Today’s Solutions: June 18, 2025

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Stanford’s first new school in decades is dedicated to the climate crisis

For the first time in 70 years, Stanford University is opening a new school—The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, a school dedicated solely to studying the climate crisis. The doors of Stanford’s school of sustainability will open this fall, an event made possible by generous Read More...

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This “extreme” plant could be the beginning of climate-resistant crops

We tend to think of crops as delicate and temperamental, that they require a lot of care and particular conditions to grow in. While this is certainly true for, say, avocados, which require incredible amounts of water naturally found in tropical rainforests, some crops evolved to live and thrive in Read More...

Treatment of wound by sterilizing and closing with a bandage.

This gel heals the delicate skin of people with “butterfly disease”

What is butterfly disease? The rare disease known as epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a genetic condition that causes the skin to be extremely fragile. Even the slightest touch can tear it, leaving people with wounds that never heal and even resulting in skin cancer. This gives EB its name Read More...

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This startup turns CO2 into jet fuel and plastics

The impressive Bay Area-based startup, Twelve, is on a mission to replace petrochemicals at a large scale so that it can significantly slash global energy emissions—something that we urgently need to do for our species’ survival. Converting CO2 into something useful How will they do it? Read More...

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Can a machine read your mind? Turning thoughts into words

BrainGate recently made a technological breakthrough that has the potential to improve the quality of life of people living with paralysis. Previously, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) had been able to translate thoughts into the physical world through point-and-click systems using virtual Read More...

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Brain-computer interface enables paralyzed man text with his thoughts

Neuroscientists from Stanford University have just made history by successfully converting brain activity related to handwriting into actual text in real-time. The team, working together with the BrainGate consortium, achieved the feat thanks to a new brain-computer interface (BCI) that could Read More...

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Forested hills may soon replace seawalls in coastal communities

Seawalls have become a popular man-made defense against high tides and tsunamis, but a new study shows that carefully designed forested hills could provide similar protection while also protecting environmental health and beautifying our coastal cities.  The design involves a hill covered in Read More...

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The trick to getting people to eat more vegetables? Catchy names.

Are you having a difficult time getting yourself or your kids to eat their vegetables? The solution might just be a bit of creativity. A new study has found the most effective way of getting people excited about vegetables is enticing names. The study, which experimented with names of vegetable Read More...