Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of May 25, 2018

01. Can a quantum drum vibrate and stand still at the same time? 02. Detecting the shape of laser pulses 03. Keep the light off: A material with improved mechanical performance in the dark 04. Entangled atoms shine in unison 05. No Motor, No Battery, No Problem 06. PNNL successfully vitrifies three gallons of radioactive tank waste 07. Self-assembling 3D battery would charge in seconds 08. Supersonic waves may help electronics beat the heat 09. Effective methods for automated design of complex technical objects and systems 10. E. coli tailored to convert plants into renewable chemicals And others… 3D-printed smart […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of May 18, 2018

01. The Big Bell Test: Global physics experiment challenges Einstein 02. Cloaking devices — it’s not just ‘Star Trek’ anymore 03. Light could make semiconductor computers a million times faster or even go quantum 04. Learning to See in the Dark 05. Deeper understanding of quantum chaos may be the key to quantum computers 06. Microwaved plastic increases lithium-sulfur battery lifespan 07. Shedding light on a cyclic molecule with a twist 08. The Unhackable Envelope 09. Artificial intelligence needs to be socially responsible, says new policy report 10. Nationwide program launches to train new generation of quantum engineers And others… […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of May 11, 2018

01. A microscopic roundabout for light—team develops a magnet-free optical circulator 02. Picking one photon out of the flow 03. Water-based battery stores solar and wind energy 04. Time Crystals Multiply 05. Dielectric metamaterial is dynamically tuned by light 06. Computing: Design for magnetoelectric device may improve memory 07. Engineers invent smart microchip that can self-start and operate when battery runs out 08. Motorizing fibres with geometric zero-energy modes 09. Making new layered superconductors using high entropy alloys 10. The apparent inner calm of quantum materials And others… Best of arXiv.org for AI, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning – April […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of May 04, 2018

01. Improving mid-infrared imaging and sensing 02. A powerful laser breakthrough 03. Towards Quantum Communication from Global Navigation Satellite System 04. Image Inpainting for Irregular Holes Using Partial Convolutions 05. Scientists create nanomaterials that reconfigure in response to biochemical signals 06. ‘Valleytronics’ discovery could extend limits of Moore’s Law 07. Water-repellent surfaces can efficiently boil water, keep electronics cool 08. Scientists find a new way to make novel materials by ‘un-squeezing’ 09. Artificial intelligence helps soldiers learn many times faster in combat 10. China’s ‘Sky River’ Will Be The Biggest Artificial Rain Experiment Ever And others… Going beyond ‘human error’ […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of April 27, 2018

01. Playing quantum catch in new research 02. Structured light and nanomaterials open new ways to tailor light at the nanoscale 03. Integrating optical components into existing chip designs 04. Engineers develop technique to make adaptive materials 05. Energy conversion: Optical ‘overtones’ for solar cells 06. For nuclear weapons reduction, a way to verify without revealing 07. 3D Nanoprinting facilitates communication with light 08. Far-red fluorescent silk can kill harmful bacteria as biomedical and environmental remedy 09. Portable device to sniff out trapped humans 10. Graphene sets a new record on squeezing light to one atom And others… 100 Petawatt […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of April 20, 2018

01. Face recognition technology that works in the dark 02. For the first time, researchers place an electron in a dual state—neither freed nor bound 03. New device modulates light and amplifies tiny signals 04. Physicists Just Broke a Quantum Record, Taking Entanglement to a Spooky New Level 05. Virtual contact lenses for radar satellites 06. Ultra-powerful batteries made safer, more efficient 07. From insulator to conductor in a flash 08. Novel thermal phases of topological quantum matter in the lab 09. Engineering a plastic-eating enzyme 10. Quantum shift shows itself in coupled light and matter And others… Best of […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of April 13, 2018

01. Scientists observe mirror-like physics of the superconductor-insulator transition 02. Thin engineered material perfectly redirects and reflects sound 03. The future of photonics using quantum dots 04. New research shows how paper-cutting can make ultra-strong, stretchable electronics 05. Researchers develop injectable bandage 06. Static friction between surfaces can be made to disappear entirely 07. Researchers develop nanoparticle films for high-density data storage 08. Robot designed to defend factories against cyberthreats 09. A different spin on superconductivity—Unusual particle interactions open up new possibilities in exotic materials 10. Why We Need a Universal Flu Vaccine And others… Asking the questions that unlock […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of April 6, 2018

01. Easing uncertainty: How Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle can be relaxed 02. Finding order in disorder demonstrates a new state of matter 03. Tuning in to magnetic ink 04. Knitting electronics with yarn batteries 05. Why noise can enhance sensitivity to weak signals 06. Sugar-coated nanosheets developed to selectively target pathogens 07. Chaos that will keep you warm: Researchers improve heat insulation using deliberate chaos 08. Microengineered slippery rough surface for water harvesting in air 09. Engineers turn plastic insulator into heat conductor 10. Building lithium-sulfur batteries with paper biomass And others… Are we quantum computers? International collaboration will investigate the […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of March 30, 2018

01. Self-assembling, tunable interfaces found in quantum materials 02. A new kind of quantum bits in two dimensions 03. New laser technique may help detect chemical warfare in atmosphere 04. Smaller and faster: The terahertz computer chip is now within reach 05. Fractal AI: A fragile theory of intelligence 06. Generating energy from fluctuations of light 07. Lightweight metal foam blocks blastwave, debris from high-explosive rounds 08. Preventing hurricanes using air bubbles 09. Modified biomaterials self-assemble on temperature cues 10. In five years quantum computing will be mainstream And others… Atomically thin light-emitting device opens the possibility for ‘invisible’ displays […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of March 23, 2018

01. Depth-sensing imaging system can peer through fog (w/video ) 02. New quantum spin liquid predicted by Nobel Laureate prepared for the first time 03. Scientists create diodes made of light 04. Magnon spin currents can be controlled via spin valve structure 05. Inspired by insects: New anti-collision technology could help create safer driverless cars 06. Space radiation more hazardous: Implications for astronauts and satellites 07. Graphene flakes for future transistors 08. The History Began from AlexNet: A Comprehensive Survey on Deep Learning Approaches 09. China wants to shape the global future of artificial intelligence 10. Researchers create a protein […]