A team of researchers from Northwestern University in the US says it has made a step forward in electronics that could bring 'brain like computing' closer to reality. The work involves developing more complex memristors.To date, memristors have been two terminal electronic devices, which can only control one voltage channel. However, Ma...

Specialist industrial electronics distributor Solid State has acquired Ginsbury Electronics in a deal worth £2.125million.Ginsbury, based in Kent, is a distributor of displays and power components whose portfolio is said to complement and strengthen that of Solid State. It also brings a team of experienced engineers which will continue to...

Researchers at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute say they have combined two nanomaterials to create an energy storage medium that combines the best qualities of batteries and supercapacitors.The hybrid supercapacitor is said to store large amounts of energy, to recharge quickly and to have a lifetime of more than 10,000 recharge cycle...

Researchers of Aalto University in Finland and the University of Marburg in Germany say they have detected a new kind of transport phenomenon for charges. In its work, the team said a pair formed by a negative electron and a positive charge – also known as an exciton – moves onto an interface, after which its 'message' is passed...

Dr Matthew Murray from the University of Leeds has won the RAEng ERA Foundation Entrepreneurs' Award, which looks to identify, encourage and reward engineers working with electrotechnology in UK universities. Through the RAEng's Enterprise Hub, Dr Murray will receive training to help him develop the skills needed to run a successful busines...

Innovate UK and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) are looking to invest up to £10million in a consortium to develop a pilot line that will help to understand the issues involved in the manufacture of high voltage electric vehicle batteries.The consortium must include, or develop as part of the project, all the skills and capabil...

Following its appointment as an authorised distributor for Keysight Technologies in the UK, Microlease is investing more than £1million in staff, premises, stock and e-commerce capabilities. The appointment will allow Microlease to support and sell Keysight's complete product range, including thermal imaging instruments for the first time...

IBM is to invest $3billion over the next four years to establish a new Internet of Things (IoT) unit. It will also build a cloud based open platform to help clients and ecosystem partners across industries better integrate real-time data from dispersed sources directly into business operations. "Our knowledge of the world grows with e...

Micron Technology and Intel say a 256Gbit multilevel cell (MLC) version of their 3D NAND technology is now sampling, with a 384Gbit triple level cell (TLC) design to follow shortly. Initial production runs have started and both devices should be in full production by the end of 2015. Micron Technology and Intel say a 256Gbit multilevel cel...

Circuit protection specialist Littelfuse has added an ESD option to its iDesign online simulation and product selection tool. Introduced in 2014 to assist in fuse selection, iDesign now helps circuit designers to select the best TVS Diode Arrays for their application.Users of the ESD selection tool enter parameters on the system settings and de...