{"id":227498,"date":"2025-12-20T01:20:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T07:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/ultra-low-power-fully-biodegradable-artificial-synapse-offers-record-breaking-memory"},"modified":"2025-12-20T01:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T07:20:29","slug":"ultra-low-power-fully-biodegradable-artificial-synapse-offers-record-breaking-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/ultra-low-power-fully-biodegradable-artificial-synapse-offers-record-breaking-memory","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-low power, fully biodegradable artificial synapse offers record-breaking memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/ultra-low-power-fully-biodegradable-artificial-synapse-offers-record-breaking-memory2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In <i><i>Nature Communications<\/i>,<\/i> a research team affiliated with UNIST <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-025-66511-3\" target=\"_blank\">present<\/a> a fully biodegradable, robust, and energy-efficient artificial synapse that holds great promise for sustainable neuromorphic technologies. Made entirely from eco-friendly materials sourced from nature\u2014such as shells, beans, and plant fibers\u2014this innovation could help address the growing problems of electronic waste and high energy use.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional artificial synapses often struggle with high power consumption and limited lifespan. Led by Professor Hyunhyub Ko from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, the team aimed to address these issues by designing a device that mimics the brain\u2019s synapses while being environmentally friendly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Nature Communications, a research team affiliated with UNIST present a fully biodegradable, robust, and energy-efficient artificial synapse that holds great promise for sustainable neuromorphic technologies. Made entirely from eco-friendly materials sourced from nature\u2014such as shells, beans, and plant fibers\u2014this innovation could help address the growing problems of electronic waste and high energy use. Traditional [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1497,38,1506,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-energy","category-engineering","category-food","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}