Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of February 22, 2019

01. Exotic spiraling electrons discovered by physicists 02. The first walking robot that moves without GPS 03. A polariton filter turns ordinary laser light into quantum light 04. Researchers discover anti-laser masquerading as perfect absorber 05. Sound waves let quantum systems ‘talk’ to one another 06. Watch a harpoon successfully spear a piece of space junk 07. Engineered metasurfaces reflect waves in unusual directions 08. Across the spectrum: Researchers find way to stabilize color of light in next-gen material 09. Protecting the Nation from Emerging and Pandemic Infectious Diseases and CBRN Threats 10. International research collaboration computes climate past, present, […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of February 15, 2019

01. Quantum strangeness gives rise to new electronics 02. Hydrophobic or hydrophilic? Aero-gallium nitride is both 03. Toward Ghost Imaging on a Chip 04. In the fight against human trafficking, industrial engineers can help 05. Autonomous drones that can ‘see’ and fly intelligently 06. Data-transmitting light signal gets power boost from nanosized amplifier 07. Scientists build the smallest optical frequency comb to-date 08. Questions in quantum computing—how to move electrons with light 09. Lightning’s electromagnetic fields may have protective properties 10. Undersea gases could superheat the planet And others… Climate of North American cities will shift hundreds of miles in […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of February 8, 2019

01. Engineers create a robot that can ‘imagine’ itself 02. Invisible tags: Physicists write, read and erase using light 03. Laser capable of emitting light quiet enough to move demanding scientific applications 04. Physicists create exotic electron liquid 05. Magnetic graphene switches between insulator and conductor 06. New 3D printer shapes objects with rays of light 07. Sodium is the new lithium: Researchers find a way to boost sodium-ion battery performance 08. Unleashing perovskites’ potential for solar cells 09. Advances in stretchable semiconductors, integrated electronics 10. Computational algorithm to reduce electromagnetic noise in electronic circuits developed And others… These 3 […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of February 1, 2019

01. Lasers can send a whispered audio message directly to one person’s ear 02. Shadowy algorithm allows digital camera to see round corners 03. Waterproof graphene electronic circuits 04. Engineers develop novel strategy for designing tiny semiconductor particles for wide-ranging applications 05. Materials that open in the heat of the moment 06. Scientists demonstrate fractal light from lasers 07. Multitasking graphene ink printed into tiny flexible supercapacitors 08. Taking magnetism for a spin: exploring the mysteries of skyrmions 09. Understanding warfighter performance from the inside out 10. Current generation via quantum proton transfer And others… Artificial intelligence ARTIST instantly captures […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of January 11, 2019

01. Overtones can provide faster data communication 02. Common frame for analyzing complex systems in physics and economics 03. Programming light on a chip 04. Scientists realize a three-dimensional ‘topological’ medium for electromagnetic waves 05. Controllable fast, tiny magnetic bits 06. Excitons pave the way to more efficient electronics 07. Five emerging cyber-threats to worry about in 2019 08. A century and half of reconstructed ocean warming offers clues for the future 09. Future of planet-cooling tech: Study creates roadmap for geoengineering 10. Lotus leaf inspires scientists to create world’s first self-cleaning metals And others… China Cleaned Up Beijing Air […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of January 04, 2019

01. Physicists uncover new competing state of matter in superconducting material 02. Quantum chemistry on quantum computers 03. Scientists move quantum optic networks a step closer to reality 04. A catalytic flying carpet 05. China Has Radio Antenna to Talk to Submarines and It Covers Five Times Area of NY City 06. Manhole Covers Serve as Antennas Expanding Wireless Network Coverage 07. New version of memory could power AI phones, smart devices 08. Emotion-reading tech fails the racial bias test 09. How does the brain learn by talking to itself? 10. Computer program can translate a free-form 2-D drawing into […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of December 28, 2018

01. Discovery of topological LC circuits transporting EM waves without 02. Electronics of the future: A new energy-efficient mechanism using the Rashba effect 03. Fail-safe, reconfigurable chips 04. Hybrid qubits solve key hurdle to quantum computing 05. Lean electrolyte design is a game-changer for magnesium batteries 06. Study on low noise, high-performance transistors may bring innovations in electronics 07. An Amoeba Just Found an Entirely New Way to Solve a Classic Computing Problem 08. Global Quantum Communication Network has Been Proven Feasible With 20,000 km Transmissions 09. New T-wave detector uses waves of the electronic sea in graphene 10. Rethinking […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of December 21, 2018

01. Cybersecurity flaws could allow adversaries to ‘circumvent’ U.S. missile defense systems 02. Hiding images and information in plain sight 03. Laser-pointing system could help tiny satellites transmit data to Earth 04. Scientists design new material to harness power of light 05. Researchers demonstrate teleportation using on-demand photons from quantum dots 06. Imperfections make photons perfect for quantum computing 07. Computer chip vulnerabilities discovered 08. U.S. Army Research Lab’s Top 10 Coolest Science, Tech Advances from 2018 09. The feature size and functional range of molecular electronic devices 10. Data use draining your battery? Tiny device to speed up memory […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of December 14, 2018

01. Shape-shifting origami could help antenna systems adapt on the fly 02. Deep-learning technique reveals ‘invisible’ objects in the dark 03. High-temperature electronics? That’s hot 04. Novel laser technology for microchip-size chemical sensors 05. New Foldable Drone Flies Through Narrow Holes in Rescue Missions 06. Defenses Against the Biggest Risk We Face 07. Harnessing the power of ‘spin orbit’ coupling in silicon: Scaling up quantum computation 08. “Sun in a box” would store renewable energy for the grid 09. Sun-soaking device turns water into superheated steam 10. Topological matters: Toward a new kind of transistor And others… Color-changing fabric warns […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of December 7, 2018

01. New quantum materials could take computers beyond the semiconductor era 02. On the cusp of valleytronics 03. Researchers map light and sound wave interactions in optical fibers 04. Seeing through walls: Indoor positioning system 05. To Crack the Toughest Optimization Problems, Just Add Lasers 06. Innate ‘fingerprint’ could detect tampered steel parts 07. Photonic radiation sensors survive huge doses undamaged 08. Harvard Scientists Will Actually Launch a Geoengineering Experiment Next Year 09. New device for manipulating and moving tiny objects with light 10. Breaking Through to Next Levels of Technology And others… Companies fed up with crappy Wi-Fi are […]