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Composite image of the gravitational lens SDP.81 showing the distorted image of the more distant galaxy (red arcs) and the nearby lensing galaxy (blue center object). By analyzing the distortions in the ring, astronomers have determined that a dark dwarf galaxy (data indicated by white dot near left lower arc segment) is lurking nearly 4 billion light-years away. (Image credit: Y. Hezaveh; ALMA) Composite image of the gravitational lens SDP.81 showing the distorted image of the more distant galaxy (red arcs) and the nearby lensing galaxy (blue center object). By analyzing the distortions in the ring, astronomers have determined that a dark dwarf galaxy (data indicated by white dot near left lower arc segment) is lurking nearly 4 billion light-years away. (Image credit: Y. Hezaveh; ALMA)

Stanford physicists help discover hidden dwarf dark galaxy

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The discovery supports a powerful tool for discovering galaxies that are otherwise too distant to observe, and could lead to advances that improve our understanding of dark matter.
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(Image credit: Stanford University) (Image credit: Stanford University)

Stanford launches major effort to expedite vaccine discovery with $50 million grant

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Stanford University today announced that it has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate efforts in vaccine development. The $50 million grant over 10 years will build on existing technology developed at Stanford and housed in the Human Immune Monitoring Core, and will establish the Stanford Human Systems Immunology Center. The center aims to better understand how the immune…
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Manish Butte and colleagues in engineering have developd a way to rapidly map cells by making a major advancement in atomic force microscopy, a technology invented at Stanford. (Photo: Norbert von der Groeben) Manish Butte and colleagues in engineering have developd a way to rapidly map cells by making a major advancement in atomic force microscopy, a technology invented at Stanford. (Photo: Norbert von der Groeben)

New microscopy technique maps mechanical properties of living cells

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A new microscope could provide unique insights into treating immune disorders and cancer. Stanford News reports on a collaboration of pediatric immunology and electrical engineering researchers which has developed a microscope that can rapidly measure the mechanical properties of cells at the nanometer scale.
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A new microscope could provide unique insights into treating muscular degenerative diseases. A new microscope could provide unique insights into treating muscular degenerative diseases.

Stanford researchers develop microscope that allows first-ever look at live muscle units in action

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A new microscope could provide unique insights into treating muscular degenerative diseases. Stanford News reports on a collaboration of scientists in bioengineering, biology and applied physics which has developed a microscope that can visualize and measure the force-generating contractions of these patients' individual motor units.
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This nonlinear optical wave guide converts the wavelength of a single-photon signal to a common telecom wavelength. (Photo: L.A. Cicero/Stanford News) This nonlinear optical wave guide converts the wavelength of a single-photon signal to a common telecom wavelength. (Photo: L.A. Cicero/Stanford News)

Stanford physicists set quantum record by using photons to carry messages from electrons over a distance of 1.2 miles

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Stanford physicists have extended the distance they can demonstrate quantum communications. Stanford News reports on progress using photons to communicate between two electrons through more than a mile of fiber optic cable, an important step toward proving the practicality of quantum networks.
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