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Stanford anchors national manufacturing education effort

Two winter quarter engineering courses form the core curriculum for Foundry School, an initiative launched by the State Department to prepare the next generation of leaders in manufacturing.

New process boosts clean hydrogen production

Using a novel heating method that cuts carbon emissions, engineers dramatically improved hydrogen production efficiency. The process also comes with a surprising side benefit.

Zhenan Bao named to Forbes’ 2026 “50 Over 50: Innovation” list

AI designs a novel E. coli killer

Using an AI model of their own creation that writes whole genomes, a team of Stanford scientists has engineered a novel bacteria-fighting phage. A new age of antibiotics could be on the horizon.

From biology to astrophysics, AI expands the boundaries of discovery

AI is helping scientists model human cells, decode the universe, and accelerate discovery across nearly every field. Here are some key innovations from across campus.

Katarina Guzman selected for the 2025–26 Lecturers Award for Teaching and Undergraduate Education

honored for excellence in teaching

Elizabeth Sattely reveals the hidden talents of plants

The Stanford researcher views plants as nature’s ultimate chemists, with implications for how we treat cancer, understand food allergies, and feed the planet.

Xiaojing Gao received the Early Career Innovator Award from ACS Synthetic Biology

Recognizing an outstanding early career investigator conducting research in any area of synthetic biology.

Stanford researchers receive special Keck Foundation funding

The W.M. Keck Foundation bridge funding initiative made one-time grants designed to support early-career scientists navigating reductions in federal research funding.

Protein engineering and testing condensed to a single day

Bioengineers have developed a novel method to bypass traditional microbial gene cloning, enabling the design, construction, and testing of bioprotein variants cost-effectively and in just 24 hours.