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

01. Physicists probe ‘astonishing’ morphing properties of honeycomb-like material 02. Advanced fabric that can cool a wearer down and warm them up 03. Battery tech breakthrough paves way for mass adoption of affordable electric car 04. The battery that runs 630 km on a single charge 05. Getting it to stick: Designing optimal core-shell MOFs for direct air capture 06. Materials science engineers work on new material for computer chips 07. A new method to enable efficient interactions between photons 08. A new process to build 2D materials made possible by quantum calculations 09. New technique to trap soundwaves and […]

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

01. Engineers develop a new kind of shape-memory material 02. Flexible solid electrolytes for all-solid-state lithium batteries 03. New light for shaping electron beams 04. Novel method helps quantify reversibility and irreversibility of practical Li metal batteries 05. POWER Aims to Create Revolutionary Power Distribution Network 06. Researchers develop ultra-strong aerogels with materials used in bullet-proof vests 07. Researchers fabricate miniaturized bionic ocean-battery 08. Researchers fabricate tiny multi-component beam shaper directly onto optical fiber 09 Researchers unveil mystery inside lithium oxygen batteries 10. Stretchy, bio-inspired synaptic transistor can enhance, weaken device memories And others… To Better Predict Extreme Precipitation, Scientists […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 30, 2022

01. Exotic electronic effect found in 2D topological material 02. Heat-resistant nanophotonic material could help turn heat into electricity 03. Lab grows macroscale, modular materials from bacteria 04. MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera 05. New nanocomposite films boost heat dissipation in thin electronics 06. Researchers create synthetic rocks to better understand how increasingly sought-after rare earth elements form 07. ‘Optical magic’: New flat glass enables optimal visual quality for augmented reality goggles 08. Quantum technology reaches unprecedented control over captured light 09. Optical encryption method based on single pixel imaging and metasurface holography 10. Scientists use modified […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 23, 2022

01. 3D printing drones work like bees to build and repair structures while flying 02. The building blocks for exploring new exotic states of matter 03. Energy storage materials built from nano-sized molecular blocks 04. Hygroscopic polymeric gels: Collecting freshwater and energy from atmospheric moisture 05. The magneto-optic modulator 06. Negative feedback is part of academia (and life). These six strategies can help you cope 07. Researchers propose new technology for aviation materials to allow for adjusting their properties 08. Researchers Say It’ll Be Impossible to Control a Super-Intelligent AI 09. Silicon nanopillars for quantum communication 10. Terahertz light from […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 16, 2022

01. Breaking an optical rule: Engineers find a way to manipulate light at the nanoscale 02. A little strain goes a long way in reducing fuel cell performance 03. Modified microwave oven cooks up next-gen semiconductors 04. Newly developed ice-shedding coating is 100 times stronger than others 05. A plastic film that can kill viruses using room lights 06. Producing hydrogen from seawater 07. Researchers help reveal a ‘blueprint’ for photosynthesis 08. Researchers suggest novel way to generate a light source made from entangled photons 09. Biomimetic dual-color domes programmable for encryption 10. Through the quantum looking glass And others… […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 9, 2022

01. Antenna enables advanced satellite communications testing 02. Coupling of electron-hole pairs 03. DARPA Unveils New Program to Recruit Early Career Scientists, Engineers 04. Develop Therapeutics as Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats 05. Researchers devise tunable conducting edge 06. Magnetic skyrmions: Two methods for creating them and guiding their motion 07. A new catalyst to slow down global warming 08. Light accelerates conductivity in nature’s ‘electric grid’ 09. New Prototype Device Harvests Water From The Air to Make Hydrogen Fuel 10. New theory for detection of terahertz electromagnetic waves gives hope for advances in IT and medicine And others… New practical […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 2, 2022

01. Protein that could prevent chemical warfare attack created 02. From bits to p-bits: One step closer to probabilistic computing 03. Physicists develop a perfect light trap 04. Physicists entangle more than a dozen photons efficiently 05. Physicists uncover new dynamical framework for turbulence 06. Researchers use infrared light to wirelessly transmit power over 30 meters 07. Silicon image sensor that computes 08. Why ‘erasure’ could be key to practical quantum computing 09. Small molecules, giant (surface) potential 10. The US has ruled all taxpayer-funded research must be free to read. What’s the benefit of open access? And others… Master […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 26, 2022

01. New stable quantum batteries can reliably store energy into electromagnetic fields 02. Antiferromagnetic hybrids achieve important functionality for spintronic applications 03. Damage-reporting and self-healing skin-like polymeric coatings 04. Engineers fabricate a chip-free, wireless electronic ‘skin’ 05. Exploring quantum electron highways with laser light 06. Harvesting energy – drop by drop 07. Novel smart material enables high-performance and reliable light control of droplets 08. A quantum pump without a crank 09. Researchers discover a material that can learn like the brain 10. Scientists identify liquid-like atoms in densely packed solid glasses And others… Lack of grants from funding agencies biggest […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 19, 2022

01. Scientists Achieved Self-Sustaining Nuclear Fusion… But Now They Can’t Replicate It 02. Researchers invent self-charging, ultra-thin device that generates electricity from air moisture 03. Floating ‘artificial leaves’ ride the wave of clean fuel production 04. New faster charging hydrogen fuel cell developed 05. A new neuromorphic chip for AI on the edge, at a small fraction of the energy and size of today’s compute platforms 06. Tiny crystal vases 07. 2D boundaries could create electricity 08. This Artificial Synapse Can Run a Million Times Faster Than Ones in The Human Brain 09. DARPA Kicks Off Program to Develop Low-Earth […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 12, 2022

01. Human-machine interfaces work underwater, generate their own power 02. Microbatteries much smaller than a grain of rice for a smart dust future 03. New chip-based beam steering device lays groundwork for smaller, cheaper lidar 04. Protective coating material self-heals in 30 minutes when exposed to sunlight 05. New technology can help combat climate crisis 06. Record-Breaking Experiment Could Solve a Huge Challenge in Quantum Computing 07. Researcher is studying materials whose traits resemble those of the human brain 08. Researchers create the first artificial vision system for both land and water 09. A simple, cheap material for carbon capture, […]