The Communications Prizes seek to find the most compelling technological and engineering innovations, communicated in a way to inspire the public and aspiring young technologists. [ + ]

Metromatics has joined forces with RuggON to distribute the company's range of rugged computing and display products in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

Researchers have successfully measured back-reflection in cutting-edge hollow-core fibres that is around 10,000 times lower than conventional optical fibres. [ + ]

Researchers employed terahertz waves from the 300 GHz band as an information carrier that allows for the wireless transmission of uncompressed, 8K UHD video. [ + ]

Researchers have found a way of enhancing hybrid flow batteries or regenerative fuel cell (RFC) technology that could store electricity for very long durations. [ + ]

When an electric field is applied, the hybrid material can be strained up to 22% — the highest strain reported in a piezoelectric material so far. [ + ]

'Body armour' for fragile quantum systems would make them robust enough to be used as the basis for a new generation of low-energy electronics. [ + ]

Electronex – The Electronics Design & Assembly Expo, which was to be held in May this year, has been rescheduled to 15–16 September at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a nanometric structure that can cover the surface of some silicon solar panels and improve their performance by up to 40%. [ + ]

A new ferroelectric memory surpasses the performance of a conventional flash memory in terms of operation speed, power consumption and device reliability. [ + ]

Japanese scientists have demonstrated that a clean electrolyte–electrode interface is key to realising high-capacity solid-state lithium batteries. [ + ]

German scientists have produced electronic displays whose biodegradability has been checked and certified by an independent office. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics has joined the ZETA Alliance, the industry body promoting ZETA low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) technology for low-cost, long-range IoT connectivity. [ + ]

Researchers develop a hybrid supercapacitor that has a capacitor-type titanium carbide-based negative electrode and a battery-type graphene-hybrid positive electrode. [ + ]

Researchers have reached 21.6% efficiency in converting sunlight into electricity — a new world record for perovskite solar cells larger than 1 cm² in size. [ + ]