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Lianne Kurina: How controlling confounders makes better epidemiology
As the world has learned through the recent pandemic, epidemiological studies can be complicated by many unanticipated factors. Lianne Kurina is an e…
4 years, 6 months ago
Priyanka Raina: How computer chips get speedier through specialization
For decades, the general-purpose central processing unit—the CPU—has been the workhorse of the computer industry. It could handle any task—literally—…
4 years, 6 months ago
Biondo Biondi: How to measure an earthquake through the internet
Most people know the seismograph, those ultrasensitive instruments that record every small shift in the Earth’s crust.
But did you know that the very …
4 years, 7 months ago
Emmanuel Candès: How to increase certainty in predictive modeling
Anyone who’s ever made weekend plans based on the weather forecast knows that prediction – about anything – is a tough business. But predictive model…
4 years, 7 months ago
Srabanti Chowdhury: New forms of semiconductors are key to the future
Electronics are everywhere these days, so much so that often we don't even register that we are using them. The use of electronics will only grow ove…
4 years, 8 months ago
Simona Onori: How ready are we for our electric future?
It now seems more certain than ever that the world will make the all-important transition to electric vehicles, but that shift raises important quest…
4 years, 9 months ago
Irene Lo: How math makes markets fairer
Engineer Irene Lo studies markets, but not traditional marketplaces based in cash.
Instead, she studies markets for goods/resources that place a high …
4 years, 9 months ago
Joseph DeSimone: How 3D printing is changing medicine
Oft-heralded 3-dimensional printers can build objects ranging from simple spoons to advanced running shoes.
While those objects are usually made very …
4 years, 9 months ago
Tina Hernandez-Boussard: How data improves the quality of health care
Tina Hernandez-Boussard is an expert in biomedical informatics who says a new era of understanding the real outcomes of our health care systems is on…
4 years, 9 months ago
Nate Persily: How to restore faith in America’s elections
Nate Persily is a professor at Stanford Law School and an expert in election law.
He sees the most recent presidential election as a fundamental chang…
4 years, 10 months ago