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Jan 7, 2022

Johan Ugander: How misinformation spreads faster than truth

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

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Jan 6, 2022

Martin Fischer: AI and virtual reality can help society build better

Artificial Intelligence, Environment, Materials

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Jan 5, 2022

Gill Bejerano: How cryptogenomics advances both science and privacy

Health, Technology & Society

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Dec 13, 2021

Cynthia Lee: How to teach computer science

Computation & Data Issue #128

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Nov 30, 2021

A synthetic immunotherapy seeks out and destroys tumors

Health Issue #127

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Nov 22, 2021

Chelsea Finn: How to make artificial intelligence more meta

Artificial Intelligence Issue #127

Illustration of droplet lattices

Nov 17, 2021

Researchers design a frugal way to study complex systems and materials

Materials Issue #126

An industrial assembly line

Nov 4, 2021

Researchers gain insight into how cells avoid assembly-line mistakes

Health Issue #125

Paper collage of a girl reading a book for online school.

Nov 3, 2021

Kayvon Fatahalian: How the pandemic changed the virtual world

Technology & Society

Abstract illustration of DNA helix

Oct 18, 2021

Kuang Xu: How to make (and keep) genetic data private

Health, Technology & Society Issue #125

Illustration of a dropper with gel

Oct 4, 2021

Eric Appel: Gels are changing the face of engineering ... and medicine

Environment, Health, Materials Issue #123

Illustration of rows of hospital beds

Oct 1, 2021

Lianne Kurina: How controlling confounders makes better epidemiology

Health

Graduate students at Stanford School of Engineering

Sep 30, 2021

“Graduate school is one of the most exciting times in life”

School News

Spheres in the Engineering quad

Sep 27, 2021

Stanford School of Engineering welcomes new faculty

School News

Soon, there’ll be a faster, more efficient chip for every task, but it’ll take industry-wide cooperation to get there. | Stocksy/Cosma Andrei

Sep 21, 2021

Priyanka Raina: How computer chips get speedier through specialization

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking Issue #124

Alison Marsden next to a research poster

Sep 10, 2021

Alison Marsden: Academia was the only real career path I considered

School News

CasMINI could delete, activate and edit genetic code just like its beefier counterparts. | Image credit: Stanley Qi/Pan Andrii/Shutterstock.com

Sep 8, 2021

Researchers develop a hypercompact CRISPR

Health Issue #123

Biondi’s sensor arrays are so sensitive they can detect sinkholes, landslides and even the rumblings of failing infrastructure. | iStock/rottadana

Aug 24, 2021

Biondo Biondi: How to measure an earthquake through the internet

Computation & Data, Security, Technology & Society

Aug 9, 2021

Emmanuel Candès: How to increase certainty in predictive modeling

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

HT-MEK combines microfluidics and cell-free protein synthesis technologies to dramatically speed up the study of enzymes. | Image by Daniel Mokhtari

Jul 22, 2021

A new tool drastically speeds up the study of enzymes

Health Issue #122

How do we move past silicon? | Stocksy/Javier Pardina

Jul 19, 2021

Srabanti Chowdhury: New forms of semiconductors are key to the future

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking Issue #123

Stanford graduate student Delaney Miller wearing the energy expenditure monitoring system. | Photo by Andrew Brodhead

Jul 14, 2021

A team of engineers design an accurate wearable calorie burn counter

Health, Technology & Society Issue #120

The researchers experimented on maize, pictured above, and other crops to test the effect engineered microbes have on plant growth and health. | Courtesy

Jul 6, 2021

Using nature’s miracle bugs to help feed the world

Environment, Health, Technology & Society Issue #120

Engineers are concerned about everything from the availability of raw materials to how many miles can I go before I run out of juice? | iStock/Jeff_Hu

Jun 30, 2021

Simona Onori: How ready are we for our electric future?

Electronics & Networking, Energy, Transportation & Robotics