Issue #105 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #105

The microlab test takes advantage of the fact that coronaviruses leave behind tiny genetic fingerprints wherever they go. | Getty Images

Nov 5, 2020

A new genetic microlab can detect COVID-19 in minutes

Health, Technology & Society

An AI tool spotted 80% of fakes by noting when “visemes,” or mouth formations did not match “phonemes,” or phonetic sounds. | Image by Agrawala lab

Oct 21, 2020

AI can detect seemingly perfect deep-fake videos

Technology & Society

“We need to ensure that hospitals remain operational to treat patients and avoid greater loss of life.” | Stocksy/Per Swantesson

Oct 19, 2020

A new technique predicts how quakes would affect a city’s hospitals

Environment, Health, Technology & Society

An artist rendering of a high-Q metasurface beamsplitter | Image by Riley A. Suhar

Oct 16, 2020

Stanford scientists slow and steer light with resonant nanoantennas