Researchers have devised a way to turn rigid silicon into solar cells that can be stretched by 95%, while retaining high solar energy capture efficiency of 19%. [ + ]

German researchers have developed a new approach for controlling qubits via microwave pulses, which is said to reduce error rates and increase efficiency. [ + ]

Researchers are improving the performance of lithium–air batteries, bringing us closer to electric cars that can use oxygen to run longer before they need to recharge. [ + ]

The new partnership will provide Digi-Key customers with worldwide, 24-hour availability of APP's power interconnect products. [ + ]

The high electron mobility transistor (HEMT), developed by Fujitsu Laboratories in 1979, has been certified as an IEEE milestone. [ + ]

Researchers find a way of transporting electrons at times below the femtosecond range by manipulating them with light — which could have major implications for the future of data processing. [ + ]

Australian researchers are on the brink of commercialising what is claimed to be the world's most efficient lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics is collaborating with Tieto, a software and services company, to develop central control unit (CCU) software to run on STMicroelectronics' Telemaco3P platform. [ + ]

Electronex – The Electronics Design & Assembly Expo and Conference returns to Rosehill Gardens in Sydney from 9–10 September 2020. [ + ]

Researchers have produced a two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride ink, which has been used to fabricate flexible thin-film transistors. [ + ]

Carbon impurity has long hindered efficiency in nitride-based electronic and optical devices, but now researchers have discovered a method that can quickly detect carbon impurity using light. [ + ]

The Wireless Broadband Alliance has successfully completed what is said to be the world's first trial of Wi-Fi 6 technology to enable Industry 4.0 applications. [ + ]

The findings have the potential to boost the photovoltaics and photodetector fields, and could improve the efficiency of solar cells to up to 46%. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a terahertz detector that enables rapid wireless data communication and highly sensitive radar by using a frequency range that has previously been difficult to work with. [ + ]

Researchers have found a way of using 'spin waves' to switch magnetisation at room temperature for more energy-efficient spin memory and logic devices. [ + ]