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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.

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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.

Read more about Biologist Tadashi Fukami named new faculty director of Jasper Ridge

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Biologist Tadashi Fukami named new faculty director of Jasper Ridge

Read more about Human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire genera

Human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire genera

Read more about Farming for food and biodiversity

Farming for food and biodiversity

Read more about Stephen Shenker and Leonard Susskind awarded 2023 Dirac Medal

Physicists Stephen Shenker with white hair and wearing glasses and a polo shirt and Leonard Susskind with a short white beard, wearing a crew-neck blue shirt and standing in front of a blackboard full of equations

Stephen Shenker and Leonard Susskind awarded 2023 Dirac Medal

Read more about Stanford-led collaboration to explore electrodynamics of neutron stars and black holes receives $8M in funding from Simons Foundation

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Stanford-led collaboration to explore electrodynamics of neutron stars and black holes receives $8M in funding from Simons Foundation

Read more about Study finds silica particles chemically react

Study finds silica particles chemically react

Read more about Bioengineered tool unmasks cancer cells

Bioengineered tool unmasks cancer cells

Read more about Tze Leung Lai, professor of statistics with an interdisciplinary approach, dies at 77

Tze Leung Lai wearing a light-blue collared shirt, royal blue and red tie, and dark coat standing under one of the arcades along Stanford University's Main Quad

Tze Leung Lai, professor of statistics with an interdisciplinary approach, dies at 77