Issue #46 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #46

We can now ask questions about why the brain is laid out this way and what advantages it might give an organism. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

May 7, 2018

AI may help researchers unlock the deepest mysteries of the brain

Artificial Intelligence

When it comes to medicine, we want the good without the bad. | Stocksy/Tatjana Zlatkovic with illustration overlay by Kevin Craft

May 3, 2018

Using computer simulations to create safer, more effective medications

Computation & Data, Health

Life-threatening cases of lung injury affect 200,000 adults annually in the United States. | iStock/eranicle

May 2, 2018

A soap-like synthetic aims to restore breath to injured lungs

Are current practices for managing sewage and wastewater safe and scalable? | iStock/tuachanwatthana

Apr 23, 2018

Craig Criddle: Redefining waste treatment

Energy, Environment, Health

A man receives an eye exam at the Remote Area Medical Clinic in Wise, Virginia. | Reuters/Joshua Roberts

Apr 20, 2018

Light-sensitive chips could one day restore sight to the blind