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Galaxy clusters yield new evidence for standard model of cosmology

April 5, 2023

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Kam Moler to step down as vice provost and dean of research to return to teaching and research

March 10, 2023

After five years in the role, Kathryn A.

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Staff

Celebrating Rosenna Yau's 47 Years Of Service To Stanford University

March 6, 2023

Physics Director of Finance and Operations Rosenna Yau is retiring in March 2023 after 47 years at Stanford.

Illustration showing distortions in a new quantum material that were produced by an electronic tug-of-war between negatively charged cobalt ions and positively...

SLAC, Stanford researchers make a new type of quantum material with a dramatic distortion pattern

February 24, 2023

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have created a new type of …

Lance Dixon, professor of particle physics and astrophysics at SLAC and Stanford, is one of three recipients of the 2023 Galileo Galilei Medal. (Farrin Abbott...

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SLAC theorist Lance Dixon receives Galileo Galilei Medal

February 17, 2023

Lance Dixon, professor of particle physics and astrophysics at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford…

The “Stanford Six” (from left): Monika Schleier-Smith, Hyowon Gweon, Erin Mordecai, Alia Crum, Jessica Feldman, and Lauren Tompkins. (Image credit: Andrew...

Faculty

Six Stanford professors share their story of friendship

February 7, 2023

In May 2016, six friends wound their way around the Stanford campus on an informal nighttime lab tour. The friends were six new faculty, and the labs…