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Issue #119

A doctor fitting a patient with a 3D-printed splint
Jun 16 2021
Joseph DeSimone: How 3D printing is changing medicine
Health
A blind person using a computer with a braille computer display
Jun 24 2021
How to engineer for inclusion
Technology & Society
A futuristic illustration of two hands, pointing at a smartwatch
Jun 17 2021
Engineers develop a new technique to manufacture flexible electronics
The long-sought future of flexible electronics that are wearable has proven elusive, but Stanford researchers say they have made a breakthrough.
Electronics & Networking, Health
Side view of a tranquil, positive, casual young woman sitting in a wheelchair against a dark gray wall
Jun 3 2021
Krishna Shenoy: How brain-computer connections could end paralysis
Electronics & Networking, Health

Issue #118

Fountain pen writing on black lined paper
May 26 2021
New software turns ‘mental handwriting’ into words on computer screens
Artificial Intelligence, Health
A person with a Stanford shirt aboard the International Space Station holding a plastic bag labeled "Gecko Gripper"
May 24 2021
Stanford ‘gecko gripper’ tested on the International Space Station
Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics
An image of fish, mice, flatworms and sponges
May 26 2021
Bioengineers develop an algorithm to compare cells across species
Their work could help fill in gaps in our understanding of evolution.
Environment, Technology & Society
a bird's-eye view of three people receiving a vaccine in their own individual partition
May 21 2021
Julie Parsonnet: How faith in herd immunity may be misplaced
Health, Technology & Society

Issue #117

Video editors at work in an editing room
May 4 2021
Maneesh Agrawala: How AI is changing video editing
Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society
May 12 2021
A chance to apply sci-fi concepts to real space exploration
Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics
Varicella zoster, the herpes virus
May 18 2021
A bioengineer aims to turn nature’s virus fighters into powerful drugs
Antimicrobial peptides fight viral diseases but a structural flaw makes them difficult to use as drugs. A deft molecular fix could create synthetic “peptoids” to cure diseases.
Health
Water droplets on a glass surface
May 12 2021
To make particles flow more efficiently, put an obstacle in their way
Health