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By isolating basophils, the rarest white blood cells, scientists aim to design a safer, more accurate allergy test.

Forty-six Stanford seniors are working on capstone projects that address real-world problems through a two-quarter course in mechanical engineering.

Caitlyn Seim considered herself a technologist from a young age.

Data shows that underrepresented minorities and women in STEM fields are the fastest growing groups among Stanford’s graduate student population.

The technology, still in its very early stages, doesn’t mimic social touch precisely, but creates instead a “a haptic illusion.”

There are countless possible applications for this robot, including search and rescue and wildfire monitoring.

Faster supercomputers and better modeling are being paired with optimized wind tunnels and flight testing to design new-age commercial airplanes.

New research shows that the benefits people could reap from exoskeletons rely heavily on having time to train with the device.

At a welcome celebration, incoming graduate students from 2020 and 2021 are encouraged to ask questions, explore collaborations and get outside their comfort zones.

A system made with two inexpensive sensors proves to be more accurate than smartwatches for measuring calories burned during activity.

A Stanford Undergraduate Research Fellowship propelled Andrea Coto into STEM. Now a Stanford PhD student, she encourages undergraduates to apply for the program that helped her.

Equipped with grippy but not sticky gecko-inspired adhesives, the robotic gripper could be particularly well-suited for tasks such as collecting debris and servicing satellites.

Luciana Frazão’s path to a master’s in mechanical engineering involves a game show, a surprise benefactor and a promise to pay it forward.

In a new study, a team of engineers find that cancer cells exhibit a unique mode of migration on squishy materials, which are similar to biological tissues.

A class of students at Stanford School of Engineering created computer models that probe the toughest questions about returning to campus amid a pandemic.

The engineers looked at how people’s moods might affect their trust of autonomous products, such as smart speakers, to discover a complicated relationship.

The annual two-day program gives students from around the globe and a diversity of backgrounds a close-up glimpse of PhD life at Stanford — and a community waiting to welcome them.

Using “lab on a chip” technology, Stanford engineers have created a microlab half the size of a credit card that can detect COVID-19 in just half an hour.

Engineers used X-ray CT scans to study how wood catches fire and fused that knowledge into a computer simulation to predict where forest fires will strike and spread.

Karachiwalla participated virtually in Stanford’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program.