Electronic Components Feature Articles

Dr Da-Wei Wang's work on prolonging battery life has won him a Research Excellence Award from The University of Queensland (UQ).

A research team led by Australian engineers has created the first working quantum bit based on a single atom in silicon, opening the way to ultra-powerful quantum computers of the ...

Inspired by colourful stained-glass windows, researchers from Singapore have demonstrated an innovative method for producing full-colour images at 100,000 dots per inch (dpi) which ...

For the first time, engineers at the University of New South Wales have demonstrated hydrogen can be released and reabsorbed from a promising storage material, overcoming a major ...

Scientists have taken a quantum leap forward towards future computing after discovering that 'background interference' in quantum-level measurements, may be the very thing they need ...

A new high-tech method for imaging the electric fields of atoms could lead to advances in areas as diverse as data storage, solar cells and batteries.

New vendors rush to market to take advantage of Bluetooth technology-powered wireless sensors’ exploitation of links to smartphones and computers.

Researchers who are studying a new magnetic effect that converts heat to electricity have discovered how to amplify it a thousand times over - a first step in making the technology ...

Founding engineer of Skype and philosopher of modern technology, Jaan Tallinn, believes the impact of artificial intelligence has reached a crucial stage.

Griffith University's Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre has been awarded $1 million in research funding by the state government to develop production processes for a silicon ...

The search is on again for the nation’s greatest ideas – in fields from environmental science to education – through the $70,000 The Australian Innovation Challenge awards.

Key component shortages force purchasers to move outside of trusted supply chains and into the hands of fake component makers.

James Cook University postgraduate researcher Katia Bazaka has received a national award for her research into novel organic materials for high-tech applications.

There’s nothing worse than an unseen groove or bump on a pool table that sends your shot off course: a new study has found that the same goes at the nano-scale, where the “billiard ...

An international research breakthrough with bees means machines might soon be able to see almost as well as humans.

"There is no such thing as a good idea." It may seem an unorthodox message coming from the head of one of Australia’s most successful technology transfer offices (TTO) but Anthony ...

Pioneering new miniature laser technology which could revolutionise a future generation of mobile phones has been developed by a manufacturing business in the United Kingdom.

For generations, we have dreamed of machines with artificial intelligence with which we can have real conversations but, despite advances, such devices seem some way off. Now ...

A group of leading Australian scientists has come together to develop lower-cost flexible optoelectronic solutions that could transform the Australian consumer electronics industry. ...

A tiny crystal that enables a computer to perform calculations that currently stump the world's most powerful supercomputers has been developed by an international team including ...