Christian Sanchez’s life is notably busy. A typical day for the father of five involves getting his children ready for school, managing their schedules, including doctor’s appointments and extracurricular activities, planning dinner, and helping run a bustling household. Amid all of this, he works on his Stanford degree.
The Vincent Coates Foundation Mass Spectrometry Laboratory at Stanford University has introduced students in the Translational Research and Applied Medicine (M-TRAM) program to the latest biomedical research tools. The lab features a new Bruker timsTOF Ultra, an advanced mass spectrometry instrument, which is among a handful available nationwide.
Provost Jenny Martinez presented Stanford University’s 2024-25 budget plan to the Faculty Senate on Thursday, highlighting strategic investments in research, teaching, and clinical care while addressing affordability and infrastructure challenges.
Rising seas and extreme storms fueled by climate change are generating more frequent and severe floods in cities along rivers and coasts. Aging infrastructure is often ill-equipped to handle these new realities, leading to uneven distribution of benefits when governments and planners attempt to improve flood resilience.
As many as 100 billion lifeforms, roughly the number of people who have ever lived on Earth, can be found in a liter of seawater. These microscopic organisms, collectively known as plankton, form the foundation of a global food chain, produce about half the oxygen we breathe, and sequester massive amounts of atmospheric carbon for thousands of years. Despite their significance, they remain scientific mysteries due to high research costs and erratic funding.
Victor Davis Hanson, in his book, “Mexifornia,” said the contemporary trend away from immigrants following assimilation when they enter the U.S. means they live in the country but do not "become citizens of the United States nor to return to Mexico," and as a result they never find a place in either culture.
The culminating project for the design-build seminar Responsive Structures is a 23-foot-high outdoor contemplation space installed in front of the Anderson Collection. Made of wood salvaged from a California wildfire, the structure is a testament to harmonious coexistence and the transformative power of design. Uni-no-Ki, or Tree Urchin, is open to the public through May 31, and small-scale process models built by students are on display in the museum lobby.
The only price of premium gas in cities throughout Santa Clara County was found at a single gas station in the week ending May 25, according to GasBuddy.com.
The only price of midgrade gas in cities throughout Santa Clara County was found at a single gas station in the week ending May 25, according to GasBuddy.com.
The only price of regular gas in cities throughout Santa Clara County was found at a single gas station in the week ending May 25, according to GasBuddy.com.