PsiQuantum has raised US$450 million in Series D funding to build what it claims will be the world’s first commercially viable quantum computer. [ + ]

US engineers have 3D printed a soft robotic hand that is agile enough to play — and beat — Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. [ + ]

The Mountz product range now available from element14 includes cutting-edge torque analysers, screwdrivers and wrenches. [ + ]

Fresh insights about the release of oxygen in lithium-ion batteries should pave the way for more robust and safer high-energy-density batteries. [ + ]

Physicists have demonstrated for the first time vertical organic transistors (organic permeable base transistors, OPBTs) integrated into functional circuits. [ + ]

A new low-power Bluetooth module from Lierda Science & Technology Group uses an ST STM32WB55 Bluetooth LE (BLE) microcontroller (MCU). [ + ]

Researchers have discovered that a key component of next-generation solar panels can be created without expensive, high-temperature fabrication methods. [ + ]

A new type of reflective screen offers optimal colour display — while using ambient light to keep energy consumption to a minimum. [ + ]

The top three industry segments leading the way in IoT applications are industrial automation and control (25%), home automation (18%) and AI (12%). [ + ]

Renault and ST will work together with the objective of improving the power performance of Renault's applications for electric and hybrid vehicles. [ + ]

Chemists have developed a material that functions as a hole-transporting layer in a solar element, proving versatile and applicable to different solar technologies. [ + ]

Polysulfide shuttling involves the movement of sulfur-containing intermediates between the cathode and anode during the battery's chemical processes. [ + ]

Digi International has announced that it will relocate its Brisbane-based headquarters from Rocklea to Milton in September 2021. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics has announced its collaboration with EV manufacturer Arrival, to provide semiconductor technologies and products for Arrival's vehicles. [ + ]

The system has been able to light-power a system for controlling turning antennas on and off using a fibre-optic infrastructure, thus optimising energy consumption. [ + ]