In the lab and around the world, Stanford scholars are developing life-changing technologies and advancing the frontiers of knowledge.
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Stanford Deep Lab opens new frontiers in nanotech
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Building for Breakthroughs
Stanford researchers work across boundaries to expand what’s known, and what’s possible.
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Stanford Deep Lab opens new frontiers in nanotech
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Prescribed burns could cut California wildfire smoke by 10%
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Microchip implant helps blind patients read again
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The world’s largest digital camera
Researchers at Stanford and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory built a 3.2-gigapixel camera. Now installed at the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, it ceaselessly snaps photos of the southern night sky to create an ultrawide, ultrahigh-definition time-lapse movie of the universe.
A Legacy of Impact
The internet. Artificial intelligence. MRI. Beating heart transplants. Stanford is where many of the world’s most consequential discoveries have been made, supported by a decades-long research partnership between universities and the federal government.
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Antibody therapies made cancer and autoimmune disease treatments possible.
Recombinant DNA technology laid the foundation for the biotech industry.
Google’s PageRank algorithm revolutionized searching the web.
Internet protocols (TCP/IP) formed the backbone of the modern internet.
Microwave technology made military radar detection, commercial air navigation, and satellite communications possible.
Neural networks and reinforcement learning laid the groundwork for the AI revolution.
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Felix Bloch, Stanford's first Nobel laureate in Physics, 1952.
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Professor John McCarthy shows off computer chess in 1966.
Fueling economic growth
Many of the world’s most innovative and influential companies got their start on the Farm. Companies founded by Stanford alumni boost the U.S. economy, drive job growth, and promote national security and competitiveness.
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Communications companies founded by Stanford alums include Instagram, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and Yahoo!
- Netflix
Entertainment companies founded by Stanford alums include Netflix and YouTube.
- Nike
Retail companies founded by Stanford alums include Gap and Nike.
- Intuit
Commerce companies founded by Stanford alums include Intuit and PayPal.
- Gilead
Health Sciences companies founded by Stanford alums include Genentech and Gilead.
- Google
Technology companies founded by Stanford alums include Cisco Systems, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Nvidia, and Tableau.
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Call it Practical Alchemy
With seven schools and experts from nearly every field of human inquiry together on one campus, unexpected connections at Stanford are, well, expected.
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A national research laboratory
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At the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy lab operated by Stanford, researchers probe how the universe works at the biggest, smallest, and fastest scales.
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How the Rubin Observatory maps the universe every night
NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will run the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and build a 10-year time-lapse of the entire southern sky. Find out what goes into unlocking the cosmic data.
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Light-controlled beta blockers show promise for new and improved medicines
Researchers used X-ray lasers to control a modified cardiovascular drug with light and captured snapshots showing how it binds to proteins.
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Scientists capture how cells trigger inflammation
SLAC scientists observed an immune signaling complex forming inside cells for the first time, revealing insights that could guide new treatments.
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Researchers use atomic disorder to design longer-lasting batteries
By disrupting the atomic structure of lithium-ion batteries, SLAC researchers eliminated the expansion and contraction that causes degradation.
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An independent public policy think tank
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The Hoover Institution, established at Stanford in 1959, seeks to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that promote economic opportunity and prosperity. Its world-renowned Library and Archives, founded in 1919 by Stanford alumnus Herbert Hoover, holds more than a million volumes and nearly 7,000 collections pertaining to war, revolution, and peace.
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Inaugural Bio-Leadership Summit looks to a biotic future
The Hoover Institution’s Bio-Strategies and Leadership Initiative gathered over 350 leaders to discuss the expanding role of biotechnology in health, security, and the economy.
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What should governments do about AI and jobs? Hoover experts weigh in
During two recent panels, scholars, industry leaders, and former policymakers explored government’s role in preparing workers and maintaining public trust during AI’s workplace transformation.
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Event kicks off commemoration of America’s founding
The Hoover Institution began its yearlong celebration of America’s 250th anniversary with a discussion on how Enlightenment principles influenced the nation’s beginnings and continue to shape debates today.
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World-class libraries and archives
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Stanford is home to 21 libraries, each with a vast and easily accessible collection. Holdings encompass hundreds of thousands of rare books, dozens of medieval and early modern manuscripts, hundreds of thousands of photos from Silicon Valley and the Civil Rights Movement, half a million recordings in the Archive of Recorded Sound, well over ten thousand rare maps, globes, and atlases, the archives of Buckminster Fuller, Allen Ginsberg, and Apple Inc., and much more.
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Teaching Stanford’s history
A new spring quarter course examined Stanford’s past, including the people, personalities, and politics that have made the university what it is today.
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Rare photos of Rosa Parks discovered at Stanford
The images showcase a side of Parks that many have forgotten or never knew about.
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Stanford students dive into Hoover’s historical archives to uncover forgotten chapter in U.S.-Russian history
Stanford students had the opportunity to explore historical materials housed at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives firsthand through the Bread + Medicine project.
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Meet our faculty
Stanford researchers are laying the foundation for longer, healthier lives and a thriving future for humanity and the planet.
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Michelle Monje
Therapies for deadly pediatric brain cancer
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Steve Palumbi
Heat-resistant coral to withstand climate change
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Renee Zhao
Swimming robots to break up blood clots in the brain
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Jason Yeatman
Classroom solutions for kids who struggle to read
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Laura Carstensen
Societal solutions for longer lifespans
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Mark Skylar-Scott
3D printed hearts and other organs, on demand
Global Impact
Research collaborations don’t stop at the edge of campus. Students and faculty partner with communities across the Bay Area and around the world to put innovation to work where it’s needed most.
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Solutions around the world
Public health
Whether addressing maternal and child mortality, pollutants in air and water, communicable disease, or the survival of populations in conflict zones, Stanford researchers connect the local and global to forge solutions.
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Drones and AI take flight to combat mosquito-borne disease
As warming temperatures spread dengue to new regions, Stanford researchers are using drones and artificial intelligence to hunt down hidden mosquito breeding sites.
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National security
Stanford research in areas from political science to history to public health bears deeply on national security. So does Stanford innovation: Stanford programs partner with the federal government and with industry to develop new technologies and understand their implications.
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Stanford researchers and Air Force partner to test AI copilots
A flight-simulation platform and in-aircraft testing aim to show how AI could help pilots make safer decisions in emergencies.
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Sustainability
Complex problems require radical collaboration. At Stanford, researchers come together across disciplines to understand Earth’s processes and to innovate for human and planetary health.
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Education
Learning is a social act, a cognitive feat, and a policy challenge. Stanford scholars work with schools, technologists, and community organizations to understand the contexts and drivers of learning – and to measure and improve educational methods and systems.
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John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities celebrates 25 years
At Stanford’s Gardner Center in the Graduate School of Education, researchers partner with school districts, local leaders, and communities to turn data into action.
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