Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered an interesting type of electronic behaviour in a recently discovered class of superconductors known as cobalt oxides, or cobaltates. These materials operate quite differently from other oxide superconductors, namely the copper oxides (or cuprates), which are commonly referred to as high-temperature superconductors.

As notebook computers become thinner and lighter, the bulky power adapters used for line current approach the weight of the notebooks, but smaller and lighter adapters may be on the way, thanks to piezoelectric technology, according to a Penn State electrical engineer.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed the world’s first light emitting transistor (LET).

Research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology suggests that next-generation, high-temperature superconductor wire can withstand more mechanical strain than originally thought.

In conventional memory cells a bit of information is either a zero or one.(In hypothetical quantum computers, a bit could be both a zero and a one at the same time, but that kind of nimble balancing is years away from exploitation and so bits continue to be bi-level.) In the meantime one way of cramming more data into a fixed lateral region on a data storage device, other than shrinking the cell's size, is to store more than one bit in each memory cell. This is one goal of molecular electronics (or moletronics) where, for instance one would like to store information in the form of parcels of charge placed at several active sites around a single molecule.

Proving it is possible to use biology to create electronics, scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have harnessed the power of DNA to create a self-assembling nanoscale transistor, the building block of electronics.

High-speed , reproducible and reliable processes, such as roll-to-roll display manufacturing is proving effective in the fabrication of light-emitting polymers (LEPs).

This year's Engineering & Machinery Exhibition (EMEX 2004) trade show is running from 11 to 13 May at the Auckland Showgrounds.

High-speed , reproducible and reliable processes, such as roll-to-roll display manufacturing is proving effective in the fabrication of light-emitting polymers (LEPs).

Electus Distribution are now the Australian and New Zealand distributor for Taiwanese toolmaking and moulding supplier - Gainta. Designed for manufacturers, assemblers and contractors, the range features boxes and enclosures in various materials including diecast aluminium, polycarbonate and ABS plastic. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes and features, including sealed enclosures, T-cases, moulded enclosures, hand held cases and instrument cases.

Heyco Products has an ISO 9001:2000 Certificate of Registration for its quality management system, superseding the company's previous ISO 9000 registration dating from 1994.

An Australian research team has achieved a breakthrough in the control of complex networks, in applications ranging from defence radar networks to water supply management.

Anritsu’s MT8850A/MT8852A Bluetooth test sets have received ‘Test System Validation’ status from the Bluetooth Qualification Review Board — claimed to be the only integrated test sets to have achieved validation status for radio layer measurements.

AEEMA has announced the integration of Automatic Data Capture Association (ADCA) into AEEMA. ADCA will be a forum of AEEMA’s ICT Australia division and will be known as the Automatic Data Capture Australia forum.

Seiko Epson has developed the uFR (micro flying robot), which it claims as the world’s smallest flying prototype microrobot.