How disposable lithium batteries degrade during normal use has been tracked in real time by a UCL-led team using sophisticated 3D imaging, giving a new way to non-invasively monitor performance loss and guide the development of more effective commercial battery designs. [ + ]

Maxim Integrated Products has shipped its one billionth integrated circuit (IC) to the automotive market. [ + ]

From 1 March 2016, all suppliers must use the Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM) as their compliance label. [ + ]

Semtech Corporation and STMicroelectronics have announced an agreement on Semtech's LoRa long-range wireless RF technology. [ + ]

Hitachi, in collaboration with Tohoku University researchers, has developed a technology to reduce the internal resistance of the all-solid-state Li-ion battery using a complex hydride*1 as a solid electrolyte. [ + ]

MIT engineers have designed a sticky, stretchy, gel-like material that can incorporate temperature sensors, LED lights and other electronics, as well as tiny, drug-delivering reservoirs and channels. [ + ]

Australian engineer Dr Marlene Kanga AM has been elected to the position of president-elect of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations. [ + ]

UNSW's quantum computing project has received a second major injection of funds from Australia's corporate sector, with Telstra matching a Commonwealth Bank pledge of $10 million. [ + ]

A UNSW researcher has used near-infrared light to create polymers — a discovery with significant implications for nanomedicine.

Worldwide semiconductor fab equipment capital expenditure for 2015 is expected to grow to US$36.7 billion (AU$50.83bn) in 2016. [ + ]

New technology developed by Stanford researchers could lead to a new paradigm in the design and fabrication of solar cells. [ + ]

A recent breakthrough in photonic 'sintering' could lead to new advances in solar cells, flexible electronics, various types of sensors and other high-tech products printed onto something as simple as a sheet of paper or plastic. [ + ]

The latest 'water-in-salt' aqueous lithium-ion battery technology could provide power, efficiency and longevity comparable to today's lithium-ion batteries, but without the fire risk, poisonous chemicals and environmental hazards of current lithium batteries. [ + ]

Researchers have designed an alternative technology to Li-ion for application in specific sectors. The new battery prototype uses sodium ions in the usual '18650' format, an industry standard. [ + ]

UNSW Scientia Professor Michelle Simmons has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her groundbreaking research developing atomic-scale electronics. [ + ]