element14 strengthens the depth and breadth of its range of components, having signed a new distribution agreement with passive component manufacturer KOA Europe. [ + ]

The trial will help to demonstrate how the Australian electricity grid can successfully integrate higher numbers of electric vehicles while limiting network expansion. [ + ]

To enable data transmission speeds that surpass 5G standards, scientists have built a new chip using a concept called photonic topological insulators. [ + ]

A research team has produced graphene via a special, scalable technique and used it to develop hydrogen fuel cell catalysts. [ + ]

Australian researchers and industry partners are joining forces to develop the next generation of optical gyroscopes for high-precision autonomous navigation. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a visible light communication set-up, capable of a data rate of 2.2 Mbps, by employing a new type of organic light-emitting diode. [ + ]

The successful partnering of perovskite and silicon solar cells could lay the foundations for more efficient, better-performing devices that can be easily mass produced. [ + ]

A team of physicists and chemists has produced porous graphene ribbons in which specific carbon atoms in the crystal lattice are replaced with nitrogen atoms. [ + ]

An organic material that is thin, bendable and powerful could be used to create the next generation of mobile phones and other electronic devices. [ + ]

Analog Devices will acquire Maxim Integrated in an all-stock transaction that values the combined enterprise at over US$68 billion. [ + ]

To increase the efficiency of solar cells, one strategy is to turn low-energy light into more energetic, visible light that can excite silicon. [ + ]

Researchers have fabricated red LEDs, based on the blue-emitting semiconductor indium gallium nitride, that are as stable as those based on indium gallium phosphide. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics has signed agreements related to the acquisitions of the entire share capital of BeSpoon and of the cellular IoT connectivity assets of Riot Micro. [ + ]

There is a constant drive to increase the portability of embedded devices by reducing power consumption and weight. Computer-on-modules can address those needs. [ + ]

ISO has been creating standards to underpin the Internet of Things (IoT) — a project that should help to accelerate the arrival of a connected world. [ + ]