What Are Clinical Trials, and How Do They Work?

A New York Times health reporter explains what clinical trials are, why they are important and how they can help inform us.

Randomized trials show no evidence of non-specific vaccine effects

For more than three decades, researchers Christine Stabell Benn and Peter Aaby from the Bandim Health Project have conducted randomized trials involving thousands of children in Guinea-Bissau and ...
NatureOpinion

‘It keeps me awake at night’: machine-learning pioneer on AI’s threat to humanity

Yoshua Bengio talks about his efforts to identify — and address — the risks posed by AI.

Largest RNA language model to date offers new way to predict behavior and boost drug discovery

RNA plays a vital role in how our genes are expressed and how diseases develop. Yet, because RNA molecules constantly change ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Scientists explore new frontier in autoimmune disease treatment by resetting ‘rogue’ cells

When your body’s immune cells attack you instead of protecting you, today’s treatments tamp down the friendly fire but they ...

Physicists unveil system to solve long-standing barrier to new generation of supercomputers

The dream of creating game-changing quantum computers—supermachines that encode information in single atoms rather than ...
The Stanford Daily

Research Roundup: ‘mini brains’ and mindful design

From lab-grown "mini brains" to new findings on digital design and political persuasion, University scholars are expanding ...