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Wendy Mao, Xiao-Liang Qi, and Alberto Salleo have been honored for work in compressed-matter physics, quantum many-body systems, and organic and polymer electronic materials.

Stanford finance professor Ilya Strebulaev helped assemble the largest dataset of individual VCs to date – and found that 90% of net profits flow to just 5% of players.

These standout Cardinal student-athletes are excelling in competition and in the classroom.

On view at the Anderson Collection, Patty Chang: surfacing features works exploring the 19th-century Point Alones Chinese Fishing Village, now home to Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station.

The 2026 Bass University Fellows begin their five-year terms this academic year and are invited to join a council that advises the vice provost of undergraduate education on a range of issues.

A new study suggests gut microbes traveled with humans out of Africa. Many of these microbes are now rare or absent in industrialized populations.

This year’s awardees are researching communication between cells, language development in children, medical AI tools, and more.

Karl Deisseroth won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday. From his mom to his kids to his colleagues, hear what those who know him had to say about the Stanford professor and his achievement.

Researchers recorded extreme heat and elevated nitrogen dioxide in restaurant kitchens using gas or propane appliances.

Collaborators and colleagues came together across campus to celebrate Karl Deisseroth’s Nobel Prize win.

A Stanford study reveals how changes in DNA packaging can help immune cells burst, shedding light on a defense process implicated in autoimmune diseases.

Karl Deisseroth helped pioneer optogenetics, now used in thousands of labs worldwide to study how nerve-cell activity shapes behavior.