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Single-material electronic skin gives robots the human touch
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Single-material electronic skin gives robots the human touch

Scientists have developed a low-cost, durable, highly-sensitive robotic ‘skin’ that can be added to robotic hands like a glove, enabling robots to detect...

Electronic ink enables room-temperature printing of circuits capable of switching between rigid and soft modes
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Electronic ink enables room-temperature printing of circuits capable of switching between rigid and soft modes

Fabrication process of stable, high-viscosity electronic ink by dispersing micro-sized gallium particles in a polymer matrix (left). High-resolution large-area circuit printing process through...

Researchers unveil rapid self-healing electronic skin, paving the way for smarter, tougher wearables
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Researchers unveil rapid self-healing electronic skin, paving the way for smarter, tougher wearables

The electronic skin developed by the research team incorporates silver nanowires as a conductive material. Credit: Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation In a...

Warm metalworking turns brittle semiconductors into flexible, high-performance electronic films
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Warm metalworking turns brittle semiconductors into flexible, high-performance electronic films

Left: Illustration and photos of warm metalworking techniques; Right-top: Experimental vs. predicted brittle-to-ductile transition temperatures; Right-bottom: Normalized power density of thermoelectric devices based...

Dielectric materials database promises faster path to smarter electronic devices
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Dielectric materials database promises faster path to smarter electronic devices

Large-scale dielectric materials database built with the open database project “Starrydata” and generation of a materials map using machine learning-based data visualization. Credit:...

New electronic ‘skin’ could enable lightweight night-vision glasses
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New electronic ‘skin’ could enable lightweight night-vision glasses

Schematic showing the setup for characterizing a pyroelectric device fabricated based on ALO-enabled freestanding membranes. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08874-7. MIT engineers have...

Electronic skin with unique fingerprint patterns offers enhanced security features
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Electronic skin with unique fingerprint patterns offers enhanced security features

Soft artificial finger pad. a) Optical images of the soft artificial finger pad on robotic hand (left), freestanding artificial finger pad (middle), and...

Advanced thermal management technology for electronic devices
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Advanced thermal management technology for electronic devices

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, have achieved a significant performance increase for cooling technology in high-power electronics,...

DNA scaffolds enable self-assembling 3D electronic devices
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DNA scaffolds enable self-assembling 3D electronic devices

Chip-integrated 3D nanostructured device fabricated using DNA self-assembly (Left panel). A DNA crystal is grown at a designated substrate location (about 1000 crystals...