Packaging materials that display animated adverts and containers that sound an alarm if their contents go mouldy are just two possibilities that could result from a new area of technology calle...
Read article: Electronics turns over a new leaf
Surface acoustic waves are commonly found in the electronic circuitry of everyday appliances, such as mobile phones and televisions, where they are used to filter frequencies. Surface acoustic waves a...
Silicon can be developed into a biocompatible and biodegradable material that could lead to smaller, smarter and more-interactive implants in the human body
Read article: Will a chip every day keep the doctor away?
Short-wavelength light will increase the capacity of devices like CDs and DVDs
At room temperature, the extraordinary magnetoresistance of such non-magnetic materials is much larger than that of other magnetic materials, including those that exhibit giant or colossal magnetoresi...
Devices that use the spin on electrons move a step closer
Fibre optics could benefit from a stretchy laser that changes colour
Read article: Elastic laser spans the spectrum
Compressed nitrogen could be the fuel of the future
A wire made from a perfect crystal can transmit electricity with no resistance
New insights into the electronics of nanotubes could bring real devices a step closer
