An on-chip multi-wavelength IR sensor that can measure the thermal spectrum of matter.
Printed Electronics: Print Your Own Speakers
Researchers from Chemnitz University of Technology have printed flexible and lightweight polymer speakers.
Machines with a Sense of Smell
German researchers are developing a technology that produces cell-based biosensors that could give machines a sense of smell.
Not a Stretch: Flexible Hydrogels with Structural Color
New hydrogels from magnetic photonic crystal units combine the advantages of structural colour and the flexibility needed for biological applications.
Robotic Interfaces Shed Light on Cognition
How can humans and the machines work together and mutually adapt to one another?
Melt Electrowriting: Where Are We Now?
The latest advances and perspectives for the future of melt electrowriting (MEW) technology.
When Rivers Meet Big Data
In this WIREs Water review, the authors appraise the effectiveness with which emerging technologies and tools can (or cannot) be used to semi-automate the geomorphic analysis of rivers.
Implantable Electronics for Cerebral Aneurysm Monitoring
A fully printed, wireless, stretchable, implantable biosystem that offers batteryless, real-time monitoring of cerebral aneurysm hemodynamics is developed.
Catalytic Gold Rush: Ultrathin 2D Metal Nanomaterials
Gold “nanoseaweeds” exhibit high efficiency as heterogeneous nanocatalysts and peroxidase-mimicking nanoenzymes.
3D Printing Magnets with Tunable Architectures and Geometries
By exploiting the capabilities of 3D printing, high performance composite magnets can be precisely patterned into complex shapes and architectures.