Stanford Engineering Magazine

Issue #133

Illustration of a woman in a lab

Mar 14, 2022

The promise and challenges of relying on AI for drug development

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Portrait of Monroe Kennedy

Mar 14, 2022

Why the future needs robots with a human touch

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Photo of cable trays overhead in a data center.

Mar 11, 2022

The crucial role of data compression

Electronics & Networking, Energy

Photo of liver pathology under a microscope.

Mar 11, 2022

Regenerating and rejuvenating human tissues

Issue #132

Aerial view of wastewater treatment facility.

Mar 2, 2022

Researchers turn wastewater into a valuable resource

Energy, Environment

Mar 2, 2022

Why AI must embody the values of its users

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society

Image of a particle

Feb 18, 2022

Seeking an indestructible battery

Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Materials

Illustration of various healthcare workers.

Feb 18, 2022

A more thoughtful approach to technology can improve medical care

Health, Technology & Society

Issue #131

Image of cells and biological chain

Feb 18, 2022

“Protein circuits” move a step closer to cell-to-cell communication

Electric train track

Feb 14, 2022

A scholar explores global electricity use during COVID

Photo of nurse using a computer in a hospital ward.

Jan 21, 2022

James Zou: Trust is AI’s most critical contribution to health care

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Health

Comic book panel showing a woman whispering into the ear of another woman.

Jan 7, 2022

Johan Ugander: How misinformation spreads faster than truth

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Issue #130

Illustration of robot and human shaking hands.

Feb 9, 2022

How do you build a better robot? By understanding people.

Artificial Intelligence, Transportation & Robotics

Photo of farmland with a smoky horizon.

Jan 28, 2022

Can we engineer crops to withstand climate change?

Environment, Technology & Society

Illustration of a network

Jan 27, 2022

Analyzing the ethical and societal impacts of proposed research

School News, Technology & Society

Collage of sustainable planet held by a hand.

Jan 6, 2022

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

Artificial Intelligence, Environment, Materials

Issue #128

Solar cells held up with tip of tweezers

Dec 15, 2021

New solar materials could usher in ultrathin, lightweight solar panels

Energy, Environment

Two young women work together on a laptop.

Dec 13, 2021

Cynthia Lee: How to teach computer science

Computation & Data

Image of hand casting multi-colored shadows.

Dec 10, 2021

Researchers create a device that imitates social touch, but from afar

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Image of bird robot on tree branch

Dec 8, 2021

A team of engineers create a perching bird-like robot

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Issue #127

Image of a laser

Dec 2, 2021

Stanford engineers propose a simpler design for quantum computers

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking

Image of immunotherapy molecule targeting tumor

Nov 30, 2021

A synthetic immunotherapy seeks out and destroys tumors

Illustration of colorful speech bubbles

Nov 30, 2021

How do you give voters a greater voice in their local governments?

Technology & Society

Close-up of a computer screen with programming code.

Nov 22, 2021

Chelsea Finn: How to make artificial intelligence more meta

Artificial Intelligence