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Scientists win $1 million for physics research - Stanford physics and materials science researchers will use a grant of $1 million to push the known limits of electron flow without heat loss for integrated circuits such as computer microchips....
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University planning bond issue -  The campus expects to receive the authorization from the California Educational Facilities Authority (CEFA) by March 17, and then expects to issue the bonds within the month....
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New SIEPR building dedicated amid hopes to 'encourage better economic policy around the world.' - A new building for the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) was dedicated Thursday....
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Stanford students reach local community with designs to help people with disabilities - David Jaffe's Perspectives in Assistive Technology class gives budding engineers hands-on experience....
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Research shows Silicon Valley land conservation didn't hurt housing development - Spatial analysis and statistical modeling show that most conserved lands in Silicon Valley wouldn't have been suitable for building houses anyway....
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Behavior of single protein observed in unprecedented detail by Stanford chemists - Holding a single protein still enough to observe it for more than a few milliseconds, but not so tightly that you crush its "free will," has been done for the first time by two Stanford chemists....
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SIEPR's new home to be dedicated on March 11 - The John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Building will house the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and aid generations of students, economic researchers and policymakers....
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Stanford dance performance mixes it up, hip hop to classical - Fusing and juxtaposing classical ballet with Jamaican vernacular dance, West African, Aztec, hip hop, jazz and contemporary concert dance, Friday's "Chocolate Heads Meets Beatflippers" mixes about 10 different dance styles from all over the world....
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu waves the banner for energy revolution - U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu visited Stanford on Monday to speak about the economic and environmental importance of developing clean energy technologies....
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U.S. poet laureate Kay Ryan speaks, teaches at Stanford - Kay Ryan may have dreamed of becoming a carpenter, but when she was about 10, she had "an amazing dream where I was chasing a piece of paper. And I know it had the most beautiful poem in the world on it," recalled the U.S. poet laureate, who is teaching a class at Stanford....
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Wealthier countries 'outsource' their carbon emissions to developing nations, study finds - When it comes to counting the United States' carbon emissions, we shouldn't stop at the border, say two Stanford scientists. It would be more accurate to include the carbon emitted from the factories in foreign lands that manufacture the goods we import....
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James Porterfield, GSB finance professor and market expert, dead at 89 - A memorial service will be held Saturday in Menlo Park to honor a life marked by service to the military and academia....
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Top Obama adviser encourages Stanford students to follow path of public service - Valerie Jarrett emphasized the need to engage in the public sector while delivering this year's St. Clair Drake Memorial Lecture....
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Steven Chu to speak on clean energy at Stanford student event - U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, a Stanford Nobel laureate, will speak on campus Monday about energy innovation and education....
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