As healthcare systems increasingly rely on predictive algorithms to make decisions about patient care, they are bumping up against issues of fairness. For example, a hospital might use its electronic healthcare records to […]
Levels of a substance in nonagenerians’ and centenarians’ blood accurately predict how much longer they’re going to live. The substance comes from the brain. The findings, in a study published in Nature Aging, could prove […]
Researchers showed long ago that artificial intelligence models could identify a person’s basic psychological traits from their digital footprints in social media. That may be just a start. A new study, co-authored by Stanford’s Johannes Eichstaedt and […]
Just like you can’t treat a termite infestation by fumigating only one room in a house, you can’t control the coronavirus pandemic by targeting interventions to a specific region or country, says […]
Mealworms are not only able to eat various forms of plastic, as previous research has shown, they can consume potentially toxic plastic additives in Styrofoam with no ill effects, a new study […]
Stanford experts discuss the linkages between climate change and health, an area that will be a focus of Stanford-led events at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. It’s no secret […]
Sounds accompanying computer-animated content are usually created with recordings. Now, a new system synthesizes synchronized sound at the push of a button. Advances in computer-generated imagery have brought vivid, realistic animations to […]
New Stanford research shows that sentences that frame one gender as the standard for the other can unintentionally perpetuate biases. While saying “girls are as good as boys at math” is meant […]
A Stanford-led study questions previous findings about the value of foreshocks as warning signs that a big earthquake is coming, instead showing them to be indistinguishable from ordinary earthquakes. No one can […]
Researchers develop novel approach to understand both human and environmental impacts on coral reef health across the Hawaiian Islands. Many of Hawaii’s once-thriving coral reefs are now struggling to recover from recent […]
A new analysis of data from all public school districts in the United States indicates that poverty does not determine the quality of a school system. For years, parents and policymakers have […]
Stanford study finds that just a few natural gas wells account for more than half of all leaked methane gas, a potent greenhouse gas, in the United States. The bulk of methane […]
By hacking ISIS, Anonymous could throw a wrench into the terror group’s activities, and although this type of vigilante-style hacking is illegal in the United States, it’s doubtful that anyone would be […]
Study finds smaller movie screens, more show times boost ticket sales, but not in all markets In emerging economies, where real estate is expensive and space is limited, there has been a […]
One of the more recent members of The 7R Future Leadership Institute is Mr. Teun Depreeuw. Teun Depreeuw is founder and owner of Muurtuin.be, a company specialized in designing, manufacturing, installing and maintaining vertical gardens. Click the picture to read more.
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