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Australian energy company and smart energy innovator carbonTRACK has secured a share of $25.1 million in innovation funding to accelerate the commercialisation of its energy management technology.

Mobile phones and other electronic devices made from an organic material that is thin, bendable and more powerful are now a step closer, according to researchers at the Australian National University (ANU).

Engineers at the Australian National University in Canberra have invented a semiconductor with organic and inorganic materials that can convert electricity into light very efficiently – and is thin and flexible enough to help make devices such as mobile phones bendable.

E-waste recycling service TechCollect is calling for Australians to consider the environmental impact of not recycling electronic waste in the wake of new research which it says reveals almost half of Aussies are holding onto unused or broken electronic devices in case they are needed again one day.

Most electronic devices have been banned from aircraft cabins in the case of some African and Middle Eastern airlines that fly directly to the US.