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In today's newsletter:

  • Which former Stanford stars dominated NFL Week 15?
  • Which Stanford Medicine breakthroughs could soon change how your doctor treats you?
  • Could hydrogen leaks quietly undermine the promise of a clean energy future?

Also on today's calendar: AutoVino Hosts Cars & Cabernet Toys for Tots Drive and 5 more events.

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📰 News we're reading

1. Stanford in the NFL: Week 15 Recap (gostanford.com) — From Stanford, Calif., the Cardinal football program is celebrating a big Week 15 in the NFL, highlighted by tight end Colby Parkinson’s two-touchdown game for the Rams and Dalton Schultz’s strong outing for the Texans. The recap tracks how numerous Stanford alumni—from Christian McCaffrey to rising contributors across the league—performed, giving local fans a detailed look at Cardinal impact on Sundays.
   

2. Stanford Medicine's 2025 scientific advancements (stanford.edu) — Stanford Medicine researchers in your backyard spent 2025 advancing treatments that could reshape care for dementia, cancer, diabetes, genetic diseases, and more. From targeted drug delivery and gentler stem cell transplants to brain-aging blood tests and macular degeneration prostheses, these Stanford-led breakthroughs may soon influence how patients here and worldwide are diagnosed and treated.
   

3. Overlooked hydrogen emissions are heating Earth and supercharging methane (stanford.edu) — Stanford University scientists helped lead new research showing that leaking hydrogen emissions are quietly adding to global warming and making methane pollution last longer in the atmosphere. The study, published in Nature, warns that without strict controls on hydrogen and methane leaks, the hoped-for climate benefits of a future hydrogen economy could be sharply reduced worldwide.
   

4. Scientists curb battery degradation by tuning nickel-rich cathodes (interestingengineering.com) — Stanford-affiliated scientists at SLAC have helped develop a new way to make nickel-rich lithium-ion battery cathodes last longer by preventing a damaging structural collapse. Their electrochemical “disordering” method keeps batteries stable without sacrificing capacity and could be integrated into large-scale manufacturing. The work, done with Korean collaborators, appears in Nature Energy and may influence future EVs and grid storage.
   

5. Hoover in 2025: Bringing Together Expertise and Leadership to Confront America's Challenges (hoover.org) — Stanford residents may be interested that the Hoover Institution on campus spent 2025 hosting high-profile national and international leaders, including Supreme Court justices and cabinet officials, for talks on policy, technology, and global security. The institution also expanded its media reach with widely viewed podcasts and videos, keeping Stanford at the center of national debates on issues from AI to foreign affairs.
   

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    Thursday December 18
  • U.S. Postal Service Job Fair - PALO ALTO
    United States Postal Service , 2085 E Bayshore Rd , East Palo Alto
    10:00 am
  • Musical Jamboree With Stay and Play!
    2 Dinkelspiel Station Ln , Atherton
    10:30 am
  • Spanish Bilingual Storytime | Hora de Cuentos Bilingue
    Portola Valley Library , 765 Portola Road , Portola Valley
    11:00 am
  • Atherton Library Yoga at Holbrook-Palmer Park
    Holbrook-Palmer Park , 150 Watkins Ave , Atherton
    11:30 am
  • Open Lab: Drop In Memory Lab
    Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
    1:00 pm
  • ESL Conversation Club
    Los Altos Library , 13 South San Antonio Road , Los Altos
    1:30 pm

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