2023-08-23

How optimizing indoor humidity can help stop the spread of Covid and flu

2023-08-12

Let’s Talk Chemistry Podcast Episode 33: Dr. Richard Zare on the Mystery of Droplets and Life on Mars

2023-07-06

理查德·扎尔 Richard N. Zare speech presented at the 3rd World Laureates Forum (Oct. 2020)

2023-07-06

Interview with Richard N. Zare, 2009 Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences

2023-07-05

Professor Zare featured in “Dialogues between renowned scientists and Gen-Z at the 4th WLF” (Nov. 2021)

2023-06-12

Professor Zare in “Who Put the X in Bio-X?” by the Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program

2022-10-13

All about Dairy, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) (remote)

2022-08-19

A New Way to Stop the Spread of Respiratory Infections, IIT Bhubaneswar Talk 2022

2022-07-06

How to succeed at research? BITS Pilani, Goa, India (remote)

2020-10-29

大气颗粒物进入大脑，或导致认知障碍和痴呆

2020-10-29

Ultrafast Digestion of Proteins Using Microdroplet Mass Spectrometry

2020-10-29

Presenting at the World Laureate Forum 3 in Shanghai, China

2020-10-06

Richard N. Zare seminar at University of Alabama 2020

2020-09-28

The Quest to Control Chemical Reactions Using Interfacial Electric Fields

2020-09-27

Herlinde Koelbl – Fascination of Science: Richard Zare

2020-06-26

Dick Zare: ‘I got into big fights with my science teacher’, interview with Rebecca Trager, Chemistry World.

2019-03-23

Professor Zare presents the case for peer-informed review to increase innovation in scientific research at universities in this opinion piece for Chemical & Engineering News. A Chinese language version can be found here.

2018-11-20

Prof. Zare presents his research on the composition of scorpion venom in this video of a lecture given at El Colegio Nacional as part of a symposium discussing The best of Stanford University in Mexico.

2018-11-01

Richard N. Zare: An Oral History. Prof. Zare gives a narrative of his life and work in this interview conducted by the Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program.

2018-04-25

Professor Zare discusses autonomy and accountability in institutions of higher education in this opinion piece for Current Science.

2018-04-25

Professor Zare discusses autonomy and accountability in institutions of higher education in this opinion piece for Current Science.

2017-11-13

Professor Zare discusses Human Alcholysis.

2017-05-10

Professor Zare disusses the obsession with being number one in this opinion piece for Current Science. A Chinese language version can be found here.

2016-05-18

Professor Zare opines further on Scientific Authorship in this German language piece published in Bunsen Magazine. The English translation can be found here.

2016-04-10

Professor Zare on IISERs discussing the Indian higher educational system

2016

Richard N. Zare receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Edinburgh

2015-10-20

Professor Zare on better practices in scientific pubilishing

2015-08-28

Professor Zare performs a demonstration showing the fall and rise of a heavy water ice cube in normal water.

2015-04-07

Remembering Carl Djerassi

2015-04-01

Yonghe Zheng and Richard N. Zare, “Developing Fundamental Research that Meets the Needs of the Country but at the Same Time Motivates Curiosity-Driven Investigations,” China Social Science Net, December 28, 2014 (in Chinese).

2015-03-17

Stanford Lab Explores Fundamental Nature of Cancer Using Mass Spectrometry

2014‑02‑24

Professor Zare discusses the “Recipe for Life” with Astriobiologist and NASA-Ames Researcher, Lynn Rothschild.

2014-11

Richard Zare: Making Materials That Hate Water To Love Water: The Transformative Power of Chemistry

2014-05-16

Professor Zare on Scientific Authorship. Professor Zare discusses scientific authorship and how to give credit where credit is due in this guest editorial for Current Science. Chinese version published in China Science Daily

2014-05-07

Professor Zare on Science Funding in China. Professor Zare and Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker discuss the role of the Nation Science Foundation of China and its contributions and impact over the last 25 years.

2014-05

Science is Not a Zero-Sum Game, Interview with Prof. Zare in “Resonance”

2014-03-15

Professor Zare on Science and Techonology Centers. Professor Zare contributes as the Chairman of the Panel on Science and Techonology Centers in this publication put out by the National Academy of Sciences

2013‑02‑09

Richard Zare discusses Global Energy and Climate Change on Radical Physics.

2013-07-30

Chemical Fizzics: The Chemistry of Drink. Professor Zare speaks with Stanford summer school students about bubbles in carbonation and why they grow in size as they rise

2013-06-19

Professor Zare on Education Professor Coppola, University of Michigan, discusses a talk given by Professor Zare on education and creating a student-centered approach to learning.

2013-06-19

“Wired” Science or Whither the Printed Page? Professor Zare and Shmuel Winograd discuss the issues the scientific community faces when publishing their journals and papers electronically.

2013-01-19

Richard Zare Receives the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award from the People’s Republic of China. State Counselor Liu Yandong Presented Professor Zare with the Gold Medal Award.Press Release from The Chinese Academy of Sciences. Press Release in Chinese Local News Clip about the Award

2013-01-19

Professor Zare giving a presentation on Bubbles at Beijing Institute of Technology (in Chinese)

2012‑10‑30

Richard Zare gives Boissevain Lecture at Bucknell University on How To Be Successful. October 2012

2012-12-28

Professor Zare on Science Friday talking about the Science of Bubbles Including How to Make your Beer and Champagne Taste Better

2012-12-08

Prof. Zare on Tenure Professor Zare describes his departments criteria for tenure and what makes a good researcher. Korean Version.

2012-12-08

Prof. Zare on Obstacles Facing American Universities Professor Zare discusses the financial obstacles facing both public and private Universities in the United States.

2012-11-20

Professor Zare talks with NPR about Organic Compounds found in Martian Rocks and the Difficulty of Keeping Your Discoveries Quiet

2012-09-29

Richard Zare Discussing his TWAS Medal Lecture on His Advances in Detecting Tuberculosis at this year’s conference.

2012-09-20

Prof. Zare on Writing Professor Zare discusses the importance of writing and communication in the field of Chemistry for Stanford’s Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR).

2012-09-18

Richard Zare Receives The World Academy of Sciences Lecture Medal from President Hu Jintao of China (Chinese version). (Photo of Medal)

2012-08-13

Richard Zare Receives Torbern-Bergman Medal from Swedish Chemical Society for Significant Contributions to Analytical Chemistry (photo of medal)

2012-04-18

Assessing Academic Researchers, Angewandte Chemie Editorial 2012

2011‑03‑01

Richard Zare receives the Einstein Professorship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010

2011-11-21

Fatty Bundles Sneak siRNA Into Cells, Chemical and Engineering News 2011

2011-09-04

Why Help a Growing Scientific Giant?, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 8202 – 8203

2011-05-05

Richard N. Zare speaks at the IUPAC International Congress on Analytical Sciences (ICAS 2011), Kyoto, Japan, upon receiving honorary membership into the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry (JSAC), video recorded by Prof. Daniel Chiu, Department of Chemistry, Washington University

2010‑12‑17

The International Evaluation Committee (IEC) for assessing the performance of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) meets with State Councillor Madame Liu Yandong (in Chinese), Dec 17, 2010

2010‑12‑17

The International Evaluation Committee (IEC) for assessing the performance of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) meets with State Councillor Madame Lin Yandong (in Chinese), Dec 17, 2010

2010‑05‑10

Featured Scientist, Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy @ scifun.org

2010‑03‑30

Priestley Medal Presentation and Address, ACS Spring 2010 National Meeting, San Francisco

2010‑03‑22

Fostering Creativity, Chemical & Engineering News

2010‑03‑22

Bubbling With Enthusiasm, Chemical & Engineering News

2010‑01‑26

Richard N. Zare and Michael E. Fisher win the 2009 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences category

2010‑01‑26

Quack Zare BBVA Video

2010‑01‑26

Photo Awards Presentation Ceremony

2010‑01‑26

Media Clippings

2010‑01‑26

Cientificos de Frontera Zare Award Video

2010‑01‑06

Richard Zare receives Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM), The Stanford Report

2010‑01‑06

President Obama poses with Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) winners in the Blue Room of the White House

2010‑01-06

Prof. Zare on Mentoring, prepared for Presidental Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring award proceedings, January, 2010

2010-11-30

Richard Zare receives R. B. Bernstein Award in Stereodynamics

2010-10-06

Chunli Bai presents Richard Zare with an Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society Certificate

2009‑11‑09

Letter on Title IX, Perspective in Chemical and Engineering News

2009‑07‑27

Inaugural class of ACS Fellows honored for excellence in chemistry, service to society, Chemical & Engineering News

2009‑06‑29

Stanford researchers find a quicker, cheaper way to sort isotopes, Stanford Report

2009‑02‑04

The Zarelab Guide to Microfluidic Lithography

2009‑02

Charting a Course for Chemistry Education, M. M. Kirchhoff and R. N. Zare, Journal of Chemical Education 86, 145 (2009).

2009-08-17

Photos from the ACS Fellowship Award Ceremony

2009-07-18

Richard Zare Wins Priestley Medal, ChemPhysChem

2009-07-08

Zare Named 2010 Priestley Medalist, Chemical & Engineering News

2009-02-02

Inauguration of the Madan Mohan Malaviya Amphitheatre in the C. N. R. Rao Hall of Science

2008‑12‑31

Interview with Bloomberg Radio — “Teachers Need to Inspire”

2008‑11‑14

“Rising Above the Gathering Storm (RAGS) Redux: From RAGS to ???” plenary lecture presented at SERMACS on 11-14-2008.

2008‑11‑05

Modified Methanol/Air-fueled Bottle Rocket

2008‑07‑14

The Power of the Question, the speech that Prof. Zare gave to the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, has been featured on the Editor’s Page of C&E News.

2008-07-03

Stanford chemist shows there is action in failed chemical reactions. Prof. Richard Zare shows how energy can be transferred from a hydrogen atom to a deuterium molecule without the atom actually striking the molecule.

2008-07-03

Some fundamental interactions of matter turn out to be fundamentally different than thought, say Stanford researchers, Stanford Report

2008-03-21

Methanol/Air-fueled Bottle Rocket

2008-01-10

Receiving H. Julian Allen Award, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California

2007‑09‑11

“Wolf Prize Laureate Zare: I have a Chinese Penpal,” News article about Prof. Zare in ScienceNet (September 12, 2007)

2007‑09‑11

“Who is Able to Do Both Research and Management at the Same Time? I Am One of Them!,” News article about Prof. Zare in ScienceNet (September 13, 2007)

2007‑09‑11

“Richard Zare: Beijing Needs Three Solutions for Environmental Protections,” News article about Prof. Zare in Beijing Times (September 12, 2007)

2007‑09‑11

“Notes of Nobel Laureate Beijing Forum 2007,” News article about Prof. Zare in Science and Technology Daily (September 12, 2007)

2007‑09‑11

“Nobel Laureates Visited the Exhibition of Energy and Environment,” News article about Prof. Zare in Beijing Times (September 15, 2007)

2007‑09‑11

“Nobel Laureates Beijing Forum Will Open Tomorrow,” News article about Prof. Zare in Beijing Evening News (September 10, 2007)

2007‑09‑11

“Nobel Laureates Beijing Forum Richard Zare: Rub a Layer of Sunblock for the Earth,” News article about Prof. Zare in Beijing Evening News (September 12, 2007)

2007‑09‑11

“Do Best for Energy Saving: The Wolf Prize Laureate Walks to Work,” News article about Prof. Zare in ScienceNet (September 11, 2007)

2007‑09‑11

“Distinguished Scientists Received Honorary Professorships from Tsinghua University and Students Asked about Global Warming,” News article about Prof. Zare in Science and Technology Daily (September 12, 2007)

2007-11-01

A Quest for Fun, Article about Prof. Zare by Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay, In My Shoes, Anal. Chem. 79 7945-7947 (2007)

2007-10

CBS News on Why the Sky is Blue

2007-05-12

Receiving Honorory Doctorate at Chalmers Institute of Technology, Sweden

2006-06

Replace Coke and Mentos with Coke and Salt, Geyser of Coke demonstrated during a lecture at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

2006-05-15

Sex, Lies, and Title IX, Perspective in Chemical and Engineering News

2006-04-30

Letter to New York Times: Scientists Speak Out about Guantanamo

2006-01-23

Lecture on “How to Succeed in Research” given at Ecole Centrale, Paris

2006-01-18

Lecture on “What I Think a Photon Is” given at the launch of The Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester, UK

2005-05-22

Wolf Prize Acceptance Speech, Jerusalem, Israel

2005-01-31

Test Takers Or Scientists?, guest editorial for Chemical and Engineering News, Volume 83, Number 5 p. 3

2005-01-31

Test Takers Or Scientists? (Korean version), editorial in Chosun Ilbo (March 4, 2006)

2004-11-11

Lecture on “Chemical Fizzics” at the James Flack Norris Award ceremony, MIT

2004-03-20

ABC Australia: The Science Show–A Ticket to Mars

2004-03-17

Do bubbles in Guinness go down?

2003-06-20

“The Virtues of Failure” talk given at Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, France to receive Honorary Degree:

2003

Interview in Northwestern University alumni newsletter

2002-12

“From small beginnings . . .”, interview with Prof. Zare in “Chemistry in Britain” magazine

2002-06-17

“The Importance of Science and Technology for China”, Hunan University commencement (in English)

2001-08-07

Remarks made before the 14th Canadian Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Ottawa, Canada

2001-05-09

“Don’t Trust the Cricket!”, State University of West Georgia Commencement address

2001-05-03

“What are the Elements of a Successful Career in Chemistry?”, Charles Lathrop Parsons Award Address, National Press Club, Washington, DC

2000-05-21

In Question: Richard Zare, San Jose Mercury News SV Magazine (via the Wayback Machine)

2000-04-03

The Parsons Award Goes to Zare, Chemical & Engineering News

2000-03-27

The American Chemical Industry – A Perspective from an Academic, delivered talk at the 219th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco

2000-02-08

Chemistry Teacher Zare Captivates Young Minds with Lab Theatrics, Stanford Report

2000-01-01

A Highly Unoriginal Idea, Analytical Chemistry

1999-12-06

Millennial Musings, Chemical & Engineering News

1999-05-11

Pioneer of Laser Technique in Molecule Study Wins Welch Award, Houston Chronicle

1999-03-22

Tiny Reaction Vessels Mimic Cell Membranes, Chemical & Engineering News

1999-01-29

Interdisciplinary Research: From Belief to Reality, Science Magazine

1998-08-27

Level Head is Key to Talk of Martians, USA Today

1998-08-27

ChemWipes 2009

1998-08-16

Wonderfest Ponders Extraterrestrial Life, San Jose Mercury News

1998-08-12

Transcript of presentation of National Science Board Distinguished Service Award to Richard Zare, Washington DC

1998-07-20

Reshaping Affirmative Action, Chemical & Engineering News

1998-06-15

What Galileo And Newton Started, A Chemical & Engineering News Opinion Piece in which Professor Zare reviews The Ascent of Science by Brian Silver

1998-06-03

Remarks on receiving the 1998 Centennial Medal, Harvard University

1998-06-01

Progress in Practice: Three Plenaries I. Richard N. Zare, Enhance, Enable, and Elucidate, Article by Brian P. Coppola, The Chemical Educator 3 S1430-4171(98)03215-0 (1998)

1998-05-07

Report to the National Science Board, Richard N. Zare, Chairman NSB May 1996-May 1998, Washington DC

1998-05-07

Professor Zare’s report reflecting on the progress that the National Science Board made during his tenure as chairman.

1998-03-30

New Tools are Catalysts for Proactive Chemistry, Dallas Morning News

1997-11-11

“Was there life on Mars?” given at West Virginia University, part of the Benedum Lecture Series

1997-08-12

The Martian Chronicles, San Jose Mercury West Magazine

1997-06-18

Fraga, Zare receive Cox Medal for Fostering Undergraduate Research, Stanford Report

1997-01-08

Zare Ponders Life on Earth, Mars and Beyond, Stanford Daily Online

1996-08-05

Rethinking the ‘Other’ Sciences, A Chemical & Engineering News Opinion Piece in which Professor Zare discusses the importance of research areas lying outside the physical sciences.

1995-08-04

“Wired” Science or Whither the Printed Page, Editorial, Science 269, 615 (1995)

1994-12-21

Professor Zare on Science Friday talking about the best way to preserve the effervescence of an open bottle of Champagne

1990-04

Observation of the 0-fs pulse, An April Fools joke published in Optics & Photonics News

1988-04-29

Streaming video: “It’s a Blast!” public lecture on explosives by Col. Brian D. Shaw (Introduction by Prof. Zare)

1969-05-19

New Columbia Professor, 29, news item, New York Times, May 19, 1969