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World Service,1 min

Biodegradable smartphone? Here comes the dawn of dissolvable electronics

The Forum

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Material scientist John Rogers explains how he made silicon biodegrade in water Picture: a dissolvable electronic. (Credit: J. Rogers, University of Illinois)

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