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Our research includes a strong focus on fundamental questions about the new physics underlying the Standard Models of particle physics, cosmology, and gravity; and the nature and applications of our basic frameworks (quantum field theory and string theory) for attacking these questions.   Our research also includes a major emphasis on the novel phenomena in condensed matter physics that emerge in systems with many degrees of freedom.

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The Shoucheng Zhang Memorial Workshop - May 2 - 4, 2019

Apr 3 2019
The Shoucheng Zhang Memorial Workshop

Our friend, Professor Shoucheng Zhang, passed away on December 1, 2018. This was a great loss for the entire physics community.  To honor Shoucheng and to celebrate his remarkable science and life, we are organizing a Memorial Workshop from May 2-4, 2019.

Why Black Hole Interiors Grow (Almost) Forever

Dec 6 2018
Quanta Magazine
Leonard Susskind, a pioneer of string theory, the holographic principle and other big physics ideas spanning the past half-century, has proposed a solution to an important puzzle about black holes.

Universal Quantum Phenomenon Found in Strange Metals

Nov 19 2018
Quanta Magazine
Sean Hartnoll offers insight on experiments suggesting that exotic superconducting materials share a “strange metal” state characterized by a quantum speed limit.
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May 14 2019 | Theoretical Biophysics
To most physicists, almost everything about evolution is puzzling.  What determines how much complexity can — and has — evolved?  Why is there so much biological diversity on all scales of differences?   How could evolution select for future “evolvability...
Nov 29 2018 | Condensed Matter
The Department of Physics at Stanford University hosted a special colloquium featuring Robert B. Laughlin, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences.
Jul 15 2018 | Quantum Information
When Shannon formulated his groundbreaking theory of information in 1948, he did not know what to call its central quantity, a measure of uncertainty. It was von Neumann who recognized Shannon’s formula from statistical physics and suggested the name entropy. This was but the first in a...
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