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• Stanford researchers awarded $6.27 million to study energy efficiency and human behavior
  Two engineering professors will help in the effort to develop technologies that provide consumers with information about energy consumption in an engaging and usable way. (10.27.2009) More »
• Stanford, Volkswagen celebrate research partnership, new facility
  With demonstrations of cars that drive themselves and even park themselves, Stanford and Volkswagen celebrated a research partnership dedicated to automotive innovation. (10.26.2009) More »
• Study: Shifting the world to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2030 – here are the numbers
  Wind, water and solar energy resources are sufficiently available to provide all the world's energy. Converting to electricity and hydrogen powered by these sources would reduce world power demand by 30 percent, thereby avoiding 13,000 coal power plants. Materials and costs are not limitations to these conversions, but politics may be, say Stanford and UC researchers who have mapped out a blueprint for powering the world. (10.20.2009) More »

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• Increased hepatitis vaccination in China would save thousands of lives, hundreds of millions of dollars
  A massive new program in China to provide “catch-up” inoculations against hepatitis B to more than 100 million unvaccinated children could prevent millions of infections, save tens of thousands of lives and return twice as much in savings to the Chinese economy as the program costs, according to a new study by engineering and medical researchers at Stanford University (10.19.2009) More »
• Magnetic nanotags spot cancer in mice earlier than current methods
  Improved magnetic-nano sensor chips are up to 1,000 times more sensitive than current methods of cancer detection – can scan any bodily fluid with high accuracy and search for up to 64 different cancer-associated proteins simultaneously. (10.13.2009) More »
• Google endows Stanford professorship in memory of Professor Rajeev Motwani
  The $2.5 million Gift will help launch an expansion of Stanford's Computer Science Department (09.25.2009) More »
• Stanford nabs 13 top NIH awards for high-stakes research
  Four engineering professors, including ones in bioengineering, electrical engineering and materials science and engineering, won the competitive grants for their work. (09.23.2009) More »
• Cheap, sensitive Stanford sensors could detect explosives, toxins in water
  A sensitive new Stanford-developed disposable chip detects low concentrations of the explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT) and a close chemical cousin of the dreaded toxic nerve agent sarin in water samples. The research appeared online recently in the journal ACS Nano. (09.23.2009) More »
• Professor Siegfried Hecker wins Fermi award from U.S. government
  Hecker is a 'pioneer in using science as a tool in understanding and reducing the threat posed by nuclear weapons stockpiles.' (09.18.2009) More »
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Stanford Engineering Dean Jim Plummer (second from left) met in September 2005 with South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan (second from right). Flanking the two men are Andy DiPaolo (left), senior associate dean for professional development, and Chin Dae-je, South Korean minister of information and communication.

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