The 2015 AIIA Navigating the Internet of Things Summit, to be held in Canberra on 26 March, will explore how governments can benefit from the IoT, how the IoT can be used for competitive advantage and its importance in driving economic development, service delivery and efficient policy regulation. [ + ]

University of Melbourne researchers have discovered highly sought-after ‘nematic liquid crystals’ that could lead to improved solar panels and printed electronics. [ + ]

Organic semiconductors are prized for light emitting diodes (LEDs), field effect transistors (FETs) and photovoltaic cells. As they can be printed from solution, they provide a highly scalable, cost-effective alternative to silicon-based devices. [ + ]

Organic semiconductors are prized for light emitting diodes (LEDs), field effect transistors (FETs) and photovoltaic cells. As they can be printed from solution, they provide a highly scalable, cost-effective alternative to silicon-based devices. [ + ]

Two companies, Brewer Science and Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, have received the 2014 SEMI Award for North America. [ + ]

Two companies, Brewer Science and Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, have received the 2014 SEMI Award for North America. [ + ]

The medical device industry witnessed an unusually high amount of mergers and acquisitions activity in 2014 with a total of 96 mergers and acquisitions announced, representing an increase of 18.5% on 2013, according to an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData. [ + ]

Evergreen private investment firm Manifex has announced the opening of its second round of investment funding to help start-ups commercialise their high-tech products. [ + ]

Researchers have built an array of light detectors sensitive enough to register the arrival of individual light particles, or photons, and mounted them on a silicon optical chip. Such arrays are crucial components of devices that use photons to perform quantum computations. [ + ]

Scientists have uncovered the mystery of why blue LEDs are so difficult to make, by revealing the complex properties of their main component - gallium nitride - using sophisticated computer simulations. [ + ]

Professor Graeme Clark AC from the University of Melbourne is the first Australian to receive the US Russ Prize for the cochlear implant. [ + ]

MathWorks has expanded its relationship with Siemens Automation Systems to make it easier for customers to take advantage of model-based design for developing and implementing complex control algorithms. [ + ]

RS Components has been named High Service Distributor of the Year by HARTING, a supplier of connectivity solutions used in various market sectors. [ + ]

Researchers at the US DOE's Berkeley Lab and Cornell University have successfully used an electric field to reverse the magnetisation direction in a multiferroic spintronic device at room temperature. [ + ]

South Korean and Taiwanese chip companies are well known for manufacturing prowess when it comes to efficiently fabricating huge amounts of IC wafers. [ + ]