To strengthen its Industrial Technologies portfolio, scientific instrument supplier Biolab Australia has acquired Davidson Measurement. Davidson Measurement sells, services and calibrates instruments and equipment for the measurement, analysis, acquisition and interaction of data.

Semikron International and STMicroelectronics are teaming up to develop and deliver integrated power modules for industrial, consumer, and automotive markets, embedding ST’s industry-leading power devices in Semikron’s SEMITOP power packages.

Providing high performance digital filter designs has won RF Engines (RFEL) a contract from Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO).

Griffith University researchers have developed an electronic circuit technology that claims to have significant cost, efficiency and environmental advantages over existing printed circuit boards (PCBs).

Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a laser that could help save the $200-billion dollar computer chip industry from a looming crisis dubbed the ‘interconnect bottleneck’.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in the US have developed a simple, reliable and observable method of creating gaps between electrodes making the creation of nanoscale electronics more achievable.

RS Components, distributor of electrical, electronic, automation, mechanical and T&M products, has launched a new Extended Range of components on its website.

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers in the US have demonstrated a way to release thin membranes of semiconductors from a substrate and transfer them to new surfaces -an advance that could unite the properties of silicon and many other materials, including diamond, metal and even plastic.

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers in the US have demonstrated a way to release thin membranes of semiconductors from a substrate and transfer them to new surfaces -an advance that could unite the properties of silicon and many other materials, including diamond, metal and even plastic.

MIT scientists have harnessed the construction talents of tiny viruses to build ultra-small ‘nanowire’ structures for use in very thin lithium-ion batteries.

Air is a great insulator--except when it becomes a conductor. Under the right conditions, miniature lightning bolts of electricity will ‘arc’ through the air between two electrically conducting points.

The heat is on chipmakers Intel and AMD to see who can make the biggest break into emerging markets across the global.

STMicroelectronics, a European semiconductor manufacturer, has reinforced its intention to strengthen its presence China.

Investigations into better ways to cool today’s high-performance computer microprocessors have been granted further funding at the University of California.

2006 marks two major milestones for virtual instrumentation company National Instruments, its 30th year since inception and the 20th year since the creation of NI LabVIEW, the company’s flagship graphical programming software.