Stanford School of Engineering

Macro shot of copper heat pipes on a laptop's circuit board, with capacitors and screws visible, shallow depth of field.

Researchers cut computing heat waste by 60 percent

Research

Using liquid crystals as a model, a SLAC-Stanford team developed a precise method to measure energy dissipation in electrical models. The technique could inform the design of more energy-efficient computers.
A researcher in a lab coat operates a 3D printing device that deposits red material through a nozzle onto a glass plate.

Multimaterial 3D printing opens new frontiers

Q&A

Stanford Professor Natalie Larson shares how an innovative 3D printing approach is transforming applications across cultivated meat, structural batteries, metamaterials, antennas, and soft robotics.
Brian Hie, Aditi Merchant, and Talal Widatalla examine a protein from the West Nile virus

AI designs a novel E. coli killer

Research

Using an AI model of their own creation that writes whole genomes, a team of Stanford scientists has engineered a novel bacteria-fighting phage. A new age of antibiotics could be on the horizon.
Vayu Hill-Maini sits at a lab cafe table beside a leafy potted plant, looking toward the camera.

Harnessing the power of fungi to create foods of the future

Profile

The global population could approach 10 billion by 2050. How do we feed that many people in an equitable, sustainable, and nutritious way? Stanford bioengineer Vayu Hill-Maini is turning to “nature’s recyclers” for answers.