Issue #53 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #53

A shift from a smooth surface to a rippled surface prevents light from getting trapped and absorbed. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Aug 15, 2018

How can we get ever-brighter digital displays?

Electronics & Networking

Currency is just one of the many potential applications of the traceable, ledger-like technology. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Aug 7, 2018

Dan Boneh: Still in early days, Blockchain is rich with possibility

Computation & Data, Security, Technology & Society

Previous liquid metals that could produce an electrical current have required extremely high temperatures. | iStock/Asya_mix

Jul 20, 2018

‘Flow batteries’ could offer cost-effective storage for renewable power

Energy, Materials

The opioid epidemic is first and foremost an epidemic of overprescribing. | Reuters/Mark Blinch

Jul 16, 2018

Anna Lembke: How do we fight the disease of addiction?

Could better mapping help prevent the process of “bleaching” that turns coral ecosystems into lifeless white rock? | iStock/David_Slater

Aug 16, 2018

A new aerial technique maps coral reefs with unprecedented precision