illinois professor john a. rogers demonstrates a new type of electronics; made of silk, magnesium, and silicon, these electronics completely and harmlessly dissolve in water. the potential applications of this new technology are endless – from implantable medical devices to environmentally friendly electronic devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
illinois professor john a. rogers demonstrates a new type of electronics; made of silk, magnesium, and silicon, these electronics completely and harmlessly dissolve in water. the potential applications of this new technology are endless – from implantable medical devices to environmentally friendly electronic devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9070,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4898,4904],"tags":[3064,3065,3067,1813,1087,963],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering","category-water","tag-dissolvable-electronics","tag-implant","tag-monitoring","tag-nsf","tag-oil","tag-university"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n