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- A new, more user-friendly language for programming supercomputers https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/new-more-user-friendly-language-programming-supercomputers 2 comments
- Stanford engineers' breakthrough heralds super-efficient light-based computers http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-engineers-breakthrough-heralds-super-efficient-light-based-computers 44 comments
- The world through rose-colored blinders http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/world-through-rose-colored-blinders-new-mathematical-model-how-society-becomes-polarized 3 comments
- Why Ant Foraging is like TCP http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-biologist-computer-scientist-discover-anternet?v=1 8 comments
- New, portable antenna could help restore communication after disasters https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/new-portable-antenna-could-help-restore-communication-after-disasters 12 comments technology
- An innovative adaptation of the technology in an old inkjet printer plus AI-assisted imaging leads to a faster, cheaper way to spot bacteria in blood, wastewater, and more https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/new-way-identify-bacteria-fluids 2 comments science
- Recycled wastewater is not only as safe to drink as conventional potable water, it may even be less toxic than many sources of water we already drink daily https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/cleanest-drinking-water-recycled 142 comments science
- How do you build a better robot? By understanding people. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/how-do-you-build-better-robot-understanding-people 3 comments technology
- A new genetic microlab can detect COVID-19 in minutes | Using “lab on a chip” technology, engineers have created a microlab half the size of a credit card that can detect COVID-19 in just half an hour. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/new-genetic-microlab-can-detect-covid-19-minutes?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=microlab111020020 3 comments science
- Scientists slow and steer light with resonant nanoantennas | Researchers have fashioned ultrathin silicon nanoantennas that trap and redirect light, for applications in quantum computing, LIDAR and even the detection of viruses. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/stanford-scientists-slow-and-steer-light-resonant-nanoantennas?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=nanoantennas10272020 6 comments science
- Researchers combine heat and humidity to disinfect N95 masks for reuse | Gently heating N95 masks at a relatively high humidity was found to inactivate any SARS-CoV-2 virus trapped within, without degrading the masks’ performance. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/researchers-combine-heat-and-humidity-disinfect-n95-masks-reuse?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=n95-10122020 10 comments science
- Automated speech recognition systems often misinterpret black speakers https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/automated-speech-recognition-systems-often-misinterpret-black-speakers?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=disparities032520 20 comments science
- A new stretchable battery could power wearable electronics. Researchers developed a battery that relies on a special polymer to store power more safely than the flammable formulations used in conventional batteries. The battery maintains constant power output even when squeezed, folded or stretched. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/new-stretchable-battery-can-power-wearable-electronics 28 comments science
- By treating tomato leaves with a newly discovered and naturally occurring chemical called N-hydroxy-pipecolic acid (NHP), a plant's defense system switched on to prevent localized infections from becoming contagions, a possible first step toward helping harvests ward off infections. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/scientists-have-developed-vaccine-protect-tomato-plants?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=tomato-reddit 17 comments science
- An artificial retina that could help restore sight to the blind — A new technique helps overcome one major barrier: heat. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/artificial-retina-could-help-restore-sight-blind?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=retina-reddit 6 comments science
- Training AI not to misbehave: A new paper outlines a new technique that translates a fuzzy goal, such as avoiding gender bias, into the precise mathematical criteria that would allow a machine-learning algorithm to train an AI application to avoid that behavior. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/new-way-designing-algorithms-avoid-specific-misbehaviors?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=niceai-reddit 19 comments science
- A novel approach from engineers yields four times more ethane, propane and butane than existing methods that use similar processes. While not a climate cure-all, the advance could significantly reduce the near-term impact on global warming. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/what-if-we-could-convert-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-fuel?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=fuel-reddit 14 comments science
- Stanford team builds an integrated circuit to control the flow of light through a diamond chip, helping pave the way for quantum processors. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/quantum-technology-seeks-control-light-unerring-precision?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=quantum-reddit 13 comments science
- An electronic heat shield just 10 atoms thick: Cell phones or laptops could become even more compact thanks to new materials that form a blanket of thermal insulation that’s 50,000 times thinner than a sheet of paper. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/electronic-heat-shield-just-10-atoms-thick?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=insulator-reddit 27 comments science
- Stanford engineers have developed an experimental technology called BodyNet that picks up physiological signals emanating from the skin, then wirelessly beams these health readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/wireless-sensors-stick-skin-band-aids-monitor-health?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=bodynet-reddit 3 comments science
- A new way to grow crops in marginal soils could help feed the world: The discovery of an eco-friendly form of genetic engineering for plants has the potential to open up more farmland for food production. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/new-way-grow-crops-marginal-soils-could-help-feed-world?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=arable-reddit 12 comments science
- Stanford University mechanical engineers have developed a more stable prosthetic leg — and a better way of designing them — that could make challenging terrain more manageable for people who have lost a lower leg. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/prosthetic-foot-can-handle-tough-ground?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=reddit-prosthetic 3 comments science
- A team led by a Stanford bioengineer has developed a way to make time-lapse movies of the chemistry of life by following individual molecules as they move through cells over an extended period. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/tag-you-re-it-new-process-provides-better-understanding-cells?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit-tests&utm_content=fluorescent050819 3 comments science
- A new approach to cleaning heavy metals out of soil: "With the increasing population and demand for agricultural land, soil contamination is becoming a serious global environmental crisis." https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/new-approach-cleaning-heavy-metals-out-soil?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=&utm_content=soil060419 3 comments science
- Stanford computer scientists launch the Center for Blockchain Research | Stanford School of Engineering https://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-computer-scientists-launch-center-blockchain-research 10 comments ethereum
- A new kind of homing beacon targets cancerous cells and other diseases. By reprogramming a type of chemical receptor found on virtually all human cells, a researcher hopes to bioengineer treatments for diseases such as Parkinson’s and cancer. https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/new-kind-homing-beacon-targets-cancerous-cells-and-other-diseases 4 comments science
- Stanford engineers develop 'potalyzer' for roadside marijuana testing https://engineering.stanford.edu/news/new-potalyzer-could-determine-if-driver-impaired-marijuana 55 comments technology
- Rapid charging and draining doesn’t damage lithium ion battery electrodes as much as thought http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/rapid-charging-draining-doesn%E2%80%99t-damage-lithium-ion-battery-electrodes-much-thought 23 comments hardware
- 'Holy Grail' of Battery Design http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-team-achieves-holy-grail-battery-design-stable-lithium-anode 3 comments science
- Stanford engineer invents safe way to transfer energy to medical chips in the body(xpost /r/science) http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-engineer-invents-safe-way-transfer-energy-medical-chips-body 4 comments electronics
- Stanford scientists put free text-analysis tool on the web http://engineering.stanford.edu/research-profile/stanford-scientists-put-free-text-analysis-tool-web 6 comments linguistics
- Stanford Scientists Use DNA to Assemble a Transistor From Graphene http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-scientists-use-dna-assemble-transistor-graphene?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=feed%3A+hnycombinator+%28hn+-+hnycombinator%29 25 comments technology
- New type of solar structure cools buildings in full sunlight http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/new-type-solar-structure-cools-buildings-full-sunlight 71 comments technology
- Stanford engineers invent peel-and-stick solar panels http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/peel-stick-solar-panels-stanford-engineering 23 comments science
- Stanford researchers in physics and engineering have demonstrated a device that produces a synthetic magnetism to exert virtual force on photons similar to the effect of magnets on electrons. The advance could yield a new class of nanoscale applications that use light instead of electricity. http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/taming-mavericks-stanford-researchers-use-synthetic-magnetism-control-light 22 comments science
- Stanford Bio-engineers Introduce ‘BI-FI’ — The Biological Internet. Using an innocuous bacterial virus, bioengineers have created a biological mechanism to send genetic messages from cell to cell. http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-bioengineers-introduce-biological-internet 3 comments science
- Ants and TCP (x-post from r/discworld) http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-biologist-computer-scientist-discover-anternet 12 comments programming
- Stanford biologist and computer scientist discover the 'anternet'. The signals ants send to each other are quite similar to TCP algorithms. http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-biologist-computer-scientist-discover-anternet 496 comments science
- Stanford research reveals that the behavior of ants when foraging for food mirrors the Internet's TCP protocol. http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-biologist-computer-scientist-discover-anternet?v=1 48 comments technology
- Tiny, implantable medical device can propel itself through bloodstream https://engineering.stanford.edu/news/implantable-wirelessly-powered-self-propelled-medical-device 20 comments science