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A new study finds that as climate changes, dewdrops are forming on plants’ leaves earlier in the spring, triggering a chemical cascade that hastens flowering. | Credit: JOGCHUM REITSMA/MINDEN PICTURES

Water droplets set off a chemical cascade that tells a plant it’s time to blossom, a new study finds.

Around the world, plants are flowering earlier in the year than they used to. Climate change seems the obvious culprit, yet warming temperatures…

The award recognizes early-career scientists whose accomplishments mark them as the next generation of leaders.

Grant Rotskoff and Steven Banik are among eight Stanford faculty to receive the 2026 Sloan Research…

Grant Rotskoff, Yuejun Shen, and Aaron Lindenberg. | Credit: Do Pham; Courtesy Yuejun Shen; Alex Johnson

Researchers have developed a breakthrough technique that quantifies energy dissipation in complex, small systems, offering insights into energy use, efficiency, and speed in computers and other devices.In briefResearchers have devised a way to…

Carolyn Bertozzi, the 2022 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, has been named an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the highest honor the society gives, and it recognizes scientists for the significant contributions they have made in…

Professor Lynette Cegelski has been appointed the Monroe E. Spaght Professor of Chemistry, effective immediately.

Research in the Cegelski laboratory is driven by the need to uncover and define the chemistry that underlies…