Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 28, 2020

01. Cosmic rays may soon stymie quantum computing 02. A novel approach produces a completely new kind of dynamic light structure 03. Photonics researchers report breakthrough in miniaturizing light-based chips 04. Researchers develop flat lens a thousand times thinner than a human hair 05. Storing information in antiferromagnetic materials 06. Thin layer protects battery, allows cold charging 07. Beating noise via superposition of order 08. New LiDAR Sensor Uses Mirrors to Achieve High Efficiency 09. Wireless device makes clean fuel from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water 10. Faster, more efficient energy storage could stem from holistic study of layered materials […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 21, 2020

01. First ever observation of ‘time crystals’ interacting 02. A new iron based super elastic alloy capable of withstanding extreme temperatures 03. Scientists use photons as threads to weave novel forms of matter 04. Watching electrons harvest light at the nanoscale 05. Sculpting a Waveguide with Light 06. Researchers capture footage of fluid behaving like a solid 07. Efficient Off-Grid Power, After the Sun Sets 08. Trace vapor generator for detecting explosives, narcotics 09. Ultrafast electrons in magnetic oxides: A new direction for spintronics? 10. IARPA pursues advanced radio eavesdropping defenses And others… A Battery That’s Tough Enough To Take […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 14, 2020

01. Demonstrating entanglement through a fiber cable with high fidelity 02. Electronic components join forces to take up 10 times less space on computer chips 03. Quantum researchers create an error-correcting cat 04. Scientists develop first quantum algorithm to characterize noise across large systems 05. Double layer of 2D materials unlocks crucial properties 06. Deep learning and metamaterials make the invisible visible 07. The Force of Nothingness Has Been Used to Manipulate Objects 08. Glass blowing inspires new class of quantum sensors 09. Data systems that learn to be better 10. Engineers manipulate color on the nanoscale, making it disappear […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 7, 2020

01. Greater connectedness in remote areas: A Ka-band transceiver for satellite 02. Image cloaking tool thwarts facial recognition programs 03. NTU Singapore scientists build ultra-high-speed Terahertz wireless chip 04. Physicists find misaligned carbon sheets yield unparalleled properties 05. Scientists find way to track space junk in daylight 06. An electrical switch for magnetism 07. Break it down: A new way to address common computing problem 08. Scientists discover new class of semiconducting entropy-stabilized materials 09. Novel approach improves graphene-based supercapacitors 10. Whitepaper evaluates opportunities and risks of nanomaterials And others… Acoustic tweezers move objects in the body remotely Has the […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of July 31, 2020

01. Metal-breathing bacteria could transform electronics, biosensors, and more 02. New fabric could help keep you cool in the summer, even without A/C 03. Researchers create surface coating that can create false infrared images 04. Scientists develop novel transparent broadband electromagnetic interference shielding materials 05. Self-healing soft material outsmarts nature 06. Tailored meta-grid of nanoparticles boosting performance of light-emitting diodes 07. Army research enables conversational AI between soldiers, robot 08. ‘Drawn-on-skin’ electronics offer breakthrough in wearable monitors 09. Taking the guesswork out of twistronics 10. ‘Fool’s gold’ may be valuable after all And others… Back to the Lab? We Want […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of July 24, 2020

01. Physicists develop technology to transform information from microwaves to optical light 02. Nature provides inspiration for researchers developing selective membranes 03. New material can generate hydrogen from salt and polluted water 04. Researchers diffract a beam of organic molecules 05. Scientists strengthen quantum building blocks in milestone critical for scale-up 06. ‘Seeing’ and ‘manipulating’ functions of living cells 07. Geoengineering is just a partial solution to fight climate change 08. Shells and grapefruits inspire first manufactured non-cuttable material 09. A new species of darkling beetle larvae that degrade plastic 10. U.S. and Japan Seeking to Break China’s Grip on […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of July 17, 2020

01. Artificial ‘neurotransistor’ created 02. UBCO researchers create liquid-repelling substance that works on all surfaces 03. Underused part of the electromagnetic spectrum gets optics boost from metamaterial 04. Tiny bubbles make a quantum leap 05. Using magnetic worms to engineer nanoscale communication systems 06. Recognising fake images using frequency analysis 07. New materials for extra thin computer chips 08. New organic material unlocks faster and more flexible electronic devices 09. ‘Blinking’ nanocrystals may convert CO2 into fuels 10. Seventy-Five Years After Trinity And others… Agriculture – a climate villain? Maybe not! Corralling Groups of Photons Liquid crystals create easy-to-read, color-changing […]

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

01. Magnetic memory states go exponential 02. New biomaterial could shield against harmful radiation 03. Scaling up the quantum chip 04. Harvesting hydrogen from nanogardens 05. Scientists create new device to light up the way for quantum technologies 06. Shining light into the dark: New discovery makes microscopic imaging possible in dark conditions 07. Engineers design a reusable, silicone rubber face mask 08. Physics team observes extremely fast electronic changes in real time in a special material class 09. Porous graphene ribbons doped with nitrogen for electronics and quantum computing 10. Generator developed for harvesting energy from droplets And others… […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of July 3, 2020

01. A completely new plasmonic chip for ultrafast data transmission using light 02. Cartwheeling light reveals new optical phenomenon 03. Light from inside the tunnel 04. Multifunctional nanofiber protects against explosions, extreme temps 05. Nanoelectromechanical switches based reconfigurable computing 06. A path to new nanofluidic devices applying spintronics technology 07. The lightest shielding material in the world 08. Study reveals magnetic process that can lead to more energy-efficient memory in computers 09. Extensive review of spin-gapless semiconductors: Next-generation spintronics candidates 10. Scientists Have Demonstrated Quantum Entanglement on a Tiny Satellite Orbiting Earth And others… Being exceptional in higher dimensions Computing […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of June 26, 2020

01. A Metal-like Quantum Gas: A pathbreaking platform for quantum simulation 02. Strainoptronics: A new way to control photons 03. Synthetic materials mimic living creatures 04. New technique may enable all-optical data-center networks 05. Engineers design a device that operates like a brain synapse 06. Microscopic computers: The wires of the future may be made of molecules 07. New system uses wind turbines to defend the national grid from power cuts 08. Fifty perfect photons for ‘quantum supremacy’ 09. Device turns wasted heat into clean electricity, scientists say 10. New quantum materials with unique properties And others… How water in […]