A breakthrough by Tokyo-based scientists will enable the fine-tuning of phosphorus heterocycle materials' electronic properties — a development that will be useful for applications such as the fabrication of organic electronics and hydrogen fluoride sensors. [ + ]

element14 has been approved as an official manufacturer of the original BeagleBone Black, an open-hardware, community-supported embedded computer for developers and hobbyists. [ + ]

Emona Instruments has been announced as the distributor of the Optomec range of production-grade additive manufacturing systems for 3D-printed metals and 3D-printed electronics in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

There's only one way to boil water, right? Apparently not. Researchers say they've discovered new ways of inducing and controlling boiling bubble formation that could make advanced electronics work better and last longer. [ + ]

Australian innovation has been given a boost, with the University of Adelaide awarded $2.6 million in federal funding to establish the Australian Research Centre (ARC) Research Hub for Graphene Enabled Industry Transformation. [ + ]

Faulty resistors have stalled production on the US Navy's Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM), causing delays in future deliveries of the weapon. A fault in a batch of resistors installed on circuit card assemblies has been pinpointed as the cause of the issues. [ + ]

The possibilities for medical research and treatment could get a huge boost thanks to research that's taken us one step closer to creating tiny electronic sensors and devices that can be implanted in the body and then dissolve once they've completed their task. [ + ]

Renesas Electronics has reached a definitive agreement with TDK on the transfer of Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing's Tsuruoka factory to TDK. The two companies signed a basic agreement on the transfer in November 2015. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics has reported its financial results for the quarter ended 2 April 2016. Net revenues totalled $1.61 billion, gross margin was 33.4% and net loss was $0.05 per share. [ + ]

A UNSW research team has achieved the world's highest efficiency for a full-sized thin-film solar cell using a competing thin-film technology known as CZTS. [ + ]

The 2016 Pi IoT Smarter Spaces Design Challenge is asking participants to invent IoT-powered solutions that allow users to control the multiple internet-enabled devices in any environment — be it their home, workspace, media room, garden and more. [ + ]

Specialist equipment rental company TR Pty Ltd has been acquired by UK-based rental business Vp plc. Vp announced the purchase of the entire issued share capital of TR, committing to pay $17.4 million on completion of the acquisition, with an assumed net debt of $6.6 million. [ + ]

In Mouser Electronics' latest Innovation Spotlight interview, celebrity engineer Grant Imahara speaks with TDK President Jon Nelson on the subject of energy management and storage. [ + ]

Rockwell Automation has announced the election of Blake D Moret, a 30-year veteran of the company, as its president and CEO, effective 1 July 2016. [ + ]

MU's US-304 portable ultrasound imager, powered by ST's STHV800 pulser, is aiming to increase the quality of point-of-care medical diagnostics in Africa. [ + ]