Natural Sciences
Dynamic enzyme acts like a Swiss Army knife for ribosomes
For decades, scientists have not understood the fate of a ribosome after it has produced a protein for delivery to an interconnected cellular transport network. New research suggests one fate involves a regulation pathway on which the dynamic enzyme inspects the spent ribosome for possible reuse.
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.
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.