IneoQuest Technologies has appointed NewTek Sales as its distributor for monitoring and analysis solutions for video-on-demand applications. NewTek Sales will promote IneoQuest MPEG over IP technology solutions for cable operators and equipment manufacturers pursuing video-on-demand (VOD) applications.

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories developing ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) recently demonstrated two deep UV semiconductor optical devices that set records for wavelength/power output. One emits at a wavelength of 290 nm and produces 1.3 milliwatts of output power, and the other emits at a wavelength of 275 nm and produces 0.4 milliwatts of power.

A biological fuel cell invention using catalysts sourced from enzymes found naturally in the environment, has won three categories in the Carbon Trust Innovation Awards for researchers from Oxford University's Chemistry Department.

Thanks to a team of materials scientists at Northwestern University, molecular electronics may be one step closer to reality.

Conexant Systems and GlobespanVirata are combining their two companies. The new company will have a portfolio of semiconductor solutions targeting the broadband digital home.

Reptechnic and SMR Electronics have formed Reptechnic Design, a company that will provide application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) development services to Australian and global users.

Cabac, an Australian-owned company with headquarters in Sydney, has recently celebrated 21 years of meeting the needs of the electrical installation industry.

Microsoft and Invensys have combined Invensys&rsquo process and manufacturing applications with Microsoft@rsquos platform, technology and enterprise products.

Engineers at Princeton University and Hewlett-Packard have invented a combination of materials that could lead to inexpensive, compact electronic memory devices for archiving digital images or other data.

Perth company, Hitec Energy has been offered an Australian Government R&D start grant for an innovative mineral extraction process that produces the key ingredient for alkaline batteries in a more cost effective way.

Researchers at Harvard University have demonstrated that they can apply a film of silicon nanowires to glass and plastic. The development could pave the way for futuristic consumer electronics such as disposable computers and optical displays that can be worn in clothes or contact lenses.

Researchers at Northwestern University, led by Mark Hersam, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, have become the first to measure a unique and versatile nanoelectric effect - called resonant tunnelling - through individual molecules mounted directly on silicon.

Microlog, is a miniature data logger that weighs less than 10 g and has a 4 mb memory, a 16 byte microprocessor and satellite and mobile phone technology packed into one third of the size of a matchbox. It has been developed by a father and son team at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne's Stephenson Centre.

Scientist at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne have created a new gold nitride material which could save the electronics industry millions each year.

Philips Electronics will participate as a core partner in IMEC's sub 45 nm research programs. IMEC is an independent semiconductor research organisation specialising in the development of semiconductor process technologies at geometries of 45 nm and beyond. Research will start on 200 mm and gradually transition to 300 mm.