Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 12, 2018

01. Nanoscale pillars as a building block for future information technology
02. New security scanners safely detect threats from people on the move
03. Possible game changer in detection of submarines
04. New laser technology can identify unknown white powders from safe distance
05. Quantum technologies can be applied on a standard telecommunications network
06. Russian scientists develop high-precision laser for satellite navigation
07. Glow-in-the-dark paper as a rapid test for infectious diseases
08. Flowing salt water over this super-hydrophobic surface can generate electricity
09. The Pentagon is studying an insect army to defend crops. Critics fear a bioweapon.
10. Trapping toxic compounds with ‘molecular baskets’

And others…

Businesses Spent $375 Billion on R&D Performance in the United States in 2016
Forecasting Military Technology 2020-2040
Future soldiers with metamaterial invisibility and power suits
Hypersonic weapons are the top US military research priority
Scientists call for microbial ‘Noah’s Ark’ to protect global health

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