Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of November 6, 2020

01. Breakthrough quantum-dot transistors create a flexible alternative to conventional electronics 02. DRIVE ReDIRECT: Program Seeks to Develop Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats 03. New technology allows cameras to capture colors invisible to the human eye 04. Physicists develop efficient modem for a future quantum internet 05. Researchers develop a high-power, portable terahertz laser 06. Researchers invent flexible and highly reliable sensor 07. An underwater navigation system powered by sound 08. World’s fastest open-source intrusion detection is here 09. Biodefense Headlines – 2 November 2020 10. Scientists in Japan Just Found a Detailed Record of Earth’s Last Magnetic Switcharoo And others… […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 30, 2020

01. On-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbons could advance quantum devices 02.Physicists circumvent centuries-old theory to cancel magnetic fields 03. A Quantum Tango between Magnons and Phonons 04. Single-atom alloy: Superb cocatalyst for photocatalysis 05. Tailoring 2D materials to improve electronic and optical devices 06. AI detects hidden earthquakes 07. The Lithium-Ion Battery With Built-In Fire Suppression 08. Topological states caught in the act 09. 60-year-old limit to lasers overturned by quantum researchers 10. Infrared light antenna powers molecular motor And others… How France overcame the odds to build a research mega-campus How to figure out what you don’t know An […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 23, 2020

01. ‘Classified knots’: Researchers create optical framed knots to encode information 02. The chips of the future will include programmable photonic circuits 03. Integrated circuit of pure magnons 04. Optical wiring for large quantum computers 05. Researchers discover a uniquely quantum effect in erasing information 06. A trillion turns of light nets terahertz polarized bytes 07. Asymmetric optical camouflage: Tunable reflective color accompanied by optical Janus effect 08. A controllable membrane to pull carbon dioxide out of exhaust streams 09. A flexible color-changing film inspired by chameleon skin (w/video) 10. Good vibrations for new energy And others… Artificial intelligence reveals […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 16, 2020

01. Easy-to-make, ultra-low power electronics could charge out of thin air 02. Liquid metals come to the rescue of semiconductors 03. A milestone in quantum physics: Physicists successfully carry out the controlled transport of stored light 04. An 11-atom sensor sheds light on the quantum world 05. Scientists develop ‘mini-brains’ to help robots recognize pain and to self-repair 06. Well-formed disorder for versatile light technologies 07. Room-temperature superconductor? Rochester lab sets new record toward long-sought goal 08. Geologists solve puzzle that could predict valuable rare earth element deposits 09. The current state of space debris 10. Now you see it, […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 9, 2020

01. An electrical trigger fires single, identical photons 02. A new interpretation of quantum mechanics suggests that reality does not depend on the person measuring it 03. New quantum computing algorithm skips past time limits imposed by decoherence 04. New shortcut enables faster creation of spin pattern in magnet 05. Researchers use flying insects to drop sensors from air, land them safely on the ground 06. Sensor with 100,000 times higher sensitivity could bolster thermal imaging 07. Squeezing light inside memory devices could help improve performance 08. A step toward a universal flu vaccine 09. Engineering team develops novel miniaturized […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 2, 2020

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 […]

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 […]