Test, measurement and monitoring company Tektronix has appointed Vicom as a full portfolio distributor in Australia, covering a range of Tektronix and Keithley instrumentation. [ + ]

A prototype app giving Canberra residents the ability to seamlessly access a wide range of local services has secured first place - and a $12,500 cash prize for Canberra's Imagine Team - at the Canberra Digital Challenge awards. [ + ]

Israeli scientists have announced a breakthrough in molecular electronics that has paved the way for DNA-based computer circuits. [ + ]

Researchers from Ericsson and Chalmers University of Technology have developed a new type of microwave circuit that could lead to fewer cords, smaller antennas and quicker video transmission. [ + ]

Researchers at the University of Sheffield's Department of Materials Science and Engineering are investigating ways that magnetic devices hundreds of times thinner than a human hair can be used in next-generation computing technologies. [ + ]

Researchers from Columbia Engineering and the Georgia Institute of Technology have made the first experimental observation of piezoelectricity and the piezotronic effect in an atomically thin material, molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂), resulting in a unique electric generator and mechanosensation devices that are optically transparent, light, bendable and stretchable. [ + ]

Altium Limited, an Australian-owned public company that provides electronic design automation services, native 3D PCB design systems and embedded software development toolkits, has announced a partnership with Aras Corporation, an American developer and publisher of product development software. [ + ]

Samsung recently announced plans to build a new, cutting-edge wafer fab - a $14.7bn investment for the company that will be located in Pyeongtaek, a city south of Seoul. [ + ]

MIT researchers have developed a new circuit design that could make simple superconducting devices much cheaper to manufacture. And while the circuits' speed probably wouldn't top that of today's chips, they could solve the problem of reading out the results of calculations performed with Josephson junctions. [ + ]

Rockwell Automation's CEO emphasised how the 'connected enterprise' improves industrial performance at the Internet of Things World Forum. He noted how industry is at a major inflection point, driven by the convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT), and enhanced by the industrial Internet of Things (IoT). [ + ]

Siemens ambassador and recently retired Tour de France winner Cadel Evans will be a key speaker at Convention 2014 - Australia's largest-ever engineering event. [ + ]

Stanford engineers are working on tiny electronic devices that could be planted deep inside our bodies to monitor biological processes and deliver pinpoint therapies to treat illness or relieve pain. [ + ]

Lighting and LED technology is going to be a hot topic at electronica 2014, the 26th international trade fair for electronic components, systems and applications. The event will be held at the Messe München trade fair centre from 11-14 November. [ + ]

An emerging class of electrically conductive plastics called 'radical polymers' may bring low-cost, transparent solar cells, flexible and lightweight batteries, and ultrathin antistatic coatings for consumer electronics and aircraft. [ + ]

Scientists at German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a 2-in-1 electric motor that increases the range of electric vehicles. [ + ]