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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.

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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
Read more about A cosmic symphony of vibrating strings

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A cosmic symphony of vibrating strings
Read more about The fractal universe

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The fractal universe
Read more about Lambda leads the way

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Lambda leads the way
Read more about Exploring the landscape

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Exploring the landscape
Read more about Where and who you are in VR has a real impact, study finds

Where and who you are in VR has a real impact, study finds
Read more about Frogs in space

Frogs in space
Read more about Pandemic stress physically aged teens’ brains, a new study finds

Pandemic stress physically aged teens’ brains, a new study finds
Read more about Stanford's Carolyn Bertozzi, 2022 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, on translational science

Stanford's Carolyn Bertozzi, 2022 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, on translational science
Read more about Sustainable health care

Sustainable health care
Read more about Stanford physicist Amir Safavi-Naeini named 2022 Moore Inventor Fellow
Stanford physicist Amir Safavi-Naeini named 2022 Moore Inventor Fellow
Read more about Breakthrough in the production of an acclaimed cancer-treating drug

Breakthrough in the production of an acclaimed cancer-treating drug
Read more about Stanford launches new data science major

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