Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of May 22, 2020

01. ‘Nanometrology lab on a chip’ within reach thanks to new compact, optical sensor 02. Modeling infectious disease dynamics 03. NIST team builds hybrid quantum system by entangling molecule with atom 04. Observation of intervalley transitions can boost valleytronic science and technology 05. A system for robust and efficient wireless power transfer 06. ‘Tantalizing’ clues about why a mysterious material switches from conductor to insulator 07. Using the ‘shadow effect’ to generate electricity 08. Sneakier and More Sophisticated Malware Is On the Loose 09. Quantum leap: Photon discovery is a major step toward at-scale quantum technologies 10. Seeing the invisible: […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of May 15, 2020

01. Scientists demonstrate quantum radar prototype 02. Engineers Unveil a System That Delivers Electricity Wirelessly – To a Moving Target 03. Making quantum ‘waves’ in ultrathin materials 04. NIST scientists create new recipe for single-atom transistors 05. Seeing Through Opaque Media 06. Room-temperature superionic conduction achieved using pseudorotation of hydride complexes 07. The observation of photon-assisted tunneling signatures in Majorana wires 08. Transporting energy through a single molecular nanowire 09. Potentially fatal combinations of humidity and heat are emerging across the globe 10. COVIDScholar: AI Tool Sifts Through Thousands of Papers to Guide Researchers And others… Anti-Vaccine Messaging Is Well-Connected […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of May 8, 2020

01. Breathable second skin materials provide smart protection against chemical and biological 02. Fossil fuel-free jet propulsion with air plasmas 03. Making Materials Mimic Each Other 04. Laser loop couples quantum systems over a distance 05. Shape-shifting carbon fibre could replace mechanical systems for planes and more 06. Researchers pave the way to designing omnidirectional invisible materials 07. Supercapacitor promises storage, high power and fast charging 08. Light, sound, action: Extending the life of acoustic waves on microchips 09. Army researchers see path to quantum computing at room temperature 10. Scientists take steps to create a ‘racetrack memory,’ potentially enhancing […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of May 1, 2020

01. Photonic metasurfaces provide a new playground for twistronics 02. New metasurface laser produces world’s first super-chiral light 03. Molecules with a spin on a topological insulator: a hybrid approach to magnetic topological states of matter 04. Stretchable lithium-ion battery is based on new micro-honeycomb structure 05. ‘Breathable’ electronics pave the way for more functional wearable tech 06. UCF researchers develop groundbreaking new rocket-propulsion system 07. Unlocking promising properties to create future technologies 08. Dirty carbon reveals a sophisticated side 09. Engineers make a promising material stable enough for use in solar cells 10. Catching nuclear smugglers: Fast algorithm could […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 24, 2020

01. Researchers identify cells likely targeted by Covid-19 virus 02. A breakthrough in estimating the size of a (mostly hidden) network 03. Wide-band-gap semiconductors could harvest sunlight underwater 04. Electrical manipulation of magnetic particle allows for large high-speed memory 05. Photonic microwave generation using on-chip optical frequency combs 06. Quantum entanglement offers unprecedented precision for GPS, imaging and beyond 07. Toward a more energy-efficient spintronics 08. Drones Use Radio Waves to Recharge Sensors While in Flight 09. New ‘brick’ for nanotechnology: Graphene Nanomesh 10. Unprecedented 3D images of live cells plus details of molecules inside And others… Aquaculture at the […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 17, 2020

01. A perovskite-based diode capable of both light emission and detection 02. Novel tin ‘bubbles’ spur advances in the development of integrated chips 03. Quickly-grown graphite film blocks electromagnetic radiation 04. Simple method for ceramic-based flexible electrolyte sheets for lithium metal batteries 05. Trapped ytterbium ions could form backbone of a quantum internet, say researchers 06. New textile could keep you cool in the heat, warm in the cold 07. Breaking the size and speed limit of modulators: The workhorses of the internet 08. Light from stretchable sheets of atoms for quantum technologies 09. New electronic cooling technology to enable […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 10, 2020

01. Researchers develop one-way street for electrons 02. Broad spectrum: Novel hybrid material proves an efficient photodetector 03. Innovative technologies for satellites 04. Squeezing Light Out of Silicon 05. Magnetoacoustic waves: Towards a new paradigm of on-chip communication 06. Researchers demonstrate a platform for future optical transistors 07. A twist connecting magnetism and electronic-band topology 08. Team develops foldable and washable luminescent film 09. Sliding walls – a new paradigm for microfluidic devices 10. Engineers use metal-oxide nanomaterials deposited on cloth to wipe out microbes And others… ‘Amazing’ Math Bridge Extended Beyond Fermat’s Last Theorem Black hole bends light back […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 3, 2020

01. Physicist from Hannover develops new photon source for tap-proof communication 02. Extreme high-frequency signals enable terabits-per-second data links 03. Quantum copycat: Researchers find a new way in which bosons behave like fermions 04. Quantum-entangled light from a vibrating membrane 05. Researchers catch light in a funnel 06. Smaller scale solutions needed for rapid progress towards emissions targets 07. World record transmission of 172 Tb/s over 2040km distance coupled-3-core multi-core fiber 08. An all-organic proton battery energized for sustainable energy storage 09. Scientists electrify aluminum to speed up important process 10. Graphene-based actuator swarm enables programmable deformation And others… Does […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of March 27, 2020

01. An MIT team hopes to publish open-source designs for a low-cost ventilator 02. Graphene underpins a new platform to selectively ID deadly strains of bacteria 03. Solitonics in molecular wires could benefit electronics 04. Creating stretchable thermoelectric generators 05. Novel MOF is potential next-gen semiconductor 06. Special blend of circuits and memristive devices created for brain-mimicking processing systems 07. Here’s a Blueprint for a Practical Quantum Computer 08. Scientists Find Yet Another Way to Get Qubits Working at Room Temperature 09. Study unveils dependence of spin memory loss in a variety of interfaces 10. Towards an unhackable quantum internet […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of March 20, 2020

01. BAA for COVID-19 Diagnostics, Vaccines and Therapeutics 02. Qubits that operate at room temperature 03. Research team presents novel transmitter for terahertz waves 04. Chip-based devices improve practicality of quantum-secured communication 05. Leaf-inspired surface prevents frost formation 06. Novel error-correction scheme developed for quantum computers 07. Study shows widely used machine learning methods don’t work as claimed 08. Pathways toward realizing the promise of all-solid-state batteries 09. Stretchable supercapacitors to power tomorrow’s wearable devices 10. Chasing the Antidote for Deadly Nerve Agents And others… For 75 Years, The US Had an ‘Endless Frontier’ of Science. Now It’s Coming to […]