Innovation News

Innovation News chosen by Visible Legacy. Reprinted here with our links to the participants in Navigator.

(Image credit: Illustration by Kevin Craft)

November 20, 2018
Written by Stanford News

How can we design electronic devices that don’t overheat?

A new thermal transistor could help conduct heat away from delicate electronic components and also insulate them against chip and circuit failure.

(Image credit: Drs. Qian Zhong and Raag Airan, Stanford University)

November 12, 2018
Written by Stanford News

Using ultrasound to release drugs

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Stanford researchers used focused ultrasound to pry molecules of an anesthetic loose from nanoparticles. The drug’s release modified activity in brain regions targeted by the ultrasound beam.

(Image credit: Steve Castillo)

November 12, 2018
Written by Stanford News

Benjamin Franklin, social genius of the 18th century?

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Stanford American historian Caroline Winterer examined thousands of Benjamin Franklin’s letters as part of her research on the 18th century, which she argues was the first age of extensive social networks.

(Image credit: L.A. Cicero)

November 12, 2018
Written by Stanford News

New device can collect solar energy and cool buildings

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A new rooftop device under development will be able to produce electricity from sunlight while also beaming heat directly into space to cool buildings.

(Image credit: Michal Vadai)

November 12, 2018
Written by Stanford News

Watching nanoparticle photoreactions

Stanford researchers retooled an electron microscope to work with visible light and gas flow, making it possible to watch a photochemical reaction as it swept across a nanoparticle the size of a cold virus.

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