Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of  May 12, 2023

01. A blueprint for a quantum computer in reverse gear 02. DNA data storage within reach thanks to new PCR technique 03. The exciting possibilities of tiny, twisted superconductors 04. Leaky-wave metasurfaces: A perfect interface between free-space and integrated optical systems 05. Magnetic bacteria: Microorganisms can help to extract dangerous heavy metals from wastewater 06. New catalyst transforms carbon dioxide into sustainable byproduct 07. Physicists discover ‘stacked pancakes of liquid magnetism’ 08. Scientists find link between photosynthesis and ‘fifth state of matter’ 09. Supercomputers have revealed the giant ‘pillars of heat’ funneling diamonds upward from deep within Earth 10. Training […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of  May 5, 2023

01. Better understanding soft material behavior 02. ‘Gluing’ soft materials without glue 03. MIT engineers “grow” atomically thin transistors on top of computer chips 04. More power from waste heat 05. New germanium-tin transistor as alternative to silicon 06. Newly developed hydrogel nanocomposite for the mass production of hydrogen 07. Newly observed effect makes atoms transparent to certain frequencies of light 08. Paradoxical quantum phenomenon measured 09. Researchers call for a new approach to studying academic progress 10. Researchers detect and classify multiple objects without images And others Researchers use AI to explore potential zoonotic diseases Silver nanoparticles spark key […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 28, 2023

01. Developing Agile, Reliable Sensing Systems with Microbes 02. Drones navigate unseen environments with liquid neural networks 03. Generation of color-tunable high-performance LG laser beams via Janus OPO 04. Intelligent membranes with memories for next-generation smart filters 05. Metamaterials: Time crystal gives light a boost 06. Nanowire networks learn and remember like a human brain 07. New approach to developing efficient, high-precision 3D light shapers 08. Two qudits fully entangled 09. Valley-transistor in two-dimensional materials – an ingredient for all-optical quantum technologies 10. Researchers discover new radiation effects in photonic time crystals And others Can We Make a System That […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of  April 21, 2023

01. Breakthrough in magnetic quantum material paves way for ultra-fast sustainable computers 02. How one photon becomes four charge carriers 03. Improving alloys: Researchers successfully establish a strong mechanical bond of immiscible iron and magnesium 04. Laser light hybrids control giant currents at ultrafast times 05. Lightning Bolt Deposits a Strange Mineral Never Seen on Earth Before 06. New family of wheel-like metallic clusters exhibit unique properties 07. Photonic filter separates signals from noise to support future 6G wireless communication 08. Physicists discover first transformable nanoscale electronic devices 09. Quantum liquid becomes solid when heated 10. Quantum light source goes […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of  April 14, 2023

01. New textile unravels warmth-trapping secrets of polar bear fur 02. Hydrogel-based flexible electronics 03. This Incredible Tiny Robot Can Locate And Capture Individual Cells 04, The Key to Securing Legacy Computing Systems 05. Merons and antimerons 06. A new type of photonic time crystal gives light a boost 07. Physicists Have Successfully Generated Tiny Solar Flares In The Lab 08. Robots predict human intention for faster builds 09. Tiny biobattery with potential 100-year shelf life runs on bacteria 10. Tiny movements, deep inside a battery And others Cell imaging could provide next step for developing synthetic photosynthesis Lake water […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 7, 2023

01. Absolute zero in the quantum computer: Formulation for the third law of thermodynamics 02. Can a solid be a superfluid? Engineering a novel supersolid state from layered 2D materials 03. Connecting distant silicon qubits for scaling up quantum computers 04. Imaging technique reveals electronic charges with single-atom resolution 05. “Spatial computing” enables flexible working memory 06. The modulation of a single-molecule electron source using light 07. Using quantum fluctuations to generate random numbers faster 08. Researchers develop novel nonwovens that are electrically conductive but thermally insulating 09. Revolutionary battery technology to boost EV range 10-fold or more 10. Scientists […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of March 31, 2023

01. Carbon fiber paper for longer-lasting electric vehicle batteries 02. Improved chip-scale color conversion lasers could enable many next-generation quantum devices 03. Listen up, material! 04. New additives could turn concrete into an effective carbon sink 05. New experiment translates quantum information between technologies in an important step for the quantum internet 06. New microchip links two Nobel Prize-winning techniques 07. Optical switching at record speeds opens door for ultrafast, light-based electronics and computers 08. Photosynthesis ‘hack’ could lead to new ways of generating renewable energy 09. Storing information with spins: Creating new structured spin states with spatially structured polarized […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of March 24, 2023

01. Detecting manipulations in microchips 02. MIT physicists predict exotic new phenomena and give “recipe” for realizing them 03. New approach to harvesting aerial humidity with organic crystals 04. Qubits put new spin on magnetism: Boosting applications of quantum computers 05. Research team develops multifunctional vortex beam for UV-visible spectra 06. A scalable and programmable quantum phononic processor based on trapped ions 07. Scientists develop energy-saving, tunable meta-devices for high-precision, secure 6G communications 08. Scientists open door to manipulating ‘quantum light’ 09. Scientists use lasers to recreate ‘twisted’ superconducting material 10. Shaping with light – a novel method for crafting […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of March 17, 2023

01. Breakthrough discovery in materials science challenges current understanding of photoemission 02. Closing in on next-generation atom-thick photonic devices 03. Experiment unlocks bizarre properties of strange metals 04. Magnetism fosters unusual electronic order in quantum material 05. Novel tunable 2D nanosheets enable many semiconductor applications, ranging from electronics to photocatalysis 06. Shape memory achieved for nano-sized objects 07. Researchers develop soft robot that shifts from land to sea with ease 08. Researchers develop ultraefficient white light laser on a chip 09. Resilient bug-sized robots keep flying even after wing damage 10. Scientists demonstrate time reflection of electromagnetic waves And others […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of March 10, 2023

01. 3D battery imaging reveals the secret real-time life of lithium metal cells 02. Bending 2D nanomaterial could ‘switch on’ future technologies 03. Graphene quantum dots show promise as novel magnetic field sensors 04. Imaging through random media using coherent averaging 05. Scientists push the boundaries of manipulating light at the submicroscopic level 06. New method enables effective free-space optical communication regardless of weather 07. New ‘phase shifter’ technology will reduce signal loss in antenna systems 08. Reaching superconductivity layer by layer 09. Researchers fabricate novel flexible supercapacitors on paper 10. Scientists thread rows of metal atoms into nanofiber bundles […]