Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 13, 2021 Posted on by Hema Viswanath 01. Metamaterials research challenges fundamental limits in photonics 02. New electronic phenomenon discovered 03. Non-line-of-sight imaging with picosecond temporal resolution 04. Protecting earth from space storms 05. Quantum materials cloak thermal radiation 06. Single-step synthesis of solid-state sensors for detecting explosives 07. Scientists develop chain mail fabric that can stiffen on demand 08. System trains drones to fly around obstacles at high speeds 09. 3D Kirigami Building Blocks Designed To Make Dynamic Metamaterial Structures 10. Anatomy of an earthquake series And others… Deconstructing the Infectious Biological Weaponry of the COVID-19 Virus Emergent magnetic monopoles controlled at room temperature Engineers clean up water pollution with sunlight Minor volcanic eruptions could ‘cascade’ into global catastrophe, experts argue New device can diagnose Covid-19 from saliva samples Posted in S&T articles, Weekly Top 10 and tagged Top S&T innovations.