Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 22, 2023

01. AI models struggle to identify nonsense, says study 02. Battery-free robots use origami to change shape in mid-air 03. Exploring just how extreme future storms could get 04. Generating biskyrmions in a rare earth magnet 05. Scientists develop self-healing elastomer for flexible electronics 06. New method improves accuracy and resolution of lightning observations 07. Plumbing the depths of thermoelectrics in search of novel materials 08. Researchers develop high-performance zero thermal expansion composite for precision devices 09. Unveiling the invisible: A bioinspired CMOS-integrated polarization imaging sensor 10. Wifi can read through walls And others Accounting transparency effort tied to decreased […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 15, 2023

01. Valleytronics: Innovative way to store and process information up to room temperature 02. Copper-doped tungstic acid nanocrystals transform infrared light conversion 03. A linear path to efficient quantum technologies 04. Magnetic whirls pave the way for energy-efficient computing 05. New battery holds promise for green energy 06. New ionic MOF materials boost hydrogen fuel cell efficiency 07. Revolutionizing lithium production on a string 08. Scientists unlock reversible twisting of nanoscale materials 09. Tonga volcano unleashed fastest ever undersea flows: study 10. Glaciers could provide powerful new volcano monitoring tool And others A guide to Big Team Science creates a […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 8, 2023

01. Device offers long-distance, low-power underwater communication 02. ‘Countercation engineering’ for thermoresponsive graphene-oxide nanosheets 03. Better cybersecurity with new material 04. Growing triple-decker hybrid crystals for lasers 05. Mapping Australia’s hidden lithium reserves 06. Novel titanium dioxide catalyst shows promise for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction 07. Scientists demonstrate new, improved way to make infrared light, with quantum dots 08. Scientists develop an energy-efficient wireless power and information transfer system 09. Scientists synthesize new organometallic “sandwich” compound capable of holding more electrons 10. Team develops novel sponge-based triboelectric nanogenerator for corrosion protection in transportation systems And others An age gap in […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 1, 2023

01. Brighter comb lasers on a chip mean new applications 02. New quantum device generates single photons and encodes information 03. A Hidden State Between Liquid And Solid May Have Been Found 04. Making the invisible, visible: New method makes mid-infrared light detectable at room temperature 05. Micro-optical technology based on metamaterials takes center stage 06. Researchers demonstrate high-fidelity transmission of information via novel electronic-optical system 07. Scientists continue to push the boundaries of imaging techniques and reveal the mysterious world of molecules 08. Researchers take aim at weather forecasters’ biggest blind spot 09. A simpler way to connect quantum […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 25, 2023

01. Researchers improve the performance of semiconductors using novel 2D metal 02. Scientists design novel nonlinear circuit to harvest clean power using graphene 03. Scientists develop fermionic quantum processor 04. Scientists trap light inside a magnet 05. Team develops way to integrate electro-optic modulator device on end faces of a single-mode optical fiber jumper 06. ‘Topological gardening’ to achieve unexpected spin transport 07. Move over lithium-ion: Zinc-air batteries a cheaper and safer alternative 08. Nano-thin ‘liquid-like’ coatings may pave the way for a ‘self-cleaning’ world 09. Microscopic transformations of electrocatalyst surfaces 10. Research group detects a quantum entanglement wave for […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 18, 2023

01. An algorithm that shapes objects to cause them to roll down ramps following a desired path 02. Arrays of quantum rods could enhance TVs or virtual reality devices 03. Carbon-based quantum technology 04. Chromium replaces rare and expensive noble metals 05. Decoding how molecules ‘talk’ to each other to develop new nanotechnologies 06. From light to motion: Shaping surfaces with light 07. Magnonic computing: Faster spin waves could make novel computing systems possible 08. Nanomaterial offers new way to control fire 09. New paint gives extra insulation, saving on energy, costs, and carbon emissions 10. New property of hydrogen […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 11, 2023

01. Super Radar: Breakthrough radar research overcomes a nearly century-old trade-off between wavelength and distance resolution 02. Quantum material exhibits ‘non-local’ behavior that mimics brain function 03. Thermal imaging innovation allows AI to see through pitch darkness like broad daylight 04. Discovering nanomachines within living organisms: Cytochromes P450 unleashed as living soft robots 05. A first-of-its-kind chip features both a laser and waveguide to create a photonic integrated circuit 06. Nanoelectromechanical resonators based on hafnia–zirconia–alumina superlattices with gigahertz spectrum coverage 07. New metalens lights the way for advanced control of quantum emission 08. New method simplifies the construction process for […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of August 4, 2023

01. MIT engineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor from ancient materials 02. Bacteria as blacksmiths – new method to assemble unconventional materials 03. Can rainbows monitor the environment? 04. Enhanced light absorption in thin silicon photodetectors with photon-trapping structures 05. Extraordinarily strong, lightweight material combines DNA and glass 06. ‘Quantum avalanche’ explains how nonconductors turn into conductors 07. ‘Stunning’ discovery: Metals can heal themselves 08. Team creates simple superconducting device that could dramatically cut energy use in computing 09. Turning bacteria into solar factories with semiconductor nanoclusters 10. Some alloys don’t change size when heated, and we now know why And […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of July 28, 2023

01. Allowing robots to explore on their own 02. Aluminum materials show promising performance for safer, cheaper, more powerful batteries 03. Device makes hydrogen from sunlight with record efficiency 04. Insights into designing advanced stimuli-responsive porous materials 05. Lights could be the future of the internet and data transmission 06. New study reveals remarkable impact of intrinsic spin shielding in platinum-rare earth alloys on electrocatalysis 07. A new type of quantum bit in semiconductor nanostructures 08. Non-native English speaking scientists work much harder just to keep up, global research reveals 09. A novel approach for balancing properties in composite materials […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of June 21, 2023

01. Scientists presents a one-step laser synthesis method for fabricating wideband microwave absorption metamaterial 02. Shrinking light: Waveguiding scheme enables highly confined subnanometer optical fields 03. Study offers a broader approach to quantum walks 04. Thanks to trapped electrons, a material expected to be a conducting metal remains an insulator 05. New material could hold key to reducing energy consumption in computers and electronics 06. Next-generation flow battery design sets records 07. Photonic Time Crystals Generated From Rapid Shifts in Laser Light 08. Preparing for a quantum leap: Researchers chart future for use of quantum computing in particle physics 09. […]