Electronics
Scientists build bacteria-powered battery on single sheet of paper
22 Dec 2016
The manufacturing technique reduces fabrication time and cost, and the design could revolutionize the use of bio-batteries as a power source in remote, dangerous and resource-limited areas
Nano-scale electronics score laboratory victory
09 Nov 2016
Semiconductor-free microelectronics are now possible, thanks to metamaterials
08 Nov 2016
Using metamaterials, engineers have been able to build a micro-scale device that shows a 1,000-per cent increase in conductivity when activated by low voltage and a low power laser
Long may you wave, borophene
06 Oct 2016
Scientists develop quick-destructing battery to power ‘transient’ devices
08 Aug 2016
A relatively new field of study called “transient electronics” is expected to lead to the development of self-destructing electronic devices
T-1000: Liquid metals propel future electronics
04 Aug 2016
Science fiction is inching closer to reality with the development of revolutionary self-propelling liquid metals -- a critical step towards future elastic electronics
‘Rivet graphene’ proves its mettle
23 Jul 2016
Organic electronics may be coming
16 Jul 2016
Electronic nose smells pesticides and nerve gas
04 Jul 2016
New wireless brain-machine interface allows monkeys to control wheelchair with their brain
04 Mar 2016
TechFest to open at IIT Bombay tomorrow
26 Dec 2015
China showcases its growing ‘Jiqiren’ power
27 Nov 2015
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