Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of June 17, 2022

01. Engineers build artificial intelligence chip 02. Building up new data-storage memory 03. New, highly tunable composite materials—with a twist 04. New member added to carbon material family, a two-dimensional monolayer polymeric fullerene 05. Novel fluorescent organohydrogel proposed to achieve dual information encryption 06. Physicists build an atom laser that can stay on forever 07. Superworms capable of munching through plastic 08. Theory suggests quantum computers should be exponentially faster on some learning tasks than classical machines 09. What quantum information and snowflakes have in common, and what we can do about it 10. World’s first ultra-fast photonic computing processor […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of June 10, 2022

01. Breakthrough paves way for photonic sensing at the ultimate quantum limit 02. Clean doping strategy produces more responsive phototransistors 03. Developing the next generation of quantum algorithms and materials 04. Engineers create chip that can process and classify nearly two billion images per second 05. Exploring the use of the nanoscale bowtie antenna under optical and electrical excitations 06. High-speed, efficient, and compact electro-optic modulators for free space 07. Researchers demonstrate 40-channel optical communication link, capable of transmitting 400 GB of data per second 08. Researchers Just Set a New Record For Data Transmission Speed 09. Room-temperature molecular switch […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of June 3, 2022

01. Bacteria-killing drills get an upgrade 02. Chip-scale Floquet topological insulators to enhance 5G wireless communications 03. It’s a trap! Laser light ensnared by invisible bonds 04. Light instead of electricity: A new kind of ‘green hydrogen’ 05. A new arrangement: Using quantum dots to quench the smallest ferrimagnetism 06. New route to build materials out of tiny particles 07. A new ultra-thin electrode material: A step closer to next-generation semiconductors 08. Researchers identify alternative to lithium-based battery technology 09. Want to prevent pandemics? Stop spillovers 10. Writing with light on titania: Rewritable UV-sensitive surfaces made from doped TiO2 nanocrystals […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of May 27, 2022

01. Acoustic sensors to pinpoint shooters in an urban setting 02. Autonomous underwater imaging: Faster and more accurate 03. Developing next-generation superconducting cables 04. Emulating impossible ‘unipolar’ laser pulses paves the way for processing quantum information 05. Explosions help probe elusive atmospheric waves 06. Generating ultra-violet lasers with near-infrared light through ‘domino upconversion’ of nanoparticles 07. The limits of vision: Seeing shadows in the dark 08. Long-hypothesized ‘next generation wonder material’ created 09. Nuclear Fusion Can Unleash Even More Power Than We Realized, Scientists Say 10. Secure communication with light particles that sidesteps the reliance on polarization And others… Is […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of May 20, 2022

01. Eavesdroppers can hack 6G frequency with DIY metasurface 02. Exploring chemical logic systems that can respond to environmental conditions 03. Low-cost battery-like device absorbs CO2 emissions while it charges 04. A metasurface-based light-to-microwave transmitter for hybrid wireless communications 05. More efficient optical quantum gates 06. Multisensory hybrid material as smart electronic skin 07. On-chip photodetection: Two-dimensional material heterojunctions 08. Rigid waterproof coating for paper aims to reduce our dependence on plastic 09. Scientists Have Powered a Basic Computer With Just Algae For Over 6 Months 10. Synthesis of two-dimensional holey graphyne And others… Here’s How The Next 5 Years […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of May 13, 2022

01. Energy researchers invent chameleon metal that acts like many others 02. Computational sleuthing confirms first 3D quantum spin liquid 03. Hidden distortions trigger promising thermoelectric property 04. It takes three to tangle: Long-range quantum entanglement needs three-way interaction 05. Laser bursts drive fastest-ever logic gates 06. On-chip circuit produces up to six microwave photons at the same time 07. Optical cavities could provide new technological possibilities 08. Physicists discover light-induced mechanism for controlling ferroelectric polarization 09. Quantum one-way street in topological insulator nanowires 10. Researchers find way to form diodes from superconductors And others… A New Age of Bioterror: […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of May 6, 2022

01. Building a better quantum bit: New qubit breakthrough could transform quantum computing 02. Direct printing of nanodiamonds at the quantum level 03. Discovery of the one-way superconductor, thought to be impossible 04. A ‘beyond-quantum’ equivalence principle for superposition and entanglement 05. Thin quantum wires work better with less insulating coatings 06. A simpler approach for creating quantum materials 07. Hydrogen-tuned topological insulators may lead to new platforms in sustainable quantum electronics 08. Photons can enable real-time physical random bit generation for information security app 09. Perovskite photovoltaics for a greener Internet-of-Things 10. Zero-index metamaterials offer new insights into the […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 29, 2022

01. Breakthrough for efficient and high-speed spintronic devices 02. DARPA Seeks Ionospheric Insights to Improve Communication Across Domains 03. New hardware integrates mechanical devices into quantum tech 04. A novel insulating state emerges in a 2D material 05. Researchers create exotic magnetic structures with laser light 06. Researchers develop a paper-thin loudspeaker 07. Scientists turn a hydrogen molecule into a quantum sensor 08. Two teams use neutral atoms to create quantum circuits 09. Unexpected light behavior may be harnessed to improve optical communications and sensors 10. A new guide to extremely powerful light pulses And others… China detects first human […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 22, 2022

01. Almost ready for prime time: Deep UV photodetectors head to real-world testing 02. Charging underwater and body-implanted electronic devices using ultrasonic waves 03. Electronic nanogenerator tattoos as human-machine interfaces 04. Graphene-hBN breakthrough to spur new LEDs, quantum computing 05. Hybrid quantum bit based on topological insulators 06. Lasers trigger magnetism in atomically thin quantum materials 07. Machine learning identifies antibiotic resistant bacteria that can spread between animals, humans and environment 08. Chinese team breaks distance record for quantum secure direct communication 09. Geoengineering could return risk of malaria for one billion people 10. Light amplification accelerates chemical reactions in […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 15, 2022

01. Scientists find ‘knob’ to control magnetic behavior in quantum material 02. Converting solar energy to electricity on demand 03. A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine 04. In race to build quantum computing hardware, silicon begins to shine 05. Discovery of matter-wave polaritons sheds new light on photonic quantum technologies 06. Intense laser light modifies the pairing of electrons 07. Light-powered microbes are super-producing chemical factories 08. Achieving higher performance with potassium ion battery 09. Quantum teleportation: The express lane for quantum data traffic 10. Researchers create a magnet made of […]