The Milky Way represents an outlier among similar galaxies, universe survey data shows
The Milky Way galaxy has long been considered the ideal model for studying galactic evolution. But three new studies co-led by Stanford scientists reveal that the birth of our home galaxy may not be typical of how other galaxies evolved.
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December 4, 2024
New Center for Poetics ‘supports and encourages the vitality of the field’
Building upon a workshop established in 2007, the center will enable a broad range of new activities, including events honoring Stanford luminaries in poetics.
November 20, 2024
Exotic quantum state of matter visualized for the first time
Thanks to a new microwave-based imaging method they developed, researchers have successfully observed a material exhibiting intriguingly fractionalized electric charges on its edges, ushering in new physics and potential applications
November 6, 2024
Elizabeth Buchter Bernhardt-Kamil, longtime director of the Language Center, pioneering scholar, and beloved mentor, has died
Known to friends as “E.B.,” she brought a new form of language instruction to Stanford.
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