Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of May 20, 2022

01. Eavesdroppers can hack 6G frequency with DIY metasurface 02. Exploring chemical logic systems that can respond to environmental conditions 03. Low-cost battery-like device absorbs CO2 emissions while it charges 04. A metasurface-based light-to-microwave transmitter for hybrid wireless communications 05. More efficient optical quantum gates 06. Multisensory hybrid material as smart electronic skin 07. On-chip photodetection: Two-dimensional material heterojunctions 08. Rigid waterproof coating for paper aims to reduce our dependence on plastic 09. Scientists Have Powered a Basic Computer With Just Algae For Over 6 Months 10. Synthesis of two-dimensional holey graphyne And others… Here’s How The Next 5 Years […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of May 13, 2022

01. Energy researchers invent chameleon metal that acts like many others 02. Computational sleuthing confirms first 3D quantum spin liquid 03. Hidden distortions trigger promising thermoelectric property 04. It takes three to tangle: Long-range quantum entanglement needs three-way interaction 05. Laser bursts drive fastest-ever logic gates 06. On-chip circuit produces up to six microwave photons at the same time 07. Optical cavities could provide new technological possibilities 08. Physicists discover light-induced mechanism for controlling ferroelectric polarization 09. Quantum one-way street in topological insulator nanowires 10. Researchers find way to form diodes from superconductors And others… A New Age of Bioterror: […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of May 6, 2022

01. Building a better quantum bit: New qubit breakthrough could transform quantum computing 02. Direct printing of nanodiamonds at the quantum level 03. Discovery of the one-way superconductor, thought to be impossible 04. A ‘beyond-quantum’ equivalence principle for superposition and entanglement 05. Thin quantum wires work better with less insulating coatings 06. A simpler approach for creating quantum materials 07. Hydrogen-tuned topological insulators may lead to new platforms in sustainable quantum electronics 08. Photons can enable real-time physical random bit generation for information security app 09. Perovskite photovoltaics for a greener Internet-of-Things 10. Zero-index metamaterials offer new insights into the […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 29, 2022

01. Breakthrough for efficient and high-speed spintronic devices 02. DARPA Seeks Ionospheric Insights to Improve Communication Across Domains 03. New hardware integrates mechanical devices into quantum tech 04. A novel insulating state emerges in a 2D material 05. Researchers create exotic magnetic structures with laser light 06. Researchers develop a paper-thin loudspeaker 07. Scientists turn a hydrogen molecule into a quantum sensor 08. Two teams use neutral atoms to create quantum circuits 09. Unexpected light behavior may be harnessed to improve optical communications and sensors 10. A new guide to extremely powerful light pulses And others… China detects first human […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 22, 2022

01. Almost ready for prime time: Deep UV photodetectors head to real-world testing 02. Charging underwater and body-implanted electronic devices using ultrasonic waves 03. Electronic nanogenerator tattoos as human-machine interfaces 04. Graphene-hBN breakthrough to spur new LEDs, quantum computing 05. Hybrid quantum bit based on topological insulators 06. Lasers trigger magnetism in atomically thin quantum materials 07. Machine learning identifies antibiotic resistant bacteria that can spread between animals, humans and environment 08. Chinese team breaks distance record for quantum secure direct communication 09. Geoengineering could return risk of malaria for one billion people 10. Light amplification accelerates chemical reactions in […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 15, 2022

01. Scientists find ‘knob’ to control magnetic behavior in quantum material 02. Converting solar energy to electricity on demand 03. A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine 04. In race to build quantum computing hardware, silicon begins to shine 05. Discovery of matter-wave polaritons sheds new light on photonic quantum technologies 06. Intense laser light modifies the pairing of electrons 07. Light-powered microbes are super-producing chemical factories 08. Achieving higher performance with potassium ion battery 09. Quantum teleportation: The express lane for quantum data traffic 10. Researchers create a magnet made of […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 8, 2022

01. Converting body heat into electricity: A step closer towards high-performance organic thermoelectrics 02. ‘Freeze-thaw battery’ is adept at preserving its energy 03. Making a ‘sandwich’ out of magnets and topological insulators, potential for lossless electronics 04. Nanomaterials: Light dependent atom clusters for sensing applications 05. Nano particle trapped between mirrors works as a quantum sensor 06. NASA uses moonlight to improve satellite accuracy 07. New quantum dots for quantum networks 08. New study solves mystery of how soft liquid droplets erode hard surfaces 09. Pollen paper that you can print on and ‘unprint’ 10. Quantum ‘shock absorbers’ allow perovskite […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 01, 2022

01. Carbon-coated nickel enables fuel cell free of precious metals 02. Decoding a material’s ‘memory’ 03. Development of stretchable and printable free-form lithium-ion batteries 04. DNA computer using glass beads increases parallel processing power 05. Engineering the quantum states in solids using light 06. Heat storage: Scientists develop material that is stable, efficient, and eco-friendly 07. Printing circuits on rare nanomagnets puts a new spin on computing 08. Study shows how superconductivity can be switched on and off in superconductors 09. Team achieves 30-fold enhancement of thermoelectric performance in polycrystalline tin selenide 10. Water as a ‘glue’ for elasticity enhanced, […]

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

01. Light derails electrons through graphene (w/video) 02. Novel quantum sensing possibilities with nonlinear optics of diamonds 03. Photonic encryption platform in the ultraviolet and visible 04. Physicists create compressible optical quantum gas 05. Qubits: Developing long-distance quantum telecommunications networks 06. Researchers develop silicon cuboid nanoantenna 07. Researchers develop the world’s first power-free frequency tuner using nanomaterials 08. Single-photon source paves the way for practical quantum encryption 09. A stretchy display for shapable electronics 10. Ultra-compact integrated photonic device could lead to new optical technologies And others… Blow flies can be used to detect use of chemical weapons, other pollutants […]

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

01. Hoverfly brains mapped to detect the sound of distant drones 02. Blowin’ in the wind – tiny battery-free sensor devices float like dandelion seeds (w/video) 03. Extracting mechanical work from superfast-expanding hydrogels 04. High-Energy Interactions Between Light and Matter Described by Advanced New Mathematical Model 05. Magnetism helps electrons vanish in high-temp superconductors 06. Quantum information: Light from rare-earth molecules 07. Researchers Set Record by Preserving Quantum States in Silicon Carbide for More Than Five Seconds 08. Revealing thermal runaway routes in lithium-sulfur batteries 09. ‘Self-driving’ lab speeds up research, synthesis of energy materials 10. Simpler graphene method paves […]