24 April 2023
An electrochemical transistor made from balsa wood opens up the possibility of embedding sensors and other electronic devices in plants, which could help in agriculture and forest management
24 March 2023
A stretchable sticking plaster detects whether an injury is healing well and uses stimulating electrodes and microinjections of drugs to speed up the process
22 February 2023
The congealed mat of yeast and bacteria cells that forms on top of the brewed drink kombucha could be used to make light, cheap and flexible circuit boards for wearable electronics or even partially living rudimentary computers
14 February 2023
A thin film made from wood and coated in nanocrystals can act as a shield against electromagnetic signals that disrupt electrical devices
8 August 2022
LEDs made from perovskite, a titanium and calcium crystal, are a potential alternative to silicon-based ones, but until now haven't been able to match them for stability and efficiency
28 July 2022
Networks of nanoscale resistors that work in a similar way to nerve cells in the body could offer advantages over digital machine learning
28 July 2022
Small and cheap batteries could enable a host of electronic devices such as parcel trackers, environmental monitors and sensors used in healthcare
13 May 2022
A sweater containing tubes filled with a liquid metal alloy can charge up wearable electronic devices
10 May 2022
A thought experiment called Maxwell’s demon, long hypothesised to break the laws of physics, could be made using simple electronic devices at macroscopic scales – without upsetting the laws of thermodynamics
27 April 2022
A serendipitous experiment has demonstrated a superconductor that lets electricity preferentially travel in one direction for the first time
