Mouser Electronics has announced its Timing Technology site, designed to give engineers easy-to-access information on the latest technical advances in timers, counters and clocks. [ + ]

Have you ever wondered what happens inside an atomically thin semiconductor? Well, wonder no more: a team of physicists at the University of Texas at Austin has, and they've written about it in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [ + ]

We all know B vitamins are good for an energy boost, but, inspired by vitamin B2, Harvard researchers have discovered a new way to store energy: they've found a whole new class of high-performing organic molecules that enable large batteries to store electricity from energy sources like solar and wind power that can be intermittent. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics has successfully certified its cryptographic library for STM32 microcontrollers according to the US Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP), helping customers quickly prove the security of their products. [ + ]

The IEC has formally adopted the latest USB-IF specifications for high-speed data delivery and enhanced usages for device charging — in particular, the USB Type-C Cable and Connector, USB Power Delivery and USB 3.1 (SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps) specifications. [ + ]

NEC Corporation has developed a device that uses smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) to turn the wearer's arm into a virtual keyboard, allowing for contact-free operation. The device could be used in workplaces in the manufacturing, medical and security sectors. [ + ]

The Adelaide electronics industry has been put under the microscope, with EIDA conducting a research survey to analyse the characteristics and structure of the city's electronics industry — including its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. [ + ]

Sand in your computer sounds like something you'd like to avoid, right? Well, a research team at Georgia Institute of Technology is deliberately introducing sand into computers to help cool them. [ + ]

Researchers from UNSW have claimed that Australia's management of electronic waste is poorly implemented, lags behind international best practice and is based on outdated recycling targets. [ + ]

How's this for a new source of power? Scientists have shown that the movement of bacteria could be harnessed to create microscopic 'wind farms' to power tiny devices. [ + ]

Scitech has been announced as the authorised distributor of NanoFocus products across Australia and New Zealand. The NanoFocus range includes products for 3D surface measurement, precise 3D profilometry and fast 3D inline sensors. [ + ]

By optimising topology of a metal nanomesh and its adhesion to an underlying substrate, University of Houston researchers created a material with improved stretchability and eliminated fatigue, while maintaining transparency. [ + ]

Following the recent release of the new SMARC 2.0 specification, congatec has announced its full support of the specification. SMARC 2.0 was released by the Standardization Group for Embedded Technologies e.V. (SGET). [ + ]

Keysight Technologies will host several seminars in August: three face-to-face seminars entitled 'Solving today's challenges in the Internet of Things', which will be held in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, and a FieldFox User Group Forum Webcast. [ + ]

Qualcomm Technologies intends to add software support for STMicroelectronics' inertial sensor solutions. [ + ]