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Vehicle engines spew lots of methane. | iStock/milehightraveler

Sep 24, 2021

Pretreatment of palladium with steam could improve methane combustion

Energy, Environment, Materials

Popping viscoelastic bubbles, as captured by a high-speed camera. | Courtesy Fuller Lab

Jul 19, 2021

What makes bubbles pop?

Materials, Technology & Society

A team demonstrates the flexibility and stretchability of their artificial skin. | Photo by Yuqing Zheng

Jul 6, 2021

Engineers develop a practical way to make artificial skin

Health, Materials, Technology & Society Issue #121

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

When engineers design for disability, everybody benefits. | Adobe Stock/zlikovec

Jun 24, 2021

How to engineer for inclusion

Technology & Society Issue #119

Jim Swartz: “This could be how we make sure the world never has to suffer a pandemic like COVID-19 again.” | Photo by Andrew Brodhead

Mar 17, 2021

A scholar shows how a rapid-response vaccine could stop pandemics

Health, Technology & Society Issue #112

Pipe dreams | Adobe Stock/Win Nondakowit

Nov 12, 2020

Will Tarpeh: How to take the waste out of wastewater

Energy, Environment, Health Issue #106

Ammonia fertilizers help feed the world. Could a new process produce these crop-boosting chemicals sustainably? | Photo by Zbynek Burival on Unsplash

Oct 9, 2020

A Stanford team puts carbon-free fertilizer to the test

Energy, Environment Issue #103

What if human effluent could be recycled not just at waste treatment centers, but also in homes, office buildings, and factories? | Unsplash/Ivan Bandura

Jul 7, 2020

What if waste could be recycled efficiently and profitably?

Environment, Health, Technology & Society Issue #98

A conventional (clear) electrolyte on the left and the novel Stanford electrolyte of the right | Image courtesy of Zhiao Yu

Jun 25, 2020

A new battery electrolyte may boost the electric vehicles’ performance

Energy, Environment, Transportation & Robotics

Desalination plants around the world produce about 27 billion gallons of drinking water each day. | Photo by Pixabay/Jarmoluk

Jun 4, 2020

Stanford researchers design a more efficient and affordable desalination process

Environment, Health Issue #113

What’s going on inside? | Science Source/David M. Phillips

Apr 3, 2020

Alex Dunn: When cells communicate by nudging one another

The colors in the image above show the patterns that govern how neurons are arranged in the brain of an experimental worm. | Courtesy of Wang lab

Mar 26, 2020

Surprise! A hidden pattern drives brain growth

Health Issue #91

The synthetic mesh (in gold) can change the behavior of neurons shown here. | Ella Maru Studio and Yoon Seok Kim/Jia Liu, Deisseroth/Bao Labs)

Mar 24, 2020

A team of scientists invent a method to modify the behavior of cells

Health

The adoption of wearable electronics is limited by their need to derive power from bulky, rigid batteries that reduce comfort. | Unsplash/Nadine Shaabana

Jan 15, 2020

A new stretchable battery can power wearable electronics

Electronics & Networking Issue #86

1 in 5 people will experience a mental health disorder in their lifetime. | iStock/DrAfter123

Dec 9, 2019

Science seeks a better way to measure stress, anxiety and depression

Health Issue #84

The ability to detect DNA in blood led to the development of a broad array of noninvasive medical tests. | Science Source/Wladimir Bulgar

Nov 22, 2019

Stephen Quake: What can the DNA in your blood reveal about your health?

Health, Technology & Society Issue #83

The carbon-neutral cycle could help reduce the near-term impact of global warming. | iStock/filo

Nov 19, 2019

What if we could convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into fuel?

Energy, Environment Issue #83

‘Bloom where you’re planted’ isn't just a catchy phrase in the plant kingdom, it’s a matter of survival. | Unsplash/Lesly Juarez

Nov 15, 2019

Elizabeth Sattely: Plants are the ultimate chemists

Environment, Health Issue #82

If it’s possible to engineer tomato plants to resist infections, this could be a first step towards helping agricultural plants do the same. | Unsplash/Tom Hermans

Oct 29, 2019

Scientists have developed a ‘vaccine’ to protect tomato plants

Environment, Technology & Society Issue #81

Can we use information about individual patients to more effectively detect and treat cancer? | iStock/Pitchayanan Kongkaew

Oct 29, 2019

Ash Alizadeh: A New Age in Oncology

Computation & Data, Health, Technology & Society

Could this be a boon for the development of next-generation electric vehicles? | Shutterstock/Scharfsinn

Sep 9, 2019

A new coating brings lithium metal batteries closer to reality

Electronics & Networking, Transportation & Robotics Issue #78

The system tracks health indicators more accurately than smart phones or watches. | Unsplash/briantagalog

Aug 19, 2019

Wireless sensors stick to the skin like band-aids to monitor health

Health Issue #77

The exhaust emitted from your car is less harmful thanks to the work of catalytic converters. | Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch

Aug 12, 2019

Q&A: How the catalytic converters in cars go bad and why it matters

Environment, Materials Issue #76