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Electronic circuits made from living mushrooms can detect heat and have self-healing capacity.

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Researchers bioprinted networks of living fungal mycelium onto stretchable electronics to create a self-sustaining sensory platform. The mushrooms' thermal sensitivity arises from internal cellular processes, and the circuits autonomously restore detection capability after damage.

Source: PNAS

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