Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 9, 2020 Posted on by Hema Viswanath 01. An electrical trigger fires single, identical photons 02. A new interpretation of quantum mechanics suggests that reality does not depend on the person measuring it 03. New quantum computing algorithm skips past time limits imposed by decoherence 04. New shortcut enables faster creation of spin pattern in magnet 05. Researchers use flying insects to drop sensors from air, land them safely on the ground 06. Sensor with 100,000 times higher sensitivity could bolster thermal imaging 07. Squeezing light inside memory devices could help improve performance 08. A step toward a universal flu vaccine 09. Engineering team develops novel miniaturized organic semiconductor 10. 3D-printed ‘invisible’ fibres can sense breath, sound, and biological cells And others… The Big 3 Infectious Diseases Besides COVID-19 Scientists Are Trying to Find a Vaccine For Generating photons for communication in a quantum computing system Intelligent nanomaterials for photonics ‘Like a fishing net,’ nanonet collapses to trap drug molecules Science Academies submit recommendations to the G20 countries Posted in S&T articles, Weekly Top 10 and tagged Top S&T innovations.