STMicroelectronics is collaborating with audio start-up USound on the industrialisation and production of the world's first miniature piezoelectric MEMS actuators for smart audio systems in portable devices. [ + ]

Scottish scientists are developing smart telemetry tags using NarrowBand-IoT (NB-IoT) technology to track and monitor the movement of harbour seals and research their population decline. [ + ]

ANU researchers have used magnets to steer light, opening the door to communications systems which could be smaller, cheaper and more agile than fibre optics. [ + ]

Scientists are using liquid metals to create integrated circuits (ICs) that are merely atoms thick, opening the way for the production of large wafers around 1.5 nm in depth. [ + ]

Keysight Technologies is holding a series of free seminars, showcasing its move from a box company to a custom solutions house. [ + ]

Tianneng Battery Group will provide $250,000 for researchers to develop innovative silicon/carbon composite anode materials for use in lithium-ion batteries, offering greater capacity compared to current graphite-based anode materials. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a material called 'thubber' — a thermally conductive rubber material that represents a breakthrough for creating soft, stretchable machines and electronics. [ + ]

Technology company Lenovo has announced a new low-temperature solder (LTS) process, developed to improve PC manufacturing by conserving energy and increasing reliability. [ + ]

NASA scientists recently demonstrated the first prolonged operation of electronics in the harsh conditions found on Venus, in news which could enable new scientific missions to Earth's closest neighbour. [ + ]

Technology companies Qualcomm and TDK have completed a joint venture under the name RF360 Holdings, which will develop and manufacture innovative RF front-end (RFFE) filtering solutions for mobile devices and fast-growing business segments. [ + ]

Renesas Electronics and TSMC are collaborating on 28 nm embedded flash (eFlash) process technology for manufacturing microcontrollers (MCUs) targeted at next-generation green and autonomous vehicles. [ + ]

The Charging Interface Initiative, founded to develop and establish the Combined Charging System (CCS) as the standard for charging all kinds of battery-powered electric vehicles, has announced STMicroelectronics as its newest member. [ + ]

Electronics distributor Electrocomponents has announced the appointment of Steve Newland as president of its subsidiary, Allied Electronics. [ + ]

Researchers have created a thermoelectric organic transistor — apparently the first in the world to be controlled by a heat signal rather than an electrical signal. [ + ]

Scientists led by CSIRO have made the world's strongest material more commercially viable with the help of the humble soybean. [ + ]