Issue #33 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #33

Image by Guo Mong

Oct 18, 2017

Can we better understand the language of the brain?

Electronics & Networking, Health, Technology & Society

The nanopeapods depicted in this artist's rendition are carrying excess thermal energy away from a computer chip. | Courtesy of Goodson Lab

Oct 16, 2017

Can we turn tiny amounts of waste heat into thermo-electricity?

Electronics & Networking, Energy, Materials

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

An artist’s rendering of two merging neutron stars. | Image by NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet

Oct 17, 2017

A milestone of universal proportion opens up new areas of research

What can survive the heat of Venus, where surface temperatures are enough to melt lead? | Photo by 3quarks

Oct 16, 2017

Debbie Senesky: Developing electronics for the extremes of space

Materials, Transportation & Robotics