A team including Anirban Chowdhury (left) and Dipanjan Sen (right) developed an incredibly tiny thermometer that can be integrated directly onto computer chips.

The semiconductor chips driving modern-day computer processors are covered in billions of individual transistors, each of ...

Since plastic packaging accounts for a large fraction of plastic waste, the demand for environmentally friendly packaging ...

At Rice University, a research lab's signature keepsake has helped perfect a method for growing patterned diamond surfaces ...

Scientists have already learned how to make helmets, batteries, and even sports cars from wood, so applying it to something like thermal paper might not sound that exciting. Yet it could actually ...

Like the humble T-shirt, the thermal shirt began as underwear. Typically knit from cotton in a waffle-pattern that more effectively trapped heat and wicked away moisture, it was issued to U.S. Army ...

Say goodbye to hidden hazards in the checkout aisle. In a groundbreaking development, researchers have invented a safer alternative to the special paper used to print receipts that is completely free ...

The EPFL logo printed in lignin-based thermal paper. Every day, millions of people use thermal paper without thinking about it. Receipts, shipping labels, tickets, and medical records all rely on heat ...

On December 8, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the state agency in charge of implementing Proposition 65 (Prop. 65), issued a guidance letter providing clarity ...

When I first saw red paper chains strung up in my friend’s Brooklyn apartment last year, I thought: Cute! What a fun throwback to Christmases of yore, and a way to make the place ten times cozier as ...

First the penny. Next, paper checks? When the US Mint stopped making pennies last month for the first time in 238 years, it drew a lot of attention. But there have been quiet moves to stop using paper ...