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Stanford Engineering Magazine

Issue #75

polarization
Jul 3 2019
What is different about how Democrats and Republicans talk online?
Computation & Data, Technology & Society
Eyes focusing
Jun 28 2019
New ‘autofocal’ glasses aim to enable clearer vision
Health
Field
Jul 8 2019
A new way to grow crops in marginal soils could help feed the world
The discovery of an eco-friendly form of genetic engineering for plants has the potential to open up more farmland for food production.
Environment, Technology & Society
Colored code on a computer screen
Jun 26 2019
A new, more user-friendly language for programming supercomputers
Computation & Data
Zac Manchester holding a chip-sized satellite
Jun 20 2019
Researchers bust cost barriers by putting $100 satellites into orbit
Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Issue #74

Man walking in rainy weather in front of an illuminated building
Jun 3 2019
Sharad Goel: How hidden bias affects the criminal justice system
Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society
Illustration of multiple closed padlocks
Jun 18 2019
Q&A: What’s new in the effort to prevent hackers from hijacking chips?
Electronics & Networking
Illustration of arrows pointing in different directions
Jun 17 2019
Say “no” so you can say “yes”
Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives to pursue even better ones.
Video animation of fluorescent tags on cells
May 8 2019
Tag, you’re it! A new process provides a better understanding of cells
Health
Jun 20 2019
Could prosthetic limbs one day be controlled by human thought?
Health, Technology & Society

Issue #73

virtual assistant
Jun 4 2019
Monica Lam: Privacy in the age of virtual assistants
Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society
illustration of mammogram machine
Jun 3 2019
AI could help radiologists interpret mammograms more accurately
Health
artificial synapse
May 10 2019
A device that mimics the way neurons communicate
Within computing systems, this faux synapse could help to imitate the brain’s efficiency and ability to learn.
Computation & Data, Materials
soil
Jun 4 2019
A new approach to cleaning heavy metals out of soil
Environment
prosthetic foot
May 31 2019
A prosthetic foot that can handle tough ground
Health