Natural Sciences
Liqun Luo wins National Academy of Sciences neuroscience award
Liqun Luo, the Ann and Bill Swindells Professor and professor in the Department of Biology, has been named the recipient of the 2025 National Academy of Sciences Award in the Neurosciences. Awarded every three years, the prize recognizes extraordinary contributions to the progress of the fields of neuroscience. Luo is recognized for his contributions to the understanding of the development and organization of neural circuits.
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Stanford Statisticians Tackle COVID-19
This stories series presents three studies in the Department of Statistics addressing the coronavirus outbreak using different approaches: tracking genetic mutations in the coronavirus, developing a more practical approach to predictive modelling, and designing clinical trials of promising new treatments.
Is our universe one of many?
This five-part series tells the story of how theoretical physicists at Stanford helped develop the String Theory Landscape – and in the process sparked a fierce and still ongoing debate about what science is and what it should be.
