How benign water transforms into harsh hydrogen peroxide
Chemistry Professor Richard Zare and colleagues have shown that electric charge transfer when water droplets contact solid materials can spontaneously produce hydrogen peroxide, a finding with implications for cleaning and disinfection efforts.
Jeffrey Glenn, professor of medicine and of microbiology and immunology, is on a mission to de-fang COVID-19 and prepare the world for future viral threats.
Heaviest neutron star to date is a ‘black widow’ eating its mate
Stanford and UC Berkeley researchers have been studying black widow systems for more than a decade, hoping to discover just how large these neutron stars can grow.
Black in Neuro’s Brielle Ferguson on balancing science with activism
Brielle Ferguson, co-founder of Black in Neuro, talks about her research at Stanford and her work to improve the diversity of the scientific community.
Mapping electric fields to help unravel how enzymes work
A probe developed by Stanford researchers reveals previously unknown structure of electric fields inside an enzyme’s active site, yielding clues to the source of enzymes’ power.
People with lower levels of an antiviral antibody as well as those with lung disease take longer to clear COVID-19 symptoms, say Stanford Medicine researchers.
