The devices make use of all the potential of active carbon, graphene and polyaniline, a polymer with high capabilities that is already broadly used in textile materials. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics is enhancing software support for smartphone app developers to unleash the full potential of the Core NFC Framework of the newly released iOS 13 operating system. [ + ]

Based on a design 10 years in the making, the processor has built-in scalability that allows the number of quantum components — made out of light — to scale to extreme numbers. [ + ]

With a business engineering degree and a General Management Master from the SGMI Management Institut St. Gallen, Schultze offers more than 20 years of experience in operations management. [ + ]

The electrode was found to improve the practical energy density of a lithium–sulfur battery to three to five times higher than that of lithium-ion batteries. [ + ]

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems is set to research the interaction of light with nanomaterials — technology that is often thinner than a human hair. [ + ]

Analog Devices' multisensory MeasureWare platform enables Digi-Key customers to have their own customised software and marketplace. [ + ]

The technique allows companies to non-destructively scan computer chips to ensure they haven't been altered and have been manufactured to design specifications without error. [ + ]

element14 celebrates the sale of 15 million Raspberry Pi SBCs and announces the distribution of Amphenol PIHER's range of contactless sensors and potentiometers. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a new technology that identifies objects and executes actions following a simple knock against a smartphone. The software is powered by machine learning that analyses sounds, vibrations and other reactions. [ + ]

Researchers have developed transparent conductive films that are set to increase the power conversion efficiency of perovskite-based multijunction solar cells beyond 30%. [ + ]

M Stanley Whittingham, John B Goodenough and Akira Yoshino will receive the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of lithium-ion batteries. [ + ]

By using synthetic polypeptides — which make up proteins — and other polymers, US researchers have taken the first steps towards constructing electrodes for sustainable organic batteries. [ + ]

Electrochemicals manufacturer Electrolube has been awarded the new global standard for occupational health and safety, the ISO 45001. [ + ]

Researchers have achieved 11.4% photoelectric conversion efficiency in flexible CZTSSe thin-film solar cells — said to be the highest efficiency ever reached in such cells. [ + ]