Organic electrode materials are considered to be extremely promising materials for sustainable batteries with high power capabilities. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a micrometre-scale, low power consumption pressure sensor with potential applications in vacuum environments. [ + ]

Recognising innovations and other outstanding accomplishments in flexible hybrid electronics (FHE), SEMI-FlexTech recently presented the 2020 FLEXI Awards. [ + ]

Researchers have found a way to use jackfruit and durian — the latter considered the world's smelliest fruit — to create energy stores for rapid electricity charging. [ + ]

Semiconductor company STMicroelectronics has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in French gallium nitride (GaN) innovator Exagan. [ + ]

Researchers have used inexpensive crystals, known as perovskites, to make Faraday rotators. These manipulate light in a range of devices by altering its polarisation. [ + ]

Russian researchers have described a way to increase the sensitivity of biological detectors (biosensors) to the point where they can be used in mobile and wearable devices. [ + ]

Inverted perovskite solar cells can now achieve efficiencies close to that of their more conventional counterparts. [ + ]

Henry Zhou, who has been Director and General Manager of Omron Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) since 2017, will take up his new position from 1 April. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a new type of battery that combines negative capacitance and negative resistance within the same cell, allowing the cell to self-charge without losing energy. [ + ]

Test and measurement company Keysight Technologies Australia hosted a FieldFox B-series seminar in its Melbourne office on 27 February. [ + ]

Australia and New Zealand have agreed to partner together to roll out new satellite technology that will be able to pinpoint a location on Earth to within 10 cm. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics and TSMC are collaborating to accelerate the development of gallium nitride (GaN) process technology and the supply of both discrete and integrated GaN devices to market. [ + ]

A thickness-controlled black phosphorous tunnel field-effect transistor shows 10 times lower switching power consumption than conventional CMOS transistors. [ + ]

European researchers have unveiled an algorithm that they claim can solve complex problems easily and accurately — even on a personal computer. [ + ]