(Frontiers) Italian researchers have recorded the highest-ever conductivity for eumelanin — a dark brown melanin pigment that colors skin, hair and eyes. Their modified eumelanin makes possible the long-anticipated design of melanin-based electronics, which can be used for implanted devices due to the pigment’s biocompatibility.

Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/f-wcc031819.php