Flexible, transparent electrical conductors with record-high performance can now be made by spreading polymers on a clear surface with a tiny blade, like a knife spreading butter on toast. [ + ]

Scientists have developed materials, including a clay-based electrolyte, that could power devices in harsh environments. [ + ]

Dr Christopher Roberts, former CEO of Cochlear, has received the Professional Engineer of the Year award from Engineers Australia. [ + ]

The automotive IC market is forecast to increase at an average annual growth rate of 6.7% from 2014 through 2019, registering highest growth among the six major end-use IC applications (computer, consumer, communications, automotive, industrial/medical and government/military). [ + ]

After almost 20 years as country manager of Anritsu in Australia, communications test and measurement veteran Ian Fraser has announced that he will retire at the end of 2015. [ + ]

A US engineer has received a $2.2 million US DoE grant to develop manufacturing technology that will help produce materials necessary for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. [ + ]

Korean researchers have developed an innovative power interruption technology based on a Mott metal-insulator transition (Mott MIT) device. [ + ]

Researchers may have found the solution to faster computing: sound. Certain types of soundwaves can move data quickly, using minimal power. [ + ]

The UNSW Faculty of Engineering has launched 25 industry research fellowships to boost collaboration with business. [ + ]

The Australian Government has announced $245 million in new Discovery Projects scheme funding as part of the Australian Research Council's (ARC) 2016 Major Grants Announcement in Adelaide. [ + ]

Cambridge University scientists have developed a working laboratory demonstrator of a high-density lithium-oxygen battery that is more than 90% efficient and can be reportedly recharged more than 2000 times. [ + ]

Electronex 2015, the Electronics Design & Assembly Expo and Conference, held in September at Melbourne Park Function Centre, saw over 1000 trade visitors and delegates attend the two-day event. [ + ]

Australian scientists have designed a 3D silicon chip architecture based on single atom quantum bits, providing a blueprint to build a large-scale quantum computer. [ + ]

Australian researchers, in association with Russian scientists, have created an ultrafast all-optical switch on silicon nanostructures. This device may become a platform for future computers and permit the transfer of data at an ultrahigh speed. [ + ]

Samsung SDI held a completion ceremony for its EV battery plant at Gaoxin Industrial District within Xi'an, Shaanxi Province of China. [ + ]