Chemical Engineering

SLAC scientist Christopher Hahn sees his reflection in a copper catalyst that converts carbon dioxide into ethanol. | Image credit: Mark Shwartz

Jun 20, 2017

How do you make ethanol without growing corn?

Energy, Environment Issue #25

May 2, 2017

Flexible, organic, biodegradable: Developing a new wave of electronics

Materials

Stanford researchers lead an effort to sustainably produce nitrogen-rich fertilizer. | iStock/yupiyan

Mar 22, 2017

Can we use solar energy to make fertilizer right on the farm?

Energy

Stretchy electronics | iStock/shawn_hempel

Mar 13, 2017

Engineers use a soup additive to create a stretchy plastic electrode

Electronics & Networking, Materials Issue #18

Engineers develop an experimental technology that stores solar energy in a process that uses water as a battery. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Nov 1, 2016

Can splitting water become an efficient way to store solar energy?

Energy, Environment Issue #11

Lessons in fluid mechanics | iStock/Anna Khomulo

Sep 13, 2016

Pop science: Stanford engineers stop soap bubbles from swirling

Health, Materials

Synthetic polymers at work | REUTERS/Carlos Barria

May 20, 2016

How do you design a better polymer?

Materials, Technology & Society Issue #3

Can we build better prostheses? | REUTERS/Mary Schwalm

Apr 22, 2016

Zhenan Bao: On a quest to develop artificial skin

Health, Materials

In this sample of "artificial muscle," a circle marks the spot where, after the material was deliberately punctured in an experiment, its chemical nature allowed it to heal itself. | P

Apr 18, 2016

A super stretchy, self-healing material could lead to artificial muscle

Health, Materials

Renewables | Reuters/Mike Blake

Mar 31, 2016

Could a new catalyst use sunlight to efficiently extract hydrogen from water?

Energy Issue #1

Building a better contact lens | Reuters/Lucas Jackson

Mar 22, 2016

Eye on the prize: More comfortable contact lenses

Health, Technology & Society

Collage by Tricia Seibold (source: iStock/aleksandarvelasevic & iStock/CSA-Archive)

Mar 21, 2016

Can bioengineering transform cells into drug factories?

Health Issue #3

Stanford engineers can get scholarships to study music and other arts. | REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak

Mar 16, 2016

Musical training gives Stanford engineers a creative lift

Technology & Society

Jan 11, 2016

New Stanford battery shuts down at high temperatures and restarts when it cools

Electronics & Networking

Hands touching

Oct 15, 2015

Stanford engineers create artificial skin that can send pressure sensation to brain cell

Health, Materials

Professor James Swartz holds an enlarged replica of a virus-like particle. Swartz and his team have re-engineered a virus to deliver therapies to cells. | Photo: Linda Rice

Sep 21, 2015

Stanford team re-engineers virus to deliver therapies to cells

Health

Chemical engineer Elizabeth Sattely and her team have isolated the machinery for making a widely used cancer-fighting drug from the endangered mayapple plant. | Photo: Barry Blackburn/Shutterstock

Sep 11, 2015

Stanford engineers produce cancer drug from rare plant in lab to benefit human

Health

Aug 17, 2015

Microscopic Rake Doubles Efficiency of Low-cost Solar Cells

Energy

A new ‘designer carbon’ invented by Stanford scientists significantly improved the power delivery rate of this supercapacitor. | Photo: John To and Zheng Chen

May 29, 2015

New ‘designer carbon’ from Stanford engineers boosts battery performance

Energy, Materials

Colonies of microbes produce methane gas and other compounds in the lab of Professor Alfred Spormann. | Photo: MarShwartz)

May 18, 2015

Stanford engineers discover how microbes acquire electricity in making methane

Energy

Nov 5, 2014

Stanford chemical engineers borrow technique from petrochemical industry to store solar energy

Energy

Oct 10, 2014

Stanford team invents sensor that uses radio waves to detect subtle changes in pressure

Health

Work by Sarah Heilshorn and others could speed cell-based therapies for spinal cord injuries and other types of damage. | Photo: Rod Searcey

Sep 17, 2014

Stanford team developing gel-like padding that could help cells survive injection and heal spinal cord injuries

Health, Materials

Apr 18, 2014

Stanford research reveals new ways to study and control crystallization

Materials