Earlier this week, I was invited to testify at a public hearing sponsored by NYC Votes, a division of the New York City Campaign Finance Board. The hearing was a platform for voters to express their issues with the arcane electoral system in New York State.

Researchers may have discovered another extremely rare quantum material containing entangled atoms without a specific structure. If the material is confirmed to house a quantum spin liquid, the implications for quantum computing are quite exciting.

Scientists have developed a mechanism to directly reprogram stem cells into motor neurons. The development gives hope to the estimated 6,000 people in the US diagnosed with ALS each year.

Stanford celebrated the opening of the 155,000-panel array Stanford Solar Generating Station in Kern County, California. The 200-acre park will produce the equivalent of over half of the electrical power used by the Stanford campus.