To make light-weight, inexpensive electronics using renewable materials, scientists have turned to a technology that is almost 2,000 years old: paper. In an important step toward paper-based devices, ...

A new transparent-paper device can generate electrical power from a user’s touch (ACS Nano 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02414). The paper energy-harvester could be used to make disposable, ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Computing Transparent transistors printed on transparent paper: Flexible, green computers incoming Researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park have printed transparent transistors on ...

Researchers have developed the world’s first transparent paper that is thick enough to serve as a beverage container but also biodegradable so as to not pollute the oceans. The team of scientists ...

A type of paper that has the thermal properties of glass but is flexible, foldable and optically transparent has been fabricated by scientists in Japan (Adv. Mater. 21, 1595–1598; 2009). The key to ...

A team of biomaterial engineers, environmental resource specialists and industrial design researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across Japan has developed a biodegradable material that is ...

You might have wondered why a cheesesteak bag or a pizza box becomes slightly see-through when touched by its greasy contents. To understand why, we need to understand how light interacts with matter.