Thin resistor routinely used in photonic devices can also act as a thermometer
Integrated photonics has become a multi-billion-dollar industry, but it is feeling the heat—literally.
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Page 17: Research news on Stretchable bioelectronics
Stretchable bioelectronics integrates mechanically compliant electronic materials and devices with soft, dynamic environments such as the human body and soft robots. The field develops flexible and stretchable conductors, transistors, sensors, displays, and circuit boards using liquid metal composites, conductive polymers, elastomers, hydrogels, and biodegradable substrates. Emphasis is placed on skin-like form factors, self-healing and shape-memory behavior, conformal 3D integration, and transient or recyclable systems, enabling wearable, implantable, and environmentally sustainable electronic and bioelectronic technologies.
Engineering
'Self-driving' lab learns to grow materials on its own
When scientists make the thin metal films used in electronics, optics, and quantum technologies, they usually spend months tinkering with the temperature, composition and timing of the process, hoping to land on just the ...
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Ultra-thin 3D display delivers wide-angle, highly-detailed images
Researchers have developed an ultra-thin 3D display with a wide viewing angle, clear image quality and vivid display depth. By overcoming tradeoffs that typically limit glasses-free 3D displays, the advance could open new ...
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'Living metal' could bridge biological and electronic systems
Electronics have been transforming from rigid, lifeless systems into adaptive, living platforms capable of seamlessly interacting with biological environments. Researchers at Binghamton University are pioneering "living metal" ...
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Electronic fiber with liquid metal droplets enables stretchable sensing
EPFL researchers have engineered a fiber-based electronic sensor that remains functional even when stretched to over 10 times its original length. The device holds promise for smart textiles, physical rehabilitation devices, ...
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Ubiquitous polymer forms self-healing, flexible conductor for wearable electronics
A new self-healing polymer that is highly suitable for use as a flexible conductor in wearable devices and robots has been created by RIKEN chemists.
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Injectable antenna could safely power deep-tissue medical implants
Researchers from the MIT Media Lab have developed an antenna—about the size of a fine grain of sand—that can be injected into the body to wirelessly power deep-tissue medical implants, such as pacemakers in cardiac patients ...
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Good vibrations: Ceramic material harvests electricity from waste energy
There's a lion's share of potential energy in the vibrations produced by footsteps on dance floors, exercise machines in the gym, or the engines of cars, planes or construction equipment. Some tech companies have already ...
Oct 29, 2025
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Plasma treatment strategy enhances semiconductor device performance
A joint research team, led by Professor Byungjo Kim of the Graduate School of Semiconductor Materials and Devices Engineering at UNIST and Professor Jihwan An of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH has pioneered ...
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A flexible lens controlled by light-activated artificial muscles promises to let soft machines see
Inspired by the human eye, our biomedical engineering lab at Georgia Tech has designed an adaptive lens made of soft, light-responsive, tissuelike materials. Our study is published in the journal Science Robotics.
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