01. Developing technologies that run on light 02. New low-cost thermoelectric material works at room temperature 03. New nanoantennas to improve ultra-fast wireless connections 04. New safer, inexpensive way to propel small satellites 05. Closing the terahertz gap: Tiny laser is an important step toward new sensors 06. Scientists make fundamental discovery to creating better crops 07. What do dragonflies teach us about missile defense? 08. The Nation Faces Long-Standing Challenges Related to Defending Against Biological Threats 09. Systems (IRDSTM) Sets Course for Computer and Electronics Industry Growth 10. Emotion-detection applications built on outdated science, report warns And others… Best […]
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Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of July 19, 2019
01. Physicists find first possible 3-D quantum spin liquid 02. Light may increase magnetic memory speeds 1000 times, decrease electricity consumption 03. Coupled exploration of light and matter 04. Researchers build transistor-like gate for quantum information processing — with qudits 05. Tiny vibration-powered robots are the size of the world’s smallest ant 06. Ultra-soft, liquid magnetic droplets could vault technology forward 07. Electrical engineers develop ‘beyond 5G’ wireless transceiver 08. Stripping down bacterial armor: A new way to fight anthrax 09. Artificial intelligence (AI) designs metamaterials used in the invisibility cloak 10. 1 in 5 Cities Is About to Have […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of July 12, 2019
01. Physicists’ finding could revolutionize information transmission 02. ‘Connecting the dots’ for quantum networks 03. On-demand control of terahertz and infrared waves 04. Physicists use light waves to accelerate supercurrents, enable ultrafast quantum computing 05. Unlocking magnetic properties for future faster, low energy spintronics 06. Chip converts waste heat into electricity 07. Researchers develop ultrafast semiconductors 08. Two tiny supercomputing Pioneer nanosatellites launched 09. Extremely hard yet metallically conductive: Researchers develop novel material with high-tech prospects 10. Will your future computer be made using bacteria? And others… Mechanical vibration generated by electron spins A New Study Just Revealed That Earth’s […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of July 5, 2019
01. Drone transmits uncompressed 4K video in real time using millimeter wave tech 02. Perfect quantum portal emerges at exotic interface 03. The Pentagon has a laser that can identify people from a distance—by their heartbeat 04. Scientists combine light and matter to make particles with new behaviors 05. ‘Tsunami’ on a silicon chip: A world first for light waves 06. What Happens When a CBRN Agent is Released in an Urban Area? Ask HASP. 07. Found: A sweet way to make everyday things almost indestructible 08. The RoboBee flies solo 09. With little training, machine-learning algorithms can uncover hidden […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of June 28, 2019
01. New property of light discovered 02. Experiment reverses the direction of heat flow 03. How to bend waves to arrive at the right place 04. A new ‘golden’ age for electronics? 05. Researchers teleport information within a diamond 06. Sensors and metrology as the driving force for digitalization 07. 3D Printing of Hypersonic Missile Swarms 08. Scientists chart course toward a new world of synthetic biology 09. Physicists develop new method to prove quantum entanglement 10. Graphene and nanotube mesh filters salt from water And others… 2.8 Trillion Tons of Nearly Fresh Water Found Under the Ocean A European […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of June 21, 2019
01. Discovery of a ‘holy grail’ with the invention of universal computer memory 02. Melting a satellite, a piece at a time 03. Secure quantum communications in the microwave range for the first time 04. Spotting objects amid clutter 05. World’s First “Quantum Drone” for Impenetrable Air-to-Ground Data Links Takes Off 06. Building the tools of the next manufacturing revolution 07. Materials informatics reveals new class of super-hard alloys 08. Researchers see around corners to detect object shapes 09. Quantum physics experiment shows Heisenberg was right about uncertainty, in a certain sense 10. Here are 10 ways AI could help […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of June 14, 2019
01. We Finally Have Found a Way to Convert Donor Blood Into a Universal Type 02. Autonomous boats can target and latch onto each other 03. Light-powered nano-organisms consume carbon dioxide, create eco-friendly plastics and fuels 04. Metal foam stops .50 caliber rounds as well as steel – at less than half the weight 05. New computer attack mimics user’s keystroke characteristics and evades detection 06. Researchers ‘stretch’ the ability of 2-D materials to change technology 07. A deorbit kit for satellites based on low work-function tethers 08. Multicolored light twists in new knotted ways 09. Meet the robot submarine […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of June 7, 2019
01. Establishing the ultimate limits of quantum communication networks 02. Hand-held scanner for detecting hazardous substances and explosives 03. Hearing through your fingers: Device that converts speech 04. Household Radar Can See Through Walls and Knows How You’re Feeling 05. Physicists ‘teleport’ logic operation between separated ions 06. New way to protect against high-dose radiation damage discovered 07. Physicists can predict the jumps of Schrodinger’s cat (and finally save it) 08. Cracking open the black box of automated machine learning 09. Record-breaking chaotic data transmission 10. Unveiling technologies for future launch vehicles And others… China steps up threat to deprive […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of May 31, 2019
01. New organic flow battery brings decomposing molecules back to life 02. Scientists Have Found a Way to Preserve Vaccines Without Refrigeration For Months 03. Sound waves bypass visual limitations to recognize human activity 04. Scientists create new aluminum alloy with flexibility, strength, lightness 05. Beyond 1 and 0: Engineers boost potential for creating successor to shrinking transistors 06. ‘Metasurfaces’ that manipulate light at tiny scales could find uses in consumer technology 07. US Army Approves Plans for Microwave, Laser and Hypersonic Weapons 08. China Publishes Research on Competitive 3-Nanometer Chip 09. How You Walk and Hold Your Device Could […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of May 24, 2019
01. Developing biosecurity tool to detect genetically engineered organisms in the wild 02. Scientists develop polariton nano-laser operating at room temperature 03. Counter-intuitive climate change solution 04. New lidar instruments peer skyward for clues on weather and climate 05. Six Paths to the Nonsurgical Future of Brain-Machine Interfaces 06. Plumbene, graphene’s latest cousin, realized on the ‘nano water cube’ 07. Producing electricity at estuaries using light and osmosis 08. Researchers create washable sensor that can be woven into materials 09. UN chief concerned nuclear ‘coffin’ leaking in Pacific 10. Creating high-capacity long-life batteries And others… 12 irreplaceable innovations made possible […]