Stanford experts discuss how specific policy approaches, particularly those addressing harmful fishing subsidies, can help support marine ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.
A research effort led by Stanford scientists set the first Guinness World Record for the fastest DNA sequencing technique, which was used to sequence a human genome in just 5 hours and 2 minutes.
Research finds that the cellular assembly line that produces proteins can stall with age, triggering a snowball effect that increases the output of misfolded proteins. In humans, clumps of misfolded proteins contribute to age-linked Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
An interdisciplinary team of Stanford researchers develop ethics and society review to prompt researchers to consider proactively the ethical and societal impacts of their research and how to mitigate potential harms.
The 2021 Stanford Earth Photo Contest yielded evidence that despite another difficult year, faculty, students and staff kept their academics, research and engagement with nature going. Two undergraduates and three graduate students won the top prizes.
Scholarship is at its best when it draws upon a diverse community. Here, Stanford faculty members share their breadth of life experiences and interests that fuel the dynamic learning environment on campus.
Stanford economist Guido W. Imbens was awarded the Nobel Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences today for his work in econometrics and statistics.
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute faculty affiliate Sergiu Pasca and his team of collaborators have pioneered transformational new techniques to grow simplified human brain circuits from human stem cells.
During Thursday’s Campus Conversation, Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell provided updates on campus planning, while Lloyd Minor, dean of the School of Medicine, and Kristan Staudenmayer, associate professor of surgery, discussed the current state of the pandemic.
Transgender adults who started gender-affirming hormone therapy as teens had better mental health than those who waited until adulthood or wanted the treatment but never received it, a Stanford-led study found.
New modeling suggests giant, cool blobs of titanium-rich rocks sinking down to the ancient Moon’s hot core could have produced intermittently strong magnetic fields for the first billion years of the Moon’s history.
The Stanford Board of Trustees has approved an allocation of university reserve funds for a new program to invest in diverse asset managers, creating new avenues for such firms to enter institutional investment portfolios.
Lerone A. Martin, the new faculty director of Stanford’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, discusses why access to information about King is more important than ever.
President Marc Tessier-Lavigne has appointed a committee, chaired by Associate Professor Ari Y. Kelman, to research assertions Stanford had quotas that limited admissions of Jewish undergraduate students in the 1950s. The committee will recommend steps to address its findings and enhance Jewish life on campus.
