Natural Sciences

Stanford Science Fellows 2026 cohort announced

The School of Humanities and Sciences has awarded eight scholars the distinguished Stanford Science Fellowship, a three-year opportunity to pursue their research and build scientific community across disciplines.

Collage of current SSF cohort
Paul R. Ehrlich standing in front of trees

Biologist and environmentalist Paul Ehrlich has died

Go behind the science with Rodolfo Dirzo

Photo of Nina and Jeff Wine

A life-changing shift from neuroscience to cystic fibrosis research

Photo of Tony Heinz

Tony Heinz wins 2026 Optica award

Photo of Carolyn Bertozzi

Carolyn Bertozzi named Royal Society of Chemistry Honorary Fellow

An illustration of a family tree

Mathematical model calculates probability of shared ancestors for African Americans

Jon Simon with the cavity array microscope

Light-based platform sets the stage for quantum supercomputers

Close up of an optical amplifier chip, similar to the one detailed in the new study, that is being developed in the lab of Stanford physicist Amir Safavi-Naeini. A red laser light shines from an optical fiber on the left to help with aligning the fiber to the chip.

New chip-sized optical amplifier can intensify light 100 times