Stanford engineers have created a four-layer prototype high-rise chip. In this representation, the bottom and top layers are logic transistors. Sandwiched between them are two layers of memory. [ + ]

Telecommunications company Powertec has appointed Geoff Carroll as Network & RF Engineer with responsibility for project management on RF and microwave solutions and assisting tech support in these areas. [ + ]

RS Components and Allied Electronics have signed a global distribution deal with TRACO ELECTRONIC. [ + ]

Mouser Electronics, Inc has expanded its strategic partnership and worldwide distribution agreement with Analog Devices (ADI) to include ADI's recently acquired RF and microwave products from Hittite Microwave. [ + ]

An efficient method to harvest low-grade waste heat as electricity may be possible using reversible ammonia batteries, according to Penn State engineers. [ + ]

RS Components (RS) has been nominated as Distributor of the Year 2014 by ARCOL, a specialist in the design and manufacture of resistor technology. The award acknowledges the efforts undertaken by RS to provide customers globally with fast access to this range of premium quality resistors. [ + ]

Scientists at UNIST have developed a stretchable electronic skin, closely modelled after human skin, that can detect not just pressure but also what direction it's coming from. [ + ]

The majority of organisations that have adopted Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are already seeing measurable results, including enhanced customer experience, collaboration, insight and productivity, according to a new Harvard Business Review study. [ + ]

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has committed $5 million in funding to help Australian-based researchers in their quest to build a silicon-based quantum computer. [ + ]

Millions of Australian workers are losing the battle for better work/life balance due to excessive unpaid overtime and feel they have little control over how to change the situation, according to new research by The Australia Institute. [ + ]

Equipped with a three-year, $322,800 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery grant beginning in 2015, UNSW engineers hope to make wearable devices secure enough to feed the information they collect into the mainstream health system. [ + ]

Engineers Australia has welcomed 'A strategy for inclusiveness, well-being and diversity in engineering workplaces'. The strategy provides a comprehensive roadmap to improve diversity and inclusiveness in Australia's engineering workplaces. [ + ]

Anritsu has received the 2014 Price-to-Performance Leadership award in the Vector Network Analyser (VNA) market from Frost & Sullivan. [ + ]

AusBiotech is seeking expressions of interest to join the Australian delegation to the 73rd China International Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF) in May 2015, the Asia-Pacific's largest exhibition with around 2700 exhibitors and 80,000 visitors. [ + ]

Researchers at The University of East Anglia are a step closer to enhancing the generation of clean energy from bacteria. [ + ]