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1 hr ago | Electronics Weekly

Silicon anode Li-ion cells

Sunnyvale-based Amprius has launched the first generation of its lithium-ion batteries, and has signed contracts with OEM customers to design custom batteries.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Book TV

at Stanford University: William B. Gould IV, "Bargaining with ...

William B. Gould IV sat down with Book TV to discuss his book, "Bargaining with Baseball." Prof.

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R & D

Theorists weigh in on where to hunt dark matter

Left panel: Air molecules whiz around at a variety of speeds, and some are very fast.

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Related Topix: Physics, Science, Stanford University, Startups

Los Gatos Weekly-Times

Stanford professor faces parent child abduction charges

An associate professor of bioengineering at Stanford University has been charged with felony parent abduction after taking her three children on what authorities contend was a one-way trip to the Hawaiian Islands.

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Related Topix: Stanford, CA, Startups, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, Sunnyvale, CA

Palo Alto Weekly

Professor arrested for felony child abduction

Annelise Barron, an associate professor at Stanford University, has been charged with felony child abduction after she left for the island of Kauai in December with her three children, allegedly without informing the children's fathers.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Gizmag

Flexible, wearable sensor promises new era in heart monitoring

Researchers have developed a new type of wearable sensor that could greatly improve the accuracy and practicality of heart monitoring.

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Related Topix: Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Science, Startups, Stanford University, Gadgets

Democracy Now

Why Austerity Kills: From Greece to U.S., Crippling Economic Policies Causing Global Health Crisis

David Stuckler , co-author of the book, "The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills.

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DrWeb's Domain

The Library Cafe: Free Government Information

Librarians and information advocates Jim A. Jacobs and James R. Jacobs talk about their organization, Free Government Information and their efforts to raise all Congressional, Executive & Judicial Branch information, publications and data, including current fee-based services, to the level of federally funded scientific information, and the ... (more)

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Inside Bay Area

California study: Treatments for prostate and breast cancer vary...

Tracy has agricultural roots and affordable homes, but a new study reveals a less obvious distinction for this Central Valley city: Doctors use internal radiation to treat men for prostate cancer at the highest rate in California, more than four times the state average.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, California, Prostate Cancer, Startups, Stanford University

VentureBeat

Collaborative consumption: The new sharing economy

A new economic model is emerging as the millennials are thinking smart about ways to make money on everything they own.

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MDJonline.com

Class Fei-vorite: Chemistry, research in Walton senior's future

Walton High School Super Senior George Fei plans to take his love of chemistry and science to Stanford University with his sights set on obtaining a doctorate to perform research and teach.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Law.com

Is Stanford Law the New Vortex of Legal Technology?

Editor's Note: LTN 's Editor-in-Chief Monica Bay interviews Roland Vogl Tuesday at LegalTech West Coast, in the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, at 3:45 p.m. There also is a panel discussion about Lex Machina at 1:30. Stanford University is a legendary breeding ground for startups - Silicon Valley giants Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., and Cisco ... (more)

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Palo Alto Weekly

Stanford rewards walk-bike commuters with cash

Stanford University faculty and staff who walk or bike to work will now not only feel good about helping the environment, but they'll receive cold, hard cash for doing so.

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Sun May 19, 2013

C-SPAN

Book Discussion on [Beauty Bias]

Stanford University professor Deborah Rhode talked about her book, The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law , in which explores the forces that have contributed to appearance related problems, and .. Read More Stanford University professor Deborah Rhode talked about her book, The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life ... (more)

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EurekAlert!

Computational tool translates complex data into simplified 2-dimensional images

In figure a, the contours represent cell density in each region... NEW YORK, NY - In their quest to learn more about the variability of cells between and within tissues, biomedical scientists have devised tools capable of simultaneously measuring dozens of characteristics of individual cells.

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Related Topix: Leukemia, Health, Startups, Stanford University, Columbia University

Green Car Congress

GM Joins Center for Automotive Research at Stanford

General Motors is joining the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford University .

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Johnnie Moore's Weblog

Cake

In one experiment, led by Baba Shiv at Stanford University, several dozen undergraduates were divided into two groups.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Scientific Computing/Instrument.

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 elusive gravity waves from the other end of the cosmos.

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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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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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