Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of February 4, 2022 Posted on by Hema Viswanath 01. Nano-architected material refracts light backward – an important step toward one day creating photonic circuits 02. A nanoscale 3D structure to control light 03. A new amplifying technique for weak and noisy optical signals 04. New approach transports trapped ions to create entangling gates 05. A new method for quantum computing 06. New power transfer technology provides unprecedented freedom for wireless charging 07. Physicists manipulate magnetism with light 08. Scientists develop insect-sized flying robots with flapping wings 09. Scientists weave atomically thin wires into ribbons 10. Tiny materials lead to a big advance in quantum computing And others… Bacteria Communicate Using Chemical Signals Comparable to Radio Waves Chinese and U.S. University Rankings Engineering a multi-element atomic arrangement Power at sea: Towards high-performance seawater batteries Wide-visible-light-responsive photocatalyst boosts solar water splitting Posted in S&T articles, Weekly Top 10 and tagged Top S&T innovations.