A combination of two technologies — one to create a thin film and the second to 'cut' designs out of the film — could be a potentially powerful tool to create custom electronic components. [ + ]

German researchers have developed a new redox-flow battery based on organic polymers and water. [ + ]

Transistors have been given a power boost with a new technique that incorporates vanadium oxide — a function oxide — into electronic devices. [ + ]

CSIRO has launched a new robot that can automatically screen and evaluate next-generation materials around the clock. [ + ]

Researchers are on the path to creating biodegradable electronics by using organic components in screen displays. The development could one day help reduce electronic waste in the world's landfills.

A new eco-friendly process enables spatial control over the electrical properties of graphene oxide. This two-dimensional nanomaterial has the potential to revolutionise flexible electronics, solar cells and biomedical instruments. [ + ]

Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are working on improving battery life by changing the electrolyte composition. [ + ]

Weakness in key electronic equipment segments, including smartphones and PCs, is expected to lead to a decline in semiconductor revenues. [ + ]

Scientists have accidentally discovered a new way of using light to draw and erase quantum-mechanical circuits in a unique class of materials called topological insulators. [ + ]

Australian researchers have created new fibre structures and used traditional knitting and braiding techniques to introduce the ability to monitor human movement using wearable structures, and even to store the energy required to power such a function. [ + ]

Engineers Australia's Women in Engineering committee has launched the Action Plan for Mitigating Gender Bias in engineering workplaces. [ + ]

Scientists are turning trees into energy storage devices capable of powering everything from a smartwatch to a hybrid car. [ + ]

Australian researchers have developed a new material that can store digital information and be printed onto various surfaces. It could be used for memory cells in next-generation, large-scale printable electronics. [ + ]

Australian engineers have built a quantum logic gate in silicon for the first time, making calculations between two qubits of information possible — and thereby clearing the final hurdle to making silicon quantum computers a reality. [ + ]

A new finding could lead to the next generation of cheaper, more efficient electronic devices. [ + ]