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Ohio State's Mushroom Memristors Revolutionize Sustainable Electronics

10/26/2025

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Researchers at Ohio State University have developed organic memristors from shiitake mushrooms, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional semiconductors.
The mushroom memristors mimic neural activity and enable low-power processing and storage.
In tests, they switched electrical states up to 5,850 times per second with 90% accuracy.
The study notes applications in edge computing, aerospace, and autonomous systems and indicates the approach could cut electronic waste and reliance on rare materials.

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Researchers at Ohio State University have developed organic memristors from shiitake mushrooms, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional semiconductors.
The mushroom memristors mimic neural activity and enable low-power processing and storage.
In tests, they switched electrical states up to 5,850 times per second with 90% accuracy.
The study notes applications in edge computing, aerospace, and autonomous systems and indicates the approach could cut electronic waste and reliance on rare materials.