Trial of electric vehicles begins
21 May, 2010An Australian-first trial that will monitor the performance, environmental benefits, policy, infrastructure and practical implications for electric vehicle fleets has been launched at the University of Western Australia.
Carbon-based materials may threaten silver
01 April, 2010NanoMarkets, a US-based analyst firm, has issued a report that predicts a US$1.9 billion market opportunity for carbon-based inks, pastes and coatings for electronics applications.
IMEC joins energy consortium
18 March, 2010Imec says it will take part in the Green Touch Initiative, a consortium initiated by Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent.
Medical beam steering magnet on line
04 March, 2010The Opera electromagnetic simulator has played an important role in the design of the particle beam steering magnet currently being commissioned at Italy's hadron therapy centre in Milan - the Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica (CNAO).
Carbon nanotube research concluded
28 January, 2010The European projects ‘Carbon nanotubes technology on Si IC’s’ and ‘Nanowire-based one-dimensional electronics’ have been completed.
GaN-on-Si program launched
21 October, 2009IMEC has launched an industrial affiliation program to focus on the development of GaN technology for both power conversion and solid-state lighting applications.
'Cloned faces' look to behaviour
15 October, 2009Computer scientists have developed a way of cloning facial expresssions during live conversations to help us better understand what influences our behaviour when we communicate with others.
Reading the brain without poking it
25 August, 2009Experimental devices that read brain signals have helped paralysed people use computers and may let amputees control bionic limbs.
Pilot line set up for solar research
28 July, 2009IMEC has established new partnerships with solar cell material and equipment suppliers.
GaN foundry services
06 July, 2009RF Micro Devices says it has formed a gallium nitride (GaN) foundry-services business unit to supply GaN semiconductor technology into multiple RF power markets.
Data centre collaboration
24 June, 2009NetApp and Cisco are collaborating to provide users with unified, dynamic data centre solutions that are based on Cisco's Unified Computing System and NetApp's Unified Storage Architecture.
Smart metering gets a boost
23 June, 2009A collaboration has been agreed between ETSI (the European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and the European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG) that is expected to accelerate the deployment of 'smart meters' in Europe.
Visual mail interface defined
17 June, 2009The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) has issued its latest recommendation document that defines an open and standardised interface between visual voicemail clients and voicemail servers.
Redefining electric current
10 June, 2009A team of scientists from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Cambridge University and Germany’s National Measurement Institute are collaborating on research that will hopefully lead to redefining electric current with unprecedented accuracy.
Spammers become image conscious
22 May, 2009Symantec has published its April 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report that highlights a spam increase of almost 10% in one month, reaching heights of 85.3%, levels not experienced since September 2007.
