Stanford chemist Song Lin receives MacArthur Fellowship
Awards & HonorsNews
Lin uses electricity to simplify complex chemical reactions, offering a path to making drug molecules more efficiently and with fewer hazardous chemicals.
Grad student draws on patient experience to develop medical devices
AcademicsProfile
Stanford graduate student Mitch Peterson survived cancer and a heart transplant. Now he’s developing medical technology to help others with chronic conditions.
Why changing California’s school menus may be difficult
Health & MedicineResearch
California schools are preparing to phase out certain ultra-processed foods by 2035. A Stanford Medicine study flags potential implementation challenges, from tight budgets to staffing shortages.
A Stanford economist explains the bond market
BusinessQ&A
Finance Professor Hanno Lustig lays out how the bond market works and what you need to know to make sense of the headlines.
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Markets don’t just distribute goods and services, they can shape our culture and they can shape us, in ways that sometimes we have a reason to care about.
Debra Satz, dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, on the moral limits of markets and why some things should not be for sale.
Stanford team partners with youth on school air quality
A Stanford research team is helping youth-led nonprofit ConServe expand low-cost air-pollution monitoring at schools and in underserved communities.
Why scientists are using cheap picnic coolers to protect some of the world’s most endangered animals
Steve Palumbi, professor of oceans, on the limits of conventional reef restoration. His team is testing a low-cost way to identify corals that may tolerate warming waters.
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What I Wish I Knew About Luck
Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.
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MoreStories in MotionMolecule in python blood could point to new weight-loss treatments
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A molecule that increases by a thousandfold in pythons after they eat holds promise for a weight-loss drug.
