Stanford Report

Micah Ford raises his arms in celebration in the end zone after scoring a touchdown during a football game.

Cardinal football is back – here’s what you need to know

Athletics

News

A new head coach, upgraded stadium, and standout players make this football season one to watch. Here’s what Nerd Nation needs to know.

A researcher in a lab coat operates a 3D printing device that deposits red material through a nozzle onto a glass plate.

Multimaterial 3D printing opens new frontiers

Science & Engineering

Q&A

A vivid illustration shows lotus flowers symbolizing retinal ganglion cells reopening, representing gene-editing tool TIGRa's role in activating neuroprotective genes after injury.

Gene therapy breakthrough fits where CRISPR can’t

Health & Medicine

News

A drawer holds dozens of labeled fossil specimens, including ammonites, corals, shells, and a large curved tooth.

Stanford’s landmark geoscience collection begins a new chapter

Libraries & Archives

News

The university’s half-million-specimen geoscience collection, featuring fossils, deep-sea finds, California minerals, and more, is being revitalized to support environmental studies.

Amir Goldberg holds a clicker and gestures while speaking to a class, with a slide on responsible AI use behind him.

Team develops AI tool to predict workplace dynamics

Artificial Intelligence

Research

A prize-winning faculty-student collaboration is developing an LLM to uncover the hidden ways people work together.

Concept illustration of a planet with a thick atmosphere and a vast magma ocean.

Why some planets have theory-defying atmospheres

Science & Engineering

Research

Scientists expected planets hugging their stars to be airless, yet some maintain thick atmospheres. New Stanford research explains the mechanism behind this atmospheric paradox.

In the news

Being able to make the connection between the sources of major pollution ... and the impacts of climate change will allow for better arguments in the courtroom.

Maxine Burkett, professor of environmental social sciences, on how attribution science could strengthen climate litigation.

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San Jose Mercury News

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.

Vox

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.

Research Matters

Federal investments in basic science at Stanford contributed to the development of radar, GPS, heart transplants, MRI scans, the internet, and AI.

What will it yield tomorrow?

Featured reading

What I Wish I Knew About Luck

Tina Seelig

Book

Citing real-life anecdotes and behavioral science research, Tina Seelig, executive director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, argues that much of what we call luck is the result of deliberate actions and consistent efforts.

Featured reading

Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.

Lerone Martin

Book

Stanford’s Lerone A. Martin traces King’s early life from his childhood in Atlanta through his college years at Morehouse and his path to seminary to examine how the civil rights leader’s youth informed his activism.

Featured reading

Moral Economics

Alvin E. Roth

Book

Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin E. Roth argues that many of society's most contentious debates, including those over abortion, drug legalization, and organ donation, are better understood as market design problems than as ethical standoffs.