Natural Sciences

Peter M. Ray, biologist with a passion for winemaking, has died at 94

The beloved professor taught students about plant cell growth and terroir.

Peter Ray dressed in winter gear standing on a snowy slope
Courtesy Syndonia Bret-Harte
Video content available for Stanford chemist Song Lin receives MacArthur Fellowship
Song Ling wears a blue lab coat and stands in front of a whiteboard filled with drawings of organic molecules

Stanford chemist Song Lin receives MacArthur Fellowship

Portrait of the three researchers surrounded by instrumentation.

Researchers observe first real-time quantum jump in sound

A metal piece of equipment with a round open chamber in the center

Physics advance could improve how AI remembers and learns

Portrait of Laura Dassama in the Stanford arcade.

Laura Dassama wins Shaw Award

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An acorn worm resting in the palm of a researcher's hand

Worm’s radical transformation shows metamorphosis can change the functions of cells

Portrait of Sharon Long

Sharon Long wins International Prize for Biology

Portrait of Hans Andersen

Hans Andersen, pioneer in the study of liquids and other materials, has died at 84

A beach scene with waves that have a glowing luminescent blue edge

New pathway found to make luminescence