Nadav Lidor, ’16, will pursue a master’s degree by research in computer science at the University of Oxford, one of 63 international scholars chosen from around the world.
The oldest of the adults in the U.S. who use the internet, cellphones and other communication technology report feeling less lonely, more satisfied, and more physically fit.
Squeezing a platinum catalyst a fraction of a nanometer nearly doubles its catalytic activity, a finding that could lead to better fuel cells and other clean energy technologies.
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Jon Mulholland, director of the Cell Sciences Imaging Facility, has won the annual prize awarded to staff members who have made outstanding contributions to Stanford's research mission.
The university’s application to Santa Clara County anticipates housing and academic space needs out to 2035. Stanford will continue to place a priority on sustainable development and alternative transportation strategies.
Senior environmental systems engineering major Meghan Shea will pursue a master’s degree in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance at the University of Oxford as one of 32 Americans chosen for a Rhodes Scholarship.
The university has heard increased reports in recent days of people from a variety of backgrounds and across the political spectrum feeling targeted or silenced on our campus. Intolerance of others based on their background, identity or views is antithetical to our values.
Stanford Health Policy faculty members Michelle Mello, David Studdert and Laurence Baker discuss repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and how it could affect health coverage in the United States.
Our leaders can move forward together to address poverty, tax reform and immigration reform, and heal our divisions in the process, says Manuel Pastor, professor of sociology at the University of Southern California.
Some 400 people gathered in more than 20 campus and hospital locations to practice their response to a 7.0 earthquake that, thankfully, did not strike California on Nov. 8. But it could have.
The polls leading up to the Nov. 8 presidential election showed Clinton with a clear lead, but Trump won the election. The reasons for that discrepancy range from who participates in polls to statistical errors.
Weighing in after the election of Donald Trump, Stanford Law School faculty look at the Supreme Court, the Voting Rights Act, executive power, race and birtherism, the Affordable Care Act, reproductive rights, marriage equality, the Electoral College, poverty law, the Rust Belt vote, the future of Dodd Frank, corporate governance, gun control and climate change.
Lisa Lapin, associate vice president for university communications at Stanford University since 2008, has been promoted to a new post as vice president for university communications, effective November 21.
Stanford Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic has helped secure a landmark settlement with national trucking giant J.B. Hunt that will allow its Sikh truck drivers to maintain unshorn hair in accordance with their deeply held religious beliefs.
Until now, there's been no way to control all sorts of devices, wirelessly, via the internet because there’s been no two-way radio smart and small enough to make this possible. A new technology called HitchHike could change that.
Students, health care professionals and entrepreneurs team up at the inaugural health++ Hackathon to create new technologies and lasting collaborations.
Researchers have built a machine that sends messages using common chemicals. Among many potential applications, this system could relay secret messages or allow tiny devices to communicate inside the human body.
In a global survey of kelp forests, scientists found that some populations are remaining stable or increasing despite global climate change in part due to local management of stressors such as pollution, fishing and coastal development.
New research finds far more abandoned oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania than previously thought and provides a framework for identifying wells across the United States and globally that are the worst methane leakers.
A study of energy use in a community near Stanford finds that all-electric battery vehicles offer a more affordable way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions than cars powered by hydrogen.
Using digital tools and literature to explore the evolution of the Spanish language, Stanford researcher Cuauhtémoc García-García reveals a new historical perspective on linguistic changes in Latin America and Spain.
Service members and the Stanford community joined together on Veterans Day to honor two Stanford alumni who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country. Marines Ryan McGlothlin and Michael Weston lost their lives while fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and are now memorialized on the Wall of Honor in the lobby of Memorial Auditorium.
Fred Luskin, lecturer in wellness education in the Health and Human Performance unit of Stanford’s Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation, offers his thoughts on forgiveness.
