Issue #117 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #117

“Peptoids destroy the membranes, not just of herpes but other viruses as well,” Barron said. | Adobe Stock/crevis

May 18, 2021

A bioengineer aims to turn nature’s virus fighters into powerful drugs

Illustrations of ReachBot traversing a Martian cavern across two different types of treacherous terrain | Image courtesy of Marco Pavone

May 12, 2021

A chance to apply sci-fi concepts to real space exploration

Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Television and film editors could use powerful, new editing technologies to forgo costly reshoots. | Adobe Stock/Framestock

May 4, 2021

Maneesh Agrawala: How AI is changing video editing

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Tang’s lab showed how it was possible to make microfluidic experiments far more efficient. | Unsplash/Yingchih

May 12, 2021

To make particles flow more efficiently, put an obstacle in their way