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The bacteria that live in our digestive system play a critical role in our health and disease. | iStock/sorbetto

Apr 16, 2018

Michael Fischbach: Making sense of the gut biome

Health Issue #45

A technical first could enable the creation of foldable, stretchable touchscreens. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Feb 21, 2018

Stretchable, touch-sensitive electronics

Electronics & Networking, Materials, Technology & Society Issue #41

How do trees know where to put their branches? | Stocksy/Adrian Balzer

Jan 17, 2018

Why do trees and animals take the shapes they do?

Environment, Health Issue #39

Researchers are developing a sodium ion battery based on a compound related to table salt. | Photo by iStock/Konstantin Gushcha

Oct 9, 2017

A promising new kind of battery is based on sodium, not lithium

Energy, Materials Issue #33

Many processes in electronics and other fields depend on the ability to build materials with atomic level precision. | image by Stanford Engineering

Aug 11, 2017

Controlling chemistry atom by atom

Materials Issue #28

Self-organizing structures that look like molecules could be building blocks for new materials. | by Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Aug 1, 2017

Behold! Artificial atoms assemble into perfect, purposeful lattices

Materials

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