Stanford neurobiologist’s research on brain development paves the way for Alzheimer’s solutions
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Carla Shatz, famous for discovering how neural connections develop early in life, is using that knowledge to work on the problem of how they can later deteriorate from Alzheimer’s disease.
‘It’s an audacious human endeavor’
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Stanford physicist Lauren Tompkins is trying to solve the mysteries of the universe with subatomic particles. Such work requires teams of thousands that collaborate across the world.
Hoover Institution launches Technology Policy Accelerator to guide U.S. innovation
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The accelerator aims to enhance policymaking by providing insights into how emerging technologies are reshaping geopolitics, society, and the economy.
Stanford-led team shares honor for ‘revolutionizing’ study of high-energy cosmic phenomena
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The European Physical Society has awarded a top prize to the teams behind the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, which has yielded better understanding of pulsars, supermassive black holes, neutron stars, and more.
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These findings suggest that it is not only possible to stabilize the disease, but also to improve the condition of patients. This therapeutic approach has great potential to restore neuronal activity in Parkinson’s-affected circuits.”
Stanford neuroscientist Suzanne Pfeffer in a story about scientists successfully reversing Parkinson’s symptoms in mice.
Want to be a good explorer? Study economics
Reports on an economic model, pioneered at Stanford University, that helps process vast reams of information.
David Rosenthal, Stanford alum and host of the “Acquired” podcast, in a series tracing Google’s rise from a research project on campus to a tech giant.
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