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Jan 13, 2022

John Hennessy receives the Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering

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Dec 15, 2021

New solar materials could usher in ultrathin, lightweight solar panels

Energy, Environment Issue #128

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Dec 2, 2021

Stanford engineers propose a simpler design for quantum computers

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking Issue #127

Close-up of a computer screen with programming code.

Nov 22, 2021

Chelsea Finn: How to make artificial intelligence more meta

Artificial Intelligence Issue #127

An image of a prototype of holographic display

Nov 15, 2021

Researchers are using AI to create better virtual reality experiences

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society Issue #126

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Nov 11, 2021

A Stanford course dives into untold histories of inventions

School News

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Oct 18, 2021

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

Health, Technology & Society Issue #125

Graduate students at Stanford School of Engineering

Sep 30, 2021

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

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

A new technology will make your phone much smarter. | Adobe Stock/elenabsl

Jul 29, 2021

New ‘AI-at-the-edge’ smartphone chip lives, and learns, close to home

Artificial Intelligence, Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society Issue #120

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

This next phase of semiconductor discovery will transcend electrical engineering and involve many other academic disciplines. | Stocksy/PER Images

Jul 8, 2021

Can Stanford University help solve the global semiconductor crisis?

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, 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

Bendable, shapeable computer circuits, worn on or implanted in the human body, could perform many health-related tasks. | iStock/Ilya Lukichev

Jun 17, 2021

Engineers develop a new technique to manufacture flexible electronics

Electronics & Networking, Health Issue #119

New research allows a patient with paralysis to “write” their thoughts at some 17 words per minute, setting a new record. | Stocksy/Chris Zielecki

Jun 3, 2021

Krishna Shenoy: How brain-computer connections could end paralysis

Electronics & Networking, Health Issue #119

New software and hardware taps into the brain to convert thoughts about handwriting into text on a computer screen. | Unsplash/Aaron Burden

May 26, 2021

New software turns ‘mental handwriting’ into words on computer screens

Artificial Intelligence, Health Issue #118

The technique puts new power in the hands of engineers. “How they will use it is up to them,” says Professor Shanhui Fan. | Stocksy/Sam Burton

Apr 23, 2021

A new optical device enables engineers to fine tune the color of light

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data Issue #115

The future will be dominated by AI | iStock/mmustafabozdemir

Mar 29, 2021

Kunle Olukotun: How to make AI more democratic

Artificial Intelligence, Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society

The transition to 5G will affect every device connected to the internet, including drones. | Adobe Stock/Andy Dean

Mar 25, 2021

A new initiative aims to ensure 5G networks are reliable and secure

Computation & Data, Security, Transportation & Robotics Issue #114

Photonic components need to become much smaller and cheaper to compete with silicon. | Adobe Stock/Amgun

Feb 9, 2021

David Miller: How light could transform computing

Computation & Data, Materials

We’ll need new and better instruments and processes to understanding the workings of the brain. | Adobe Stock/highwaystarz

Feb 5, 2021

Jin Hyung Lee: How can we systematically cure brain diseases?

Artificial Intelligence, Health Issue #110

“We’re opening up a window onto a world of cognition that has been opaque to science until now.” | Image by Gil Costa

Jan 29, 2021

Researchers develop a system that shows decision making in real time

Health Issue #113

Hardware and software innovations give eight chips the illusion that they’re one mega-chip working together to run AI. | Stocksy/Javier Pardina

Jan 11, 2021

New hybrid chips can run AI on battery-powered devices

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data Issue #110

A protoype of the RT-ELISA, essentially an entire lab within a chip with tiny pipes and valves no wider than a human hair | Photo by Caitlin Maikawa

Jan 4, 2021

A new lab-on-a-chip turns blood test snapshots into continuous movies

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Health Issue #108