Innovations in Materials R&D for Electronics | Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/materials-rd/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:52:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/wp-content/themes/ew/images/logo.gif Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/materials-rd/ 125 75 Glasgow has compostable circuit board design licked https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/glasgow-has-compostable-circuit-board-design-licked-2026-01/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/glasgow-has-compostable-circuit-board-design-licked-2026-01/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:36:04 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=887775 Circuit boards that are almost entirely biodegradable have been developed by researchers at the University of Glasgow, electroplating circuitry onto compostable substrates – including chocolate. Instead of conventional circuit boards ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/glasgow-has-compostable-circuit-board-design-licked-2026-01/feed/ 0 IEEE announces student challenge for semiconductor packaging https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/ieee-announces-student-challenge-for-semiconductor-packaging-2025-12/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/ieee-announces-student-challenge-for-semiconductor-packaging-2025-12/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:19:44 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=886396 A competition launched by the IEEE offers six student teams the chance to attend next year’s Electronic Components and Technology Conference in Orlando, Florida. There are three challenges, each dealing ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/ieee-announces-student-challenge-for-semiconductor-packaging-2025-12/feed/ 0 Mercedes-Benz unveils solar panel paint job on steer-by-wire vehicle https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/mercedes-benz-unveils-solar-panel-paint-job-on-steer-by-wire-vehicle-2025-10/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/mercedes-benz-unveils-solar-panel-paint-job-on-steer-by-wire-vehicle-2025-10/#respond Mon, 27 Oct 2025 08:52:27 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=883095 Mercedes-Benz has unveiled this Vision Iconic concept car at this month’s Shanghai Fashion Week. It has steer-by-wire technology, a PV active coating and an incongruously square front grill at the ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/mercedes-benz-unveils-solar-panel-paint-job-on-steer-by-wire-vehicle-2025-10/feed/ 0 All change as Semicon West lands in Phoenix https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/materials-rd/all-change-as-semicon-west-lands-in-phoenix-2025-10/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/materials-rd/all-change-as-semicon-west-lands-in-phoenix-2025-10/#respond Tue, 07 Oct 2025 07:30:36 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=881949 There were many changes to the format of Semicon West this year, not least the change of venue to Phoenix, Arizona. The semiconductor, electronics design and manufacturing show had been ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/materials-rd/all-change-as-semicon-west-lands-in-phoenix-2025-10/feed/ 0 SEMI announces Greg Barrett at CFO https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/embedded-systems/semi-announces-greg-barrett-at-cfo-2025-10/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/embedded-systems/semi-announces-greg-barrett-at-cfo-2025-10/#respond Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:29:17 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=881723 The semiconductor, electronics design and manufacturing industry association, SEMI, has announced that Greg Barrett will succeed Kevin Bauer as CFO (chief financial officer) and business operations officer. Before joining SEMI, ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/embedded-systems/semi-announces-greg-barrett-at-cfo-2025-10/feed/ 0 UK government to invest in semiconductor supply chain https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/microprocessors/uk-government-to-invest-in-semiconductor-supply-chain-2025-09/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/microprocessors/uk-government-to-invest-in-semiconductor-supply-chain-2025-09/#respond Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:02:22 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=881458 At Microelectronics UK (24-25 September), Kanishka Narayan, Minister of State for semiconductors, emerging technology, AI and online safety announced investment designed to support the UK semiconductor industry. The exhibition and ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/microprocessors/uk-government-to-invest-in-semiconductor-supply-chain-2025-09/feed/ 0 Interns for innovation https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/internet-of-things/interns-for-innovation-2023-05/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/internet-of-things/interns-for-innovation-2023-05/#respond Tue, 09 May 2023 08:00:29 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=819741 Melexis is encouraging innovation and drawing on the rich pool of local technology graduates at its newly-opened Innovation Lab. Positioned in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, the Melexis Innovation Lab ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/internet-of-things/interns-for-innovation-2023-05/feed/ 0 Synopsys and Juniper Networks form new player in silicon photonics market https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/materials-rd/synopsys-juniper-networks-form-new-player-silicon-photonics-market-2022-04/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/materials-rd/synopsys-juniper-networks-form-new-player-silicon-photonics-market-2022-04/#respond Tue, 05 Apr 2022 09:54:33 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=794486 There will be a new player in the dynamic silicon photonics sector, as Synopsys and Juniper Networks announce a partnership to form a new, separate company, with Synopsys as the ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/materials-rd/synopsys-juniper-networks-form-new-player-silicon-photonics-market-2022-04/feed/ 0 Stratasys invests in UK AM sector https://www.electronicsweekly.com/events/general-events/stratasys-invests-uk-sector-2019-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/events/general-events/stratasys-invests-uk-sector-2019-03/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:30:42 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=569095 Offices in Cambridge and Derby have been opened by Stratasys to drive the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM). The new offices will house technical and business consultants and software developers ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/events/general-events/stratasys-invests-uk-sector-2019-03/feed/ 0 Better formamidinium perovskite solar https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/better-formamidinium-perovskite-solar-2019-03/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/better-formamidinium-perovskite-solar-2019-03/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:34:22 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=569054 Better perovskite solar cells could spring from a different way to make formamidinium lead iodide

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