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Two Stanford scientists found hope and learned lessons for improving disaster response after oil spills hit close to home.

Stanford scholars Jonathan Osborne and Daniel Pimentel make a case for “a fundamental shift” in K-12 science education.

American beaver populations are booming in the western United States as conditions grow hotter and drier.

For years, the Stanford Biomechatronics Laboratory has captured imaginations with their exoskeleton emulators – lab-based robotic devices that help wearers...

Thanks to new RNA vaccines, we humans have been able to protect ourselves incredibly quickly from new viruses like SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

When Feyaad Allie traveled to India in the summer to explore research possibilities after his second year at Stanford, he had a general interest in studying the

Sixteen Stanford seniors, graduate students, and alumni have been awarded grants to pursue special projects abroad next year with funding from the Fulbright U.S.

Stanford University researchers have developed a key experimental device for future quantum physics-based technologies that borrows a page from current, everyday

One cutting-edge cancer treatment exciting researchers today involves collecting and reprogramming a patient’s T cells – a special set of immune cells – then put

For PhD students belonging to groups that are underrepresented in their chosen fields of study, navigating graduate school can pose unique challenges.

Today’s rechargeable batteries are a wonder, but far from perfect. Eventually, they all wear out, begetting expensive replacements and recycling.

Unlike the jumble of frequencies produced by the light that surrounds us in daily life, each frequency of light in a specialized light source known as a “soliton

For more than a decade,

Stanford is home to 450 Indigenous and Native-identifying students. They represent tribes and communities from across the country and around the world.

To celebrate the 60th birthday of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway in 1889, the journal Acta Mathematica offered a prize for manuscripts that could he

When sound was first incorporated into movies in the 1920s, it opened up new possibilities for filmmakers such as music and spoken dialogue.

Provost Persis Drell told the Faculty Senate Thursday that a committee has been charged with developing recommendations for a process to create a new institute o

Amid a growing push for schools to better prepare young people to navigate a world awash in data, a team of scholars led by Stanford Graduate School of Education

In a 14-year analysis of air quality across California, Stanford researchers observed higher levels of air pollutants within 2.5 miles of oil and gas wells, like

For a child leaving juvenile detention, building a relationship with a teacher who believes in them can make all the difference.