A drone prototype that mimics the aerobatic manoeuvres of one of the world's fastest birds, the swift, is being developed by aerospace engineers. [ + ]

The 'Deep Learning with MATLAB' course is now available, developed by MathWorks in collaboration with the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute. [ + ]

The material can improve the energy density, power density, charging rate, safety and cycle life of batteries without requiring a decrease of the particle size. [ + ]

element14 strengthens the depth and breadth of its range of components, having signed a new distribution agreement with passive component manufacturer KOA Europe. [ + ]

The trial will help to demonstrate how the Australian electricity grid can successfully integrate higher numbers of electric vehicles while limiting network expansion. [ + ]

To enable data transmission speeds that surpass 5G standards, scientists have built a new chip using a concept called photonic topological insulators. [ + ]

A research team has produced graphene via a special, scalable technique and used it to develop hydrogen fuel cell catalysts. [ + ]

Australian researchers and industry partners are joining forces to develop the next generation of optical gyroscopes for high-precision autonomous navigation. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a visible light communication set-up, capable of a data rate of 2.2 Mbps, by employing a new type of organic light-emitting diode. [ + ]

The successful partnering of perovskite and silicon solar cells could lay the foundations for more efficient, better-performing devices that can be easily mass produced. [ + ]

A team of physicists and chemists has produced porous graphene ribbons in which specific carbon atoms in the crystal lattice are replaced with nitrogen atoms. [ + ]

An organic material that is thin, bendable and powerful could be used to create the next generation of mobile phones and other electronic devices. [ + ]

Analog Devices will acquire Maxim Integrated in an all-stock transaction that values the combined enterprise at over US$68 billion. [ + ]

To increase the efficiency of solar cells, one strategy is to turn low-energy light into more energetic, visible light that can excite silicon. [ + ]

Researchers have fabricated red LEDs, based on the blue-emitting semiconductor indium gallium nitride, that are as stable as those based on indium gallium phosphide. [ + ]