Researchers from Osaka University have developed what they claim is the world's thinnest and lightest differential amplifier for bioinstrumentation. [ + ]

The 2nd Lithium Batteries Conference will be held from 24–25 September at the Novotel Sydney Darling Square. [ + ]

Thermo Fisher Scientific has been appointed an authorised distributor of Fluke Corporation's range of professional electronic test tools in Australia. [ + ]

Scientists have found a new way to detect the efficiency of crystal semiconductors, using a kind of photoluminescence spectroscopy to characterise the semiconductors. [ + ]

Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of transistors based on gallium oxide, achieving high breakdown voltage combined with high current conductivity. [ + ]

Clean technology company BluGlass has formally opened its new manufacturing laboratories, the Paul Dunnigan Labs, at its state-of-the-art facility in Silverwater. [ + ]

Archer Exploration, a Sydney-based advanced materials business, has assembled the first qubit component of a prototype room-temperature operation quantum computing qubit processor. [ + ]

Researchers have developed an ultrathin, artificial muscle for soft robotics, demonstrated via a robotic blooming flower brooch, dancing robotic butterflies and fluttering tree leaves on a kinetic art piece. [ + ]

Due to their semiconductor properties, zinc oxide nanowires have potential applications in electronics and optics. [ + ]

The repurposed 2 kWh units could be used in developing countries or isolated communities, with enough energy to power a small shop, farm holding or multiple residential homes. [ + ]

Advantech Australia hosted its first Co-Creation Partner Conference, part of the global Advantech co-creation event series, in Melbourne on 15 August. [ + ]

Danish researchers are developing a new class of flexible, eco-friendly thin-film electronics, which they call 'fleco-ionics'. [ + ]

Scientists have modified a previous synthesis method to create a new semiconducting polymer with remarkable properties that could be used in organic electronic devices. [ + ]

Researchers have developed transfer-printing technology that uses hydrogel and nano ink to easily create high-performance sensors on flexible substrates of diverse shapes and structures. [ + ]

Scientists have used ultrarapid electro-optical modulators to convert terahertz data signals into optical signals, in an effort to prepare for the next generation of wireless data transmission. [ + ]