Why more Peninsula homeowners are choosing to remodel instead of move
Across the Peninsula, more homeowners are choosing to renovate their existing homes instead of putting them on the market.The trend has become increasingly visible in communities such as Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Los Altos and Mountain View, where longtime homeowners are investing in additions, ADUs and large-scale remodels rather than competing for another property nearby.
Changing diet to generate a healthier microbiome and a healthy individual
Stanford microbiologists Justin and Erica Sonnenburg are working to understand the complex microbial community that resides within the human gut and its potential for helping people live healthier, longer lives.
Ivy League mentorship for college applications and career foundations through meaningful projects
Path Mentors was born out of dissatisfaction with the toxic high-pressure environment that college admissions has created. Founded in 2019 by Columbia graduates, the Path Mentors’ team of nearly 100 mentors from a wide range of professions including technology, finance, medicine, science, film, design, animation and law, helps high school students stand out without burning…
Tiny robots swim through vascular systems to treat blood clots, aneurysms
Meet the tiny robots that can swim through the vascular system to shrink blood clots in the brain.
‘Longevity is going to change almost all aspects of our lives’
As 100-year lives become increasingly common, Stanford psychologist Laura Carstensen is working to understand the implications – and to ensure we can make the most of our extra years.
‘The current strategy for dealing with drug resistance is like Whac-A-Mole’
Brian Hie is an assistant professor of chemical engineering in the School of Engineering, a member of Stanford Bio-X, an affiliate of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, a faculty fellow of Sarafan ChEM-H, and the Dieter Schwarz Foundation SDS Faculty Fellow at Stanford Data Science. | Andrew Brodhead Using machine learning can predict how diseases will evolve and develop…
A ‘science fiction’ quest to 3D print human hearts, other organs
What if we could 3D print new hearts and other organs on demand, using cells from a patient’s own body? Stanford bioengineer Mark Skylar-Scott is working on making ‘science fiction’ reality.

