01. Dogs Deployed at Helsinki Airport Can Detect COVID-19 With Almost 100% Accuracy 02. AI taught to rapidly assess disaster damage so humans know where help is needed most 03. Quantum entanglement realized between distant large objects 04. Achieving invisibility: Cross-wavelength invisibility integrated with invisibility tactics 05. Scientists synthesise a MOF capable of degrading nerve agents in water 06. Scientists Have Found a Molecule That Allows Bacteria to ‘Exhale’ Electricity 07. Bacteria fed on a customized diet produce biodegradable polymers for alternative packaging in the cosmetics industry 08. 5G wireless may lead to inaccurate weather forecasts 09. Machine learning to […]
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Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 25, 2020
01. The world’s first photodetector that can see all shades of light 02. New type of superconductor identified 03. A new strategy to implement a high-fidelity mixed-species entangling gate 04. Physicists create turnstile for photons 05. Controlling ultrastrong light-matter coupling at room temperature 06. Physicists develop printable organic transistors 07. Scientists identify solid electrolyte materials that boost lithium-ion battery performance 08. Single photon emission from isolated monolayer islands of InGaN 09. Inflatable Antennas for High Data Rate Satellite and 5G Communications 10. Breakthrough Could Lead to Amplifiers for 6G Signals And others… Major Physics Publisher Goes Double Blind New method […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 18, 2020
01. First Photonic Quantum Computer on the Cloud 02. Highly sensitive trigger enables rapid detection of biological agents 03. New algorithm signals a possible disease resurgence 04. Physicists ‘trick’ photons into behaving like electrons using a ‘synthetic’ magnetic field 05. Single atom-thin platinum makes a great chemical sensor 06. Space communication: developing a one photon-per-bit receiver using near-noiseless phase-sensitive amplification 07. Physicists make electrical nanolasers even smaller 08. Physicists discover new magnetoelectric effect 09. Collaboration yields promising material for quantum computing 10. Engineers improve signal processing for small fiber optic cables And others… Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Is in Serious […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 11, 2020
01. Seeing objects through clouds and fog 02. Painting with light: Novel nanopillars precisely control intensity of transmitted light 03. Paving the way for tunable graphene plasmonic THz amplifiers 04. Quantum light squeezes the noise out of microscopy signals 05. Scientists predicted new hard and superhard ternary compounds 06. Superconductors are super resilient to magnetic fields 07. Terahertz receiver for 6G wireless communications 08. Chemists develop a new type of one-molecule thick water-repellent film 09. Swarming locusts inspire new collision detector 10. Nanoearthquakes control spin centers in SiC And others… BATTERY 2030+ – large-scale European initiative for battery research starts […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 4, 2020
01. A molecular approach to quantum computing 02. Molecule to store solar energy developed 03. New electronic skin can react to pain like human skin 04. Researchers manipulate two bits in one atom 05. Revolutionary quantum breakthrough paves way for safer online communication 06. Single-Molecule Cloak 07. Stanford engineers reprogram yeast cells to become microscopic drug factories 08. These Underwater Drones Use Water Temperature Differences To Recharge 09. Memory in a metal, enabled by quantum geometry 10. Music goes terahertz: Scientists achieve breakthrough for pulsed terahertz lasers And others Giant Gaping Void Emerges in Siberia, The Latest in a Dramatic […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 28, 2020
01. Cosmic rays may soon stymie quantum computing 02. A novel approach produces a completely new kind of dynamic light structure 03. Photonics researchers report breakthrough in miniaturizing light-based chips 04. Researchers develop flat lens a thousand times thinner than a human hair 05. Storing information in antiferromagnetic materials 06. Thin layer protects battery, allows cold charging 07. Beating noise via superposition of order 08. New LiDAR Sensor Uses Mirrors to Achieve High Efficiency 09. Wireless device makes clean fuel from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water 10. Faster, more efficient energy storage could stem from holistic study of layered materials […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 21, 2020
01. First ever observation of ‘time crystals’ interacting 02. A new iron based super elastic alloy capable of withstanding extreme temperatures 03. Scientists use photons as threads to weave novel forms of matter 04. Watching electrons harvest light at the nanoscale 05. Sculpting a Waveguide with Light 06. Researchers capture footage of fluid behaving like a solid 07. Efficient Off-Grid Power, After the Sun Sets 08. Trace vapor generator for detecting explosives, narcotics 09. Ultrafast electrons in magnetic oxides: A new direction for spintronics? 10. IARPA pursues advanced radio eavesdropping defenses And others… A Battery That’s Tough Enough To Take […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 14, 2020
01. Demonstrating entanglement through a fiber cable with high fidelity 02. Electronic components join forces to take up 10 times less space on computer chips 03. Quantum researchers create an error-correcting cat 04. Scientists develop first quantum algorithm to characterize noise across large systems 05. Double layer of 2D materials unlocks crucial properties 06. Deep learning and metamaterials make the invisible visible 07. The Force of Nothingness Has Been Used to Manipulate Objects 08. Glass blowing inspires new class of quantum sensors 09. Data systems that learn to be better 10. Engineers manipulate color on the nanoscale, making it disappear […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 7, 2020
01. Greater connectedness in remote areas: A Ka-band transceiver for satellite 02. Image cloaking tool thwarts facial recognition programs 03. NTU Singapore scientists build ultra-high-speed Terahertz wireless chip 04. Physicists find misaligned carbon sheets yield unparalleled properties 05. Scientists find way to track space junk in daylight 06. An electrical switch for magnetism 07. Break it down: A new way to address common computing problem 08. Scientists discover new class of semiconducting entropy-stabilized materials 09. Novel approach improves graphene-based supercapacitors 10. Whitepaper evaluates opportunities and risks of nanomaterials And others… Acoustic tweezers move objects in the body remotely Has the […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of July 31, 2020
01. Metal-breathing bacteria could transform electronics, biosensors, and more 02. New fabric could help keep you cool in the summer, even without A/C 03. Researchers create surface coating that can create false infrared images 04. Scientists develop novel transparent broadband electromagnetic interference shielding materials 05. Self-healing soft material outsmarts nature 06. Tailored meta-grid of nanoparticles boosting performance of light-emitting diodes 07. Army research enables conversational AI between soldiers, robot 08. ‘Drawn-on-skin’ electronics offer breakthrough in wearable monitors 09. Taking the guesswork out of twistronics 10. ‘Fool’s gold’ may be valuable after all And others… Back to the Lab? We Want […]