The Welch Road Utility Project near Menlo Park at Stanford University concluded earlier than anticipated.
The Welch Road Utility Project near Menlo Park at Stanford University is concluding earlier than anticipated.
Stanford scientists have built the thinnest, most efficient absorber of visible light on record, a nanosize structure that could lead to less-costly, more efficient, solar cells.
Participants in Stanford Ignite at the Graduate School of Business learn how to move their innovative ideas forward. Offered since 2011, the program is expanding this year to Paris and Bangalore, and next year to Beijing.
Stanford mechanical engineering professor David Lentink and his students capture slow-motion video from the fastest wings in the bird world, with an eye toward building flying robots that take design cues from Mother Nature.
Stanford alumnus, friend and benefactor John Arrillaga Sr. has made a new gift of $151 million to the university.
During a period when circular migration between Mexico and the United States declined, border militarization led to an increase in illegal immigration, says Stanford scholar Ana Raquel Minian.
A new agreement will ensure the long-term preservation of the Walters Art Museum's digitized collection of medieval manuscripts and provide new apps for studying them.
Here's the latest transportation news from the Menlo Park City School District.
Ravenswood City School District identified a woman from McClellan, California as the finalist.
Menlo Park and Atherton residents recall their most memorable teachers for National Teacher Appreciation Day.
The new material's artificial "atoms" are designed to work with a broad range of light frequencies. With adjustments, the researchers believe it could lead to perfect microscope lenses or invisibility cloaks.
The Menlo Park-based social media company donated thousands of dollars to a new non-profit called The Ring The Bell Fund
The discovery pushes back the roots of agriculture in China by 12,000 years. The global emergence of similar practices around 23,000 years ago hints that agriculture evolved independently around the world, perhaps as a response to climate change.
A study of a major urban school district reveals how high-achieving students tend to get the most experienced teachers, leaving other students in classes with less experienced teachers.
Denise Pope, a senior lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, explains the findings of a new paper that reviews the data on Advanced Placement courses and offers suggestions to students and parents.
At some point, scientists may be able to bring back extinct animals, and perhaps early humans, raising questions of ethics and environmental disruption.
Pursuing the misunderstood Humboldt squid, William Gilly strapped video cameras and electronic sensors to the animals, exhaustively analyzed their habitats, tracked them with sonar and raised their eggs.
The Menlo Park City School District will meet next week to talk about the state of the district's budget.
Students from four Menlo Park schools are walking to school this morning to celebrate Earth Day.
Associate professor of English is honored for his best-selling novel, "The Orphan Master's Son."
Such a panel could vastly improve the daylight cooling of buildings, cars and other structures by radiating sunlight back into the chilly vacuum of space.
Through a digital analysis of correspondence from travelers on the famed European "Grand Tour," classicist Giovanna Ceserani is discovering how international travel fostered cultural and academic trends in the 18th century.
The school was recognized for the way it collaborates with families.
Teaching students how to argue based on available evidence engages them in the scientific process and provides a better idea of how science actually works. The challenge is training teachers. Learn more.
Read the latest news about transportation in the Menlo Park City School District, including carpools, bike swaps, and new pedestrian crossings in town.
Condoleezza Rice says failing schools undermine economic growth, competitiveness, social cohesion and the ability to fill positions in institutions vital to national security.
Menlo Park City School District is making plans to accommodate future students.
'Pied Piper of new research-based legal education' chosen for 2013 Roland Volunteer Service Prize.
The Menlo Park City School District will vote Tuesday night whether or not to terminate the German American International School’s lease on the O’Connor campus.