Electrical Engineering

The goal: finding the best method for charging an EV battery in 10 minutes that maximizes the battery’s overall lifetime. | Stocksy/Melanie Kintz

Feb 28, 2020

How we could supercharge battery development for electric vehicles

Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Environment Issue #89

Researchers were able to lay the groundwork for creating quantum sources with controllable properties, such as color, intensity and position. | Getty Images/metamorworks

Feb 26, 2020

A team of researchers explore the defects in quantum materials

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Materials Issue #89

Think first, then swing. | Reuters/USA TODAY USPW

Feb 26, 2020

A team of scientists explore how the brain trains muscles to move

Health Issue #90

Electrons respond to forces as simple as the sort of magnetism even children understand. Photons are far more challenging. | ScienceSource/James Welgos

Feb 20, 2020

What if we could teach photons to behave like electrons?

Computation & Data Issue #88

The power of light | Unsplash/Christopher Burns

Jan 24, 2020

Jelena Vuckovic: Photonics — a light on the computing horizon

Computation & Data, Energy, Technology & Society Issue #86

Better movement is key to better health. | Unsplash/Phil Coffman

Dec 13, 2019

Scott Delp: Better gait, better life

Computation & Data, Health, Technology & Society Issue #87

A bright idea for the next generation of chips. | Illustration by Sarah Rieke

Dec 2, 2019

Can we develop computer chips that run on light?

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Materials Issue #83

Without this advance, the chips required to build an artificial retina would burn human eye tissue. | Unsplash/Createria, Pixabay/DavidZydd

Oct 10, 2019

An artificial retina that could help restore sight to the blind

Electronics & Networking, Health Issue #80

By analyzing single particles of light, a new camera system can reconstruct scenes that are hidden around the bend. | iStock/simonmayer

Sep 11, 2019

What’s around the corner in camera technology?

Technology & Society Issue #78

It takes only a few layers of atoms to create a potential heat barrier. | Illustration by Drea Sullivan

Aug 26, 2019

An electronic heat shield just 10 atoms thick

Electronics & Networking, Materials Issue #77

So long silicon? An experimental diamond chip that harnesses light could lead to a new era of quantum data processing. | ScienceSource/David Parker

Aug 26, 2019

Quantum technology seeks to control light with unerring precision

Electronics & Networking Issue #79

The team's work provides a step toward better understanding what people want or expect from a robot. | Getty Images/filo

Jul 5, 2019

Can we make it easier for humans to communicate clearly with robots?

Artificial Intelligence, Transportation & Robotics Issue #78

Jun 28, 2019

New ‘autofocal’ glasses aim to enable clearer vision

Health Issue #75

The power of thought, literally. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Jun 20, 2019

Could prosthetic limbs one day be controlled by human thought?

Health, Technology & Society Issue #74

As hackers develop new ways to attack chips, researchers aim to anticipate and forestall their malicious intrusions. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Jun 18, 2019

Q&A: What’s new in the effort to prevent hackers from hijacking chips?

Electronics & Networking Issue #74

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. due in part to lack of screening. | iStock/Ivanna Olijnyk

Apr 24, 2019

A possible blood test for colon cancer

Health Issue #78

How will high speed finance disrupt our financial institutions? | Unsplash/Martin Ceralde

Apr 2, 2019

How is Silicon Valley changing Wall Street?

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Technology & Society Issue #70

Could plasma power new types of space missions? | Unsplash/Juskteez Vu

Mar 14, 2019

How could we use space’s challenging environment to our advantage?

Energy, Environment, Technology & Society Issue #69

Artificial intelligence could be used to tune 5G wireless signals and prevent them from taking dangerous dips. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Feb 28, 2019

Can AI prevent mobile devices from dropping calls?

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data Issue #69

A Stanford-led team figured out how to pack many of the functions of an entire computer onto a single chip. | Pexels/jéshoots and Drea Sullivan

Feb 20, 2019

Engineers create prototype computer-on-a-chip

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking

Grab a warm drink and a cozy spot on the couch and dive into one of these books. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Dec 19, 2018

An end-of-year reading list from Stanford Engineering

Technology & Society

Researchers created a shape-sorter to help identify and isolate microparticles. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Dec 10, 2018

An ability to sort microparticles by shape could improve human health

Materials

The technology translates motor cortex signals into point-and-click commands. | Image courtesy of The BrainGate Collaboration

Nov 29, 2018

Patients with paralysis use brain signals to operate a tablet

Health, Technology & Society Issue #61

A new technology aims to protect electronics from heat’s harmful effects. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Nov 9, 2018

How can we design electronic devices that don’t overheat?

Electronics & Networking, Materials Issue #60