University at Buffalo engineers are working to solve two significant roadblocks impeding the creation of smaller, faster and more powerful electronic devices.

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have discovered that ceria (or cerium dioxide) is a good catalyst for fuel cell anodes.

After a period of extensive investigation, the boards of both the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) and the Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association (AEEMA) have now decided to work together on common interests in close collaboration, rather than to proceed with a formal merger.

Researchers in Britain have produced digital spintronic circuits that use the direction of magnetism to represent ones and zeros.

In recent months costs of raw- and auxiliary materials as well as charges for energy have risen in the PCB-industry.

Just about everything that runs on batteries -- flashlights, mobile phones, electric cars, missile-guidance systems -- would be improved with a better energy supply. But traditional batteries haven't progressed far beyond the basic design developed by Alessandro Volta in the 19th century. Until now.

Group4 Labs has announced a gallium nitride (GaN)-on-diamond semiconductor wafer.

A new optical effect has been created in a London laboratory that means solid objects such as walls could one day be rendered transparent, scientists have reported in the journal Nature Materials.

Anritsu has bought NetTest. With headquarters in Copenhagen, NetTest has 480 employees and R&D locations in the US, France and Italy.

It what it claims is an industry first, Agilent Technologies has introduced an event identification software that allows digital designers that use Infiniium oscilloscopes to identify signal integrity issues found in electronic designs.

With the help of new silicon-based compounds, scientists - and patients - are getting a significant new charge out of the tiny lithium batteries used in implantable devices to help treat nervous system and other disorders.

Researchers are using microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology to develop a single-chip RF circuit that integrates discrete functions to reduce weight and cost, according to a Frost & Sullivan report.

A solar cell, made of titania nanotubes and natural dye, may be the answer to making solar electricity production cost effective, according to a Penn State University researcher in the US.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated the room-temperature operation of a heterojunction bipolar transistor laser, moving it a major step closer to commercialisation.

China announced a 15-year plan recently to invest in technology development.