Issue #108 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #108

People in the developed world take plumbing for granted. Research suggests it could save women and girls hours of drudgery. | Flickr/Oxfam East Africa

Jan 20, 2021

How water piped to homes promotes gender equality in rural Zambia

Health, Technology & Society

Simulated smart speaker interactions were used to test how altered moods might influence people’s trust in autonomous products. | Getty Images

Jan 4, 2021

A team of researchers study trust in autonomous products

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society

A protoype of the RT-ELISA, essentially an entire lab within a chip with tiny pipes and valves no wider than a human hair | Photo by Caitlin Maikawa

Jan 4, 2021

A new lab-on-a-chip turns blood test snapshots into continuous movies

Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Health

The nucleus of a stem cell throws its weight around to move through the body. | Image by Hyong-pyo Lee

Jan 11, 2021

Stem cells use a piston-like engine to ‘drive’ to their destinations