Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of March 11, 2022

01. Breakthrough in quantum sensing provides new material to make qubits 02. Exploring the bounds of room-temperature superconductivity 03. ‘Fingerprint’ machine learning technique identifies different bacteria in seconds 04. Form-free metasurfaces enable novel and intelligent optical illusion 05. The future of data storage is double-helical, research indicates 06. Physicists show how frequencies can easily be multiplied without special circuitry 07. Researchers design charged ‘power suits’ for electric vehicles and spacecraft 08. Robot ‘bugs’ that can go just about anywhere 09. Study raises new possibilities for triggering room-temperature superconductivity with light 10. Vacuum fluctuations break topological protection And others… Analysis suggests […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of March 4, 2022

01. Arrays of metallic nanoparticles can form an optical cavity tunable by liquid crystals 02. First observation of the quantum boomerang effect 03. Freshwater from thin air 04. How to make a ‘computer’ out of liquid crystals 05. Lightweight nanofiber mats could battle bullets, deflect space debris 06. Live wire: New research on nanoelectronics 07. Metasurface-based antenna turns ambient radio waves into electric power 08. Strong, stretchy, self-healing polymers rapidly recover from damage 09. Surprising semiconductor properties revealed with innovative new method 10. Using two different elements creates new possibilities in hybrid atomic quantum computers And others… This 500-Year-Old Landslide […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of February 25, 2022

01. A new platform for customizable quantum devices 02. Evidence for exotic magnetic phase of matter 03. New material offers remarkable combo of toughness and stretchiness 04. Physicists harness electrons to make ‘synthetic dimensions’ 05. Scientists greatly expand the frequencies generated by a miniature optical ruler 06. Mechanical metamaterials: Toughness and design criteria 07. Microparticles show ability to turn in reverse, paving the way for microfluidic devices 08. Self-healing materials for robotics made from ‘jelly’ and salt 09. Wallet-sized device focuses terahertz energy to generate high-resolution images 10. World’s smallest battery can power dust-sized computer And others… How Pathogens Learn […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of February 18, 2022

01. Chaining atoms together yields quantum storage 02. An innovative technology for 6G communication networks 03. It’s in the air – battery discovery takes up the charge 04. Researchers combine piezoelectric thin film and metasurfaces to create lens with tunable focus 05. Researchers use solar cells to achieve fast underwater wireless communication 06. Researchers create molecule that can pave way for mini transistors 07. Two-dimensional material could store quantum information at room temperature 08. Researchers identify mechanism by which fatigue cracks grow 09. Solar-powered system offers a route to inexpensive desalination 10. Squeezing the noise out of microscopes with quantum […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of February, 11, 2022

01. Carbon nanotube films open up new prospects for electronics 02. Cooling matter from a distance 03. Nanowires under tension create the basis for ultrafast transistors 04. Scientists discover a mysterious transition in an electronic crystal 05. Scientists engineer new material that can absorb and release enormous amounts of energy 06. Study raises new possibilities for triggering room-temperature superconductivity with light 07. Super-elastic high-entropy Elinvar alloy discovered with potential for aerospace engineering 08. Tiny electrical vortexes bridge gap between ferroelectric and ferromagnetic materials 09. Towards self-sensing soft robots with electrochemically driven pumps 10. With a little help, new optical material […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of February 4, 2022

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 […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of January 28, 2022

01. A new record for laser stability across atmospheric distances 02. Team demonstrates molecular electronics sensors on a semiconductor chip 03. Just listen to the chaos: A new approach to extracting information from large ensembles of sensors 04. A leap forward for terahertz lasers 05. Researchers find new way of gaining quantum control from loss 06. Scientists simulate ‘fingerprint’ of noise on quantum computer 07. Sunlight could be used to power lasers 08. Harnessing noise in optical computing for AI 09. Development of a lithium-air battery with an energy density over 500 wh/kg 10. Twin-field quantum key distribution (QKD) across […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of January 21, 2022

01. Superabsorption unlocks key to next-generation quantum batteries 02. Unexpected energy storage capability where water meets metal surfaces 03. A well-known iron-based magnet is also a potential quantum information material 04. When graphene speaks, scientists can now listen 05. Impossible material made possible inside a graphene sandwich 06. Light could boost performance of fuel cells, lithium batteries and other devices 07. Mini electricity generator made from quantum dots 08. The perfect trap: a new way to control the polarization of light 09.  ‘Rivers’ in the sky likely to drench East Asia under climate change 10. Self-organization of complex structures: a […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of January 14, 2022

01. Building a silicon quantum computer chip atom by atom (w/video) 02. Chemists use DNA to build the world’s tiniest antenna 03. Making an object invisible under fluid flow 04. Molecular paddlewheels propel sodium ions through next-generation batteries 05. Nanobridged rhombic antennas that support both dipolar and high-order plasmonic modes 06. A new look at quantum radar suggests it might boost accuracy more than thought 07. New nanocrystals put a tiny twist on useful materials 08. New tiny sensor makes the invisible visible 09. Scientific Integrity Task Force releases “Protecting the Integrity of Government Science” report 10. Scientists call for […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of January 7, 2022

01. Changing the properties of ferroelectric materials by vacating a single oxygen atom 02. Experimental quantum teleportation of propagating microwaves 03. The first topological acoustic transistor 04. A-list candidate for fault-free quantum computing delivers surprise 05. Minimizing laser phase noise with machine learning 06. Revitalizing batteries by bringing ‘dead’ lithium back to life 07. Safer carbon capture and storage 08. Self-Detoxifying Wearable Filter for Development of Next Generation NBC Protective Gear 09. Suiting up with Al-Mg-Si: New protective coating for steel in ships and marine and coastal facilities 10. Ultrafast imaging of terahertz electric waveforms using quantum dots And others… […]