Biodegradable electronics

14 Jul 23

Flexible Implant Treats Heart Disease, Then Dissolves

Computer & Information Technology

A soft implant about the size of a postage stamp may one day both monitor and help treat heart disease and then harmlessly dissolve away when no longer needed, a new study finds.With roughly 655,000 people in the United States dying from heart disease each year, it accounts for about…

03 Mar 23

E-Bandages Lightly Zap—and Heal—Wounds

Biotechnology & Biomedical

Not only can electricity drive electronics, it can help people heal. The first electronic bandage the body can absorb can apply electric signals to speed the healing of wounds by 30 percent, a new study finds.In the body, electricity helps the heart beat, causes the muscles to twitch, and allows…

16 Feb 23

Stretchy Devices Spin Electricity From Body Heat

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Phones, appliances, and humans all generate heat that usually escapes into the environment as waste energy. Thermoelectric generators, which convert temperature differences into electricity, are a way to capture that wasted heat for power.Researchers have now made a thermoelectric generator (TEG) that is soft and stretchy and that biodegrades completely…

Flexible Implant Treats Heart Disease, Then Dissolves

E-Bandages Lightly Zap—and Heal—Wounds

Stretchy Devices Spin Electricity From Body Heat

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