01. Memristor based equation solver could cut energy used by 100 times for longer lasting smartphones 02. Quantum dot floating gates improve light-erasable memories 03. Physicists Tied Laser Beams into Knots 04. Switchable plasmonic routers controlled by external magnetic fields by using magneto-plasmonic waveguides 05. The ultimate combination: A 3D-printed optical deep learning network 06. Nanotube ‘rebar’ makes graphene twice as tough 07. Algorithms Help Power Grids Survive GPS Spoofs 08. Artificial intelligence can predict your personality … simply by tracking your eyes 09. The Defense Department has produced the first tools for catching deepfakes 10. Analysis Chronicles Changes in […]
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Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of August 3, 2018
01. Optical neural network demo 02. Researchers generate optical skyrmions 03. Superflexible aerogels are highly efficient absorbents, thermal insulators, and pressure sensors 04. New materials undergo solid-liquid phase transitions at room temperature 05. An insect-inspired drone deforms upon impact 06. DARPA has an ambitious $1.5 billion plan to reinvent electronics 07. Flooded internet is possible by 2035 08. Key Researchers on the Pace and Peculiarities of Developing Quantum Computing—and the Possible End of Bitcoin 09 DARPA Sets Date for Subterranean Challenge Competitors Day 10. Mass effective adoption of the right technologies is the key to growth
Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of July 26, 2018
01. Scientists use excitons to take electronics into the future 02. Organic Mega Flow Battery transcends lifetime, voltage thresholds 03. Researchers move closer to completely optical artificial neural network 04. Scientists develop new materials that move in response to light 05. A single photon detection system for the spectrum range up to 2300 nm 06. Using spin current to convert mechanical vibrations into electricity 07. Protecting autonomous grids from potentially crippling GPS spoofing attacks 08. A phonon laser operating at an exceptional point 09. New particle formation found to occur in heavily polluted air 10. Uncovering the interplay between two […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of July 20, 2018
01. Tuning into quantum: Scientists unlock signal frequency control of precision atom qubits 02. Light, finely sliced 03. Researchers develop first-of-its-kind optic isolator 04. Nanocrystal links could lead to better electronics 05. Close-ups of grain boundaries reveal how sulfur impurities make nickel brittle 06. A silicon-nanoparticle photonic waveguide 07. Slippery when dry 08. New study could hold key to hack-proof systems 09. Electronic stickers to streamline large-scale ‘Internet of Things’ 10. Solutions to water challenges reside at the interface And others… Digital age ‘desperately’ needs ethical and legal guidelines How Russia, China Use Nuclear Reactors To Win Global Influence Masters […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of July 13, 2018Â
01. Qubits as valves: Controlling quantum heat engines 02. A Step Toward Quantum Repeaters 03. Trapping light using Tetris-like clusters of crystals 04. For The First Time, Scientists Achieve ‘Liquid Light’ at Room Temperature 05. Heat-conducting crystals could help computer chips keep their cool 06. A step closer to single-atom data storage 07. High-power thermoelectric generator utilizes thermal difference of only 5C 08. Manipulating single atoms with an electron beam 09. Bacteria-powered solar cell converts light to energy, even under overcast skies 10. Scientists teach the neural network to carry out video facial recognition — using a single photo And […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of July 6, 2018
01. Spectral cloaking could make objects invisible under realistic conditions 02. Controlling photons with a photon 03. Quantum-enhanced sensing of magnetic fields 04. New photodetector could improve night vision, thermal sensing and medical imaging 05. Rotating resonator creates a one-way street for light 06. Sandia light mixer generates 11 colors simultaneously 07. Magnetic skyrmions: Not the only ones of their class 08. Game changing invention to revolutionise cybersecurity 09. New coatings make natural fabrics waterproof 10. ‘Breakthrough’ algorithm exponentially faster than any previous one And others… Computational intelligence-inspired clustering in multi-access vehicular networks The culprit of some GaN defects could […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of June 29, 2018
01. Thermal camouflage disguises hot and cold 02. Spatial overlap leads to useful quantum entanglement, say physicists 03. Defense Against the Dark Arts: An overview of adversarial example security research and future research directions 04. Synthetic gene circuits for the detection, elimination and prevention of disease 05. Electrospun sodium titanate speeds up the purification of nuclear waste water 06. City-crippling ransomware, crypto hijackings, and more: our 2018 mid-year cybersecurity update 07. New carbon could signal step-change for the world’s most popular batteries 08. IBM to release world’s largest facial analytics dataset 09. Are Countries Prepared for the Increasing Threat of […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of June 22, 2018
01. Giant lasers pass new milestone towards fusion energy 02. On track to commercial extraction of uranium from seawater 03. Physicists show that is impossible to mask quantum information in correlations 04. Researchers predict materials to stabilize record-high capacity lithium-ion battery 05. Robots learn by checking in on team members (Video https://youtu.be/SVaQ8CpHjSc) 06. Scientists Have Invented a Software That Can ‘See’ Several Minutes Into The Future 07. A surprising twist on skyrmions 08. Russian scientists created ‘flying’ gas chromatograph 09. Promising new material has the right properties to capture solar energy, split water into hydrogen and oxygen 10. Silicon carbide […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of June 15, 2018
01. Multiple lasers could be replaced by a single microcomb 02. New approach to generating ultrashort laser pulses 03. New laser makes silicon ‘sing’ 04. Photonics – Getting into the groove 05. Novel transmitter protects wireless devices from hackers 06. Cooling by laser beam 07. Evidence for a new property of quantum matter revealed 08. MOF material offers selective, reversible and repeatable capture of toxic atmospheric gas 09. A nanotech sensor that turns molecular fingerprints into bar codes 10. Scientists find ordered magnetic patterns in disordered magnetic material And others… In desert trials, next-generation water harvester delivers fresh water from […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of June 08, 2018
01. Prototype nuclear battery packs 10 times more power 02. Researchers achieve almost instant magnetization of matter by light 03. The right squeeze for quantum computing 04. Time crystals may hold secret to coherence in quantum computing 05. Wood to supercapacitors 06. Aerial robot that can morph in flight 07. Building nanomaterials for next-generation computing 08. Plastic crystals hold key to record-breaking energy transport 09. Novel insulators with conducting edges 10. Researchers develop electronic skins that wirelessly activate fully soft robots And others.. Better, faster, stronger: Building batteries that don’t go boom A fresh sensation in sensing technology From face […]