Issue #32 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #32

Researchers say a new discovery will enable self-driving car engineers to design next-generation LIDAR systems. | Illustration by Stefani Billings

Oct 2, 2017

A new way to improve solar cells can also benefit self-driving cars

Environment, Materials, Transportation & Robotics

Approximately 50 percent of drugs and 30 percent of agrichemicals are chiral, which means they can be left- or right-handed. | Photo by efcarlos/Getty Images

Sep 26, 2017

A new technique could help lead to safer drugs and agrichemicals

Health, Materials

What are the odds? | Photo by Jodi Jacobson/iStock

Sep 22, 2017

Mehran Sahami: How can you make the best possible decisions?

Technology & Society

The authors’ method could reveal top-selling words in English, Chinese and other languages. | Photo by Stocksy/Marko Milanovic

Oct 2, 2017

How does the language a company uses affect its online sales?

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

What does it know about you? | Photo by Unsplash/Rick Jio

Sep 28, 2017

Euan Ashley: Exploring a new age of medical diagnostics

Computation & Data, Health