Stanford neurobiologist’s research on brain development paves the way for Alzheimer’s solutions
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Carla Shatz, famous for discovering how neural connections develop early in life, is using that knowledge to work on the problem of how they can later deteriorate from Alzheimer’s disease.
‘It’s an audacious human endeavor’
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Stanford physicist Lauren Tompkins is trying to solve the mysteries of the universe with subatomic particles. Such work requires teams of thousands that collaborate across the world.
Hoover Institution launches Technology Policy Accelerator to guide U.S. innovation
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The accelerator aims to enhance policymaking by providing insights into how emerging technologies are reshaping geopolitics, society, and the economy.
Stanford-led team shares honor for ‘revolutionizing’ study of high-energy cosmic phenomena
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The European Physical Society has awarded a top prize to the teams behind the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, which has yielded better understanding of pulsars, supermassive black holes, neutron stars, and more.
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The technical challenges and the architecture coming out of Stanford was super unique and novel.”
David Rosenthal, Stanford alum and host of the “Acquired” podcast, in a series tracing Google’s rise from a research project on campus to a tech giant
Scavenger animals are in trouble, and that could spell bad news for human health
Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford biologist and environmental scientist, on new research showing the impacts of a decline in large scavenger species.
Immigration raids add to absence crisis for schools
A study by education Professor Thomas S. Dee found that daily absences jumped 22 percent around the time raids occurred.