The development of the electrolyte marks one step towards improving aluminium battery technology and making it suitable for commercial use. [ + ]

Premier Farnell has recently made global agreements with a number of new manufacturers and announced its new e-book, 'The Embedded Interviews 2018'. [ + ]

Antenna Systems Solutions, a Celestia Technologies Group company, has appointed Scientific Devices Australia as its representative. [ + ]

The 2018 Electronic Industries Awards were presented at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition), held from 13–16 October. [ + ]

Researchers have found a way to give RFID tags the ability to sense their environment, in a huge step towards mass-manufacturing smart devices that do not use batteries or require charging. [ + ]

Researchers have yielded organic light-emitting diodes with an external quantum efficiency (EQE) greater than 50% with an external scattering medium. [ + ]

A neuromorphic supercomputer, designed and built to work in the same way as a human brain, has been switched on for the first time. [ + ]

EMC Technologies has announced that its Melbourne labs have been accredited for a wide scope of safety and environmental testing. [ + ]

Arrow Electronics and Infineon Technologies will provide start-up businesses in South-East Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand with products and engineering support. [ + ]

A diamond-based ultrathin transistor has the ability to outperform and be more durable than current devices deployed in high-radiation environments such as rocket engines. [ + ]

Keysight Technologies has extended its collaboration with Bluetest to integrate Keysight's 5G new radio (NR) network emulation solutions with Bluetest's reverberation chamber for over-the-air (OTA) testing of 5G NR devices in sub-6 GHz (FR1) frequency bands. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics has partnered with Fidesmo in the creation of a turnkey active solution for secure contactless payments on smart watches and other wearable technology. [ + ]

Researchers from the University of Glasgow have managed to suspend little polystyrene particles in mid-air, supported only by ultrasonic acoustic waves. [ + ]

Scientists have conclusively demonstrated the advantage of quantum computers, developing a quantum circuit that can solve a specific 'difficult' algebraic problem. [ + ]

The first molecule capable of remembering the direction of a magnetic field above liquid nitrogen temperatures has been prepared and characterised by Finnish scientists. [ + ]