Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of November 30, 2018

01. Revealing hidden information in sound waves 02. VitalTag to give vital information in mass casualty incidents 03. World’s first single-panel antenna to simultaneously support multiple 5G communications 04. Environment turns molecule into a switch 05. New device widens light beams by 400 times, broadening possibilities in science and technology 06. New technique to make objects invisible proposed 07. An important step towards completely secure quantum communication network 08. First study of terahertz radiation in liquids 09. Shedding a new light on optical trapping and tweezing 10. Changing color of light using a spatiotemporal boundary And others… Could an anti-global […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of November 23, 2018

01. Quantum artificial life created on the cloud 02. A Quantum Encryption Record in Optical Fiber 03. MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts 04. Graphene boosts GHz signals into terahertz territory 05. Self-sensing materials are here 06. Magnetic topological insulator makes its own magnetic field 07. Getting rid of sweat at the push of a button 08. Bending light around tight corners without backscattering losses 09. Infinite-dimensional symmetry opens up possibility of a new physics—and new 10. Five nanosecond decision-making And others… The Case Against Quantum Computing Countries convene to update chemical weapons prohibitions The first worldwide […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of November 16, 2018

01. Quantum ‘compass’ could allow navigation without relying on satellites 02. Nanofiber carpet could lead to new sticky or insulating surfaces 03. A two-atom quantum duet 04. Innovative approach to controlling magnetism opens route to ultra-low-power 05. Thermal nanotransistor can conduct heat away from electronic components 06. The US military is testing stratospheric balloons that ride the wind so they never have to come down 07. Materials scientist creates fabric alternative to batteries for wearable devices 08. Graphene on the way to superconductivity 09. Big data used to predict the future 10. New insulating state found in stretched graphene And […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of November 9, 2018

01. New tech delivers high-tech film that blocks electromagnetic interference 02. One step closer to complex quantum teleportation 03. ‘Folded’ optical devices manipulate light in a new way 04. Physicists design new antenna for next-generation super-sensitive magnetometers 05. Tests show integrated quantum chip operations possible 06. Using a crystal to link visible light to infrared opens a window on 07. How to Encode a Secret Message in a Fingerprint 08. Quantum predictions 09. Chinese New Mini Robot Carries Micro Intelligent Missiles 10. A new approach to liquid-repelling surfaces And others… China Air Pollution fight is the current biggest global environmental […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of November 2, 2018

01. Light-bending tech shrinks kilometers-long radiation system to millimeter scale 02. Multi-functional quantum bits for future computers 03. New composite material that can cool itself down under extreme temperatures 04. Researchers design ‘smart’ surfaces to repel everything but targeted beneficial exceptions 05. Shape-shifting robots perceive surroundings, make decisions for first time 06. Entangled Photons Sneak through Hole Unscathed 07. Acoustic tractor beam can grab objects from behind obstacles 08. Army scientists develop computational model to predict human behavior 09. A USB stick? In the distant future, a little powder should suffice 10. Artificial intelligence controls quantum computers And others… China […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 26, 2018

01. A new way to measure nearly nothing 02. Bursting the clouds for better communication 03. New laser breakthrough: ‘random, transistor’ laser that can be manipulated at nanoscale 04. Shielded quantum bits 05. Biological invisibility cloak: Elucidating cuttlefish camouflage 06. Researchers switch material from one state to another with a single flash of light 07. Uncovering secret structure to explosives 08. Large family of quantum spin liquids revealed – Physics World 09. 3D-Printed Graphene Scaffold Breaks Capacitor Records 10. U-M researchers develop small device that bends light to generate new radiation And others… Navy declares EMS a full-fledged warfighting domain […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 19, 2018

01. New half-light half-matter particles may hold the key to a computing revolution 02. Geoengineering will happen, China controlling rain across Tibet 03. New technique locates robots, soldiers in GPS-challenged areas 04. Measurement-device-independent quantum communication without encryption 05. The future of electronic devices: Strong and self-healing ion gels 06. Lift off for world-first ultrasound levitation that bends around barriers 07. Optical gyroscopes the size of a grain of rice and with higher precision 08. Invention of ionic decision-maker capable of self-learning 09. Security vulnerabilities in terahertz data links 10. Pristine Quantum Light Source Created at the Edge of Silicon Chip […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 12, 2018

01. Nanoscale pillars as a building block for future information technology 02. New security scanners safely detect threats from people on the move 03. Possible game changer in detection of submarines 04. New laser technology can identify unknown white powders from safe distance 05. Quantum technologies can be applied on a standard telecommunications network 06. Russian scientists develop high-precision laser for satellite navigation 07. Glow-in-the-dark paper as a rapid test for infectious diseases 08. Flowing salt water over this super-hydrophobic surface can generate electricity 09. The Pentagon is studying an insect army to defend crops. Critics fear a bioweapon. 10. […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 5, 2018

01. Space-borne quantum source to secure communication 02. Emissions-free energy system saves heat from the summer sun for winter 03. BrainNet: A Multi-Person Brain-to-Brain Interface for Direct Collaboration Between Brains 04. Images: Decoding multiple frames from a single, scattered exposure 05. New Spot-Beam Antennas Boost Communication Satellites’ Bandwidth 06. New Army technology guides soldiers in complete darkness 07. Plasma thruster: New space debris removal technology 08. Crowd counting through walls with WiFi (w/video) 09. New, highly stable catalyst may help turn water into fuel 10. Metal that withstands ultra-high temperature and pressure identified And others… 60 Years of DARPA’s Favorite […]

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

01. On-demand room-temperature single photon array—a quantum communication breakthrough 02. Researchers find ferrimagnets could be used to speed up spintronics devices 03. Scientists discover new mechanism for information storage in one atom 04. Spray-on antennas could unlock potential of smart, connected technology 05. Two-dimensional multibit optoelectronic memory 06. ‘Papertronics’ could fold, biodegrade and be the basis for the next generation of devices 07. UTokyo researchers generate the strongest-ever controllable magnetic field 08. Perovskite semiconductors seeing right through next generation X-ray detectors 09. Honing quantum sensing 10. Naval Research Laboratory Seeks to Advance Field Diagnostics of Infectious Agents And others… Bridging […]