stanford University-trained dermatologists have created a new company that will launch in Indiana on December 17 at the Sheraton Indianapolis from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Chris Diaz, Vice President of Sales, will be here to introduce the company.

The personal computer and the technologies that led to the Internet were largely invented in the 1960s and '70s at three computer research laboratories next to the Stanford University campus.

In a yearlong survey of university and college websites, higher education institutions may not be ready for the internet education revolution, reports the website monitoring company Uptrends .

Scrambled connections between the part of the brain that processes fear and emotion and other brain regions could be the hallmark of a common anxiety disorder, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Sandra Mims Rowe, editor of The Oregonian since 1993, announced today that she is leaving the newspaper at the end of the year.

Ordinary paper could one day be used as a lightweight battery to power the devices that are now enabling the printed word to be eclipsed by e-mail, e-books and online news.

BALTIMORE, BUSINESS WIRE -- Semiconductor Research Corporation , the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, and researchers from Stanford University and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company today announced they have developed the industry's first top-gated field effect transistor and CMOS ...

The number of organizations that can offer their donors a tax break in the name of charity has grown more than 60 percent in the United States, to 1.1 million, in just a decade.

Almost a decade after Stanford University agreed to build two trails on the edges of its land, and more than three years since a lawsuit was filed against that plan, the contentious issue has made it all the way to the state's highest court.

There's nothing like a "best of the year" list for stirring up controversy. This time one of the most prolific list-makers in publishing has literally kicked up an academic squabble.

The right kind of stress response in the operating room could lead to quicker recovery for patients after knee surgery, according to a new study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers.

Mezvinsky, 31, and Clinton, 29, have known each other since they were teenagers when they were introduced by colleagues of their political parents.

Prior studies have shown CD30+CLPDs have an excellent prognosis. OBJECTIVE: We sought to present the single-center experience of Stanford University, Stanford, Calif, in the management of CD30+CLPDs. METHODS: A retrospective cohort analysis of 56 patients with CD30+CLPDs treated at our institution was performed.

You wouldn't want a car with no brakes. It turns out that the developing brain needs them, too.

In the November issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy , a study out of Stanford University found that Barrett's esophagus was detected in six percent of asymptomatic women undergoing endoscopic screening.

Dr. David A. Stoker, MD, FACS of Marina Plastic Surgery Associates discusses innovative medical research and the latest technology surrounding liposuction from his Los Angeles plastic surgery practice.

Climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by over 50 percent within the next two decades, according to a new study led by a team of researchers at University of California, Berkeley, and published in today's online issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .