Issue #28 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #28

Many processes in electronics and other fields depend on the ability to build materials with atomic level precision. | image by Stanford Engineering

Aug 11, 2017

Controlling chemistry atom by atom

To date, there are no medications that treat the fundamental underpinnings of autism. | iStock / eli_asenova

Aug 8, 2017

Does autism reflect an excitation-inhibition imbalance in the brain?

Stanford researchers hope to use two precisely positioned satellites to create artificial solar eclipses in order to find distant planets. | Photo by NASA

Aug 8, 2017

Can satellites that cause artificial eclipses help find other planets?

Computation & Data, Transportation & Robotics

Water treatment plant at sunset. | iStock/tuachanwatthana

Aug 4, 2017

Engineers develop planning tool to help dry regions replenish aquifers

New software helps human film editors make rough cuts based on scenes involving two or more characters engaged in dialogue. | Image by iStock/myowl

Aug 1, 2017

New software takes the drudgery out of film editing

Computation & Data