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Robert Finn, an expert in the mathematics of complex surfaces and capillaries, has died at 100

A Stanford professor for nearly six decades, Finn was influential in the mathematics of complex shapes and of capillary action.

Robert Finn

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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.

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The String Theory Landscape

A cosmic symphony of vibrating strings

The fractal universe

Lambda leads the way

Exploring the landscape

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Where and who you are in VR has a real impact, study finds

Frogs in space

Pandemic stress physically aged teens’ brains, a new study finds

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Stanford's Carolyn Bertozzi, 2022 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, on translational science

Sustainable health care

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Stanford physicist Amir Safavi-Naeini named 2022 Moore Inventor Fellow

Breakthrough in the production of an acclaimed cancer-treating drug

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Stanford launches new data science major

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