Issue #15 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #15

A simulation shows blood flowing through the heart of a baby born with a defect. The idea is to help in planning for surgery. | Image by Marsden Lab

Jan 31, 2017

Can we simulate blood flows to improve heart surgery?

The bioengineer's approach combines two experimental tools with a computational method. | iStock Photo, D3Damon

Jan 26, 2017

A new technique maps the brain circuit for Parkinson’s disease tremors

Using new turbines and arranging them in different ways, researchers hope to generate wind power more efficiently. | Image by Dabiri Lab, Stanford

Jan 13, 2017

How can we extract the most energy from the wind?

Managing urbanization | iStock Photography/Alija

Jan 10, 2017

How humanity can flourish in the cities of the future

Technology & Society

A blacktip shark swims above a shallow reef of primarily dead coral skeletons at Palmyra Atoll. | Photo by Brian Zgliczynski, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Sep 16, 2016

How do wave dynamics and water flows affect coral reefs?