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...

Farmell element14 has unveiled the GIZMO Explorer board, said to be a companion board for the GIZMO 2 platform. The board includes features and peripherals that suit it to use in motor control, human machine interface and control system designs.Farmell element14 has unveiled the GIZMO Explorer board, said to be a companion board for the GIZMO 2...

Sheffield based SRAM developer sureCore is to collaborate with Belgian research centre imec on low power SRAM IP. Under the agreement, sureCore will license some of imec's SRAM design IP, whilst imec will make what is called a 'participation' in sureCore, which will establish an office in Leuven."This collaboration is strategic...

Cypress has expanded the Traveo MCU family with the addition of a series said to provide a cost effective platform to deliver 2D and 3D graphics, as well as advanced functionality, for dashboards, head up displays and HVAC systems. Cypress has expanded the Traveo MCU family with the addition of a series said to provide a cost effective pla...