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The fermented, probiotic tea kombucha

Kombucha cultures can be turned into flexible electric circuit boards

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
Artist Impression of a superconducting chip

First one-way superconductor could slash energy used by computers

27 April 2022

A serendipitous experiment has demonstrated a superconductor that lets electricity preferentially travel in one direction for the first time
Zhitao Zhang wears the flexible light-emitting film, featuring a Stanford logo.

Stretchy light-emitting plastic could be used in wearable screens

23 March 2022

Existing flexible screens are either too power-hungry, fragile or expensive to be used in most electronic devices, but a new material could enable more practical versions

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