Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of November 4, 2022

01. The answer is in the sheets: 2D nanosheets as anodes in Li-ion batteries 02. Electrical gating of the charge-density-wave quantum phases opens innovative electronic applications 03. In nanotube science, is boron nitride the new carbon? 04. New Hybrid Virus Discovered as Flu And RSV Fuse Into Single Pathogen 05. Overcoming the optical resolution limit 06. Physicists see light waves moving through a metal 07. Quantum dots form ordered material 08. Researchers design next-generation electrolytes for lithium batteries 09. Revolutionary technique to generate hydrogen more efficiently from water 10. Scientists discover material that can be made like a plastic but […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 28, 2022

01. New approach to ‘cosmic magnet’ manufacturing could reduce reliance on rare earths in low-carbon technologies 02. An entangled matter-wave interferometer: Now with double the spookiness 03. Functional carbon materials for addressing dendrite problems in metal batteries 04. Integration on a chip: Miniaturized infrared detectors 05. Meta-lens offers superior off-axis focus 06. The next wonder semiconductor 07. Penguin feathers may be secret to effective anti-icing technology 08. Researchers develop laser that could ‘reshape the landscape of integrated photonics’ 09. A Single Laser Transmitted a Second’s Worth of Internet Traffic in Record Time 10. Tapping hidden visual information: An all-in-one detector […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 21, 2022

01. How can digital data stored as DNA be manipulated? 02. Scientists Transformed Pure Water Into a Metal, And There’s Footage 03. A molecular multi-qubit model system for quantum computing 04. New measurements quantifying qudits provide glimpse of quantum future 05. Physicists have developed a new photonic system with electrically tuned topological features 06. Quantum Entanglement Has Now Been Directly Observed at The Macroscopic Scale 07. Light-driven molecular swing 08. Researchers aim to solve the rare earths crisis 09. Researchers develop novel robust superhydrophobic coating 10. Thinnest ferroelectric material ever paves the way for new energy-efficient devices And others… Diazotrophs […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 14, 2022

01. Physicists probe ‘astonishing’ morphing properties of honeycomb-like material 02. Advanced fabric that can cool a wearer down and warm them up 03. Battery tech breakthrough paves way for mass adoption of affordable electric car 04. The battery that runs 630 km on a single charge 05. Getting it to stick: Designing optimal core-shell MOFs for direct air capture 06. Materials science engineers work on new material for computer chips 07. A new method to enable efficient interactions between photons 08. A new process to build 2D materials made possible by quantum calculations 09. New technique to trap soundwaves and […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 7, 2022

01. Engineers develop a new kind of shape-memory material 02. Flexible solid electrolytes for all-solid-state lithium batteries 03. New light for shaping electron beams 04. Novel method helps quantify reversibility and irreversibility of practical Li metal batteries 05. POWER Aims to Create Revolutionary Power Distribution Network 06. Researchers develop ultra-strong aerogels with materials used in bullet-proof vests 07. Researchers fabricate miniaturized bionic ocean-battery 08. Researchers fabricate tiny multi-component beam shaper directly onto optical fiber 09 Researchers unveil mystery inside lithium oxygen batteries 10. Stretchy, bio-inspired synaptic transistor can enhance, weaken device memories And others… To Better Predict Extreme Precipitation, Scientists […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 30, 2022

01. Exotic electronic effect found in 2D topological material 02. Heat-resistant nanophotonic material could help turn heat into electricity 03. Lab grows macroscale, modular materials from bacteria 04. MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera 05. New nanocomposite films boost heat dissipation in thin electronics 06. Researchers create synthetic rocks to better understand how increasingly sought-after rare earth elements form 07. ‘Optical magic’: New flat glass enables optimal visual quality for augmented reality goggles 08. Quantum technology reaches unprecedented control over captured light 09. Optical encryption method based on single pixel imaging and metasurface holography 10. Scientists use modified […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 23, 2022

01. 3D printing drones work like bees to build and repair structures while flying 02. The building blocks for exploring new exotic states of matter 03. Energy storage materials built from nano-sized molecular blocks 04. Hygroscopic polymeric gels: Collecting freshwater and energy from atmospheric moisture 05. The magneto-optic modulator 06. Negative feedback is part of academia (and life). These six strategies can help you cope 07. Researchers propose new technology for aviation materials to allow for adjusting their properties 08. Researchers Say It’ll Be Impossible to Control a Super-Intelligent AI 09. Silicon nanopillars for quantum communication 10. Terahertz light from […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 16, 2022

01. Breaking an optical rule: Engineers find a way to manipulate light at the nanoscale 02. A little strain goes a long way in reducing fuel cell performance 03. Modified microwave oven cooks up next-gen semiconductors 04. Newly developed ice-shedding coating is 100 times stronger than others 05. A plastic film that can kill viruses using room lights 06. Producing hydrogen from seawater 07. Researchers help reveal a ‘blueprint’ for photosynthesis 08. Researchers suggest novel way to generate a light source made from entangled photons 09. Biomimetic dual-color domes programmable for encryption 10. Through the quantum looking glass And others… […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 9, 2022

01. Antenna enables advanced satellite communications testing 02. Coupling of electron-hole pairs 03. DARPA Unveils New Program to Recruit Early Career Scientists, Engineers 04. Develop Therapeutics as Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats 05. Researchers devise tunable conducting edge 06. Magnetic skyrmions: Two methods for creating them and guiding their motion 07. A new catalyst to slow down global warming 08. Light accelerates conductivity in nature’s ‘electric grid’ 09. New Prototype Device Harvests Water From The Air to Make Hydrogen Fuel 10. New theory for detection of terahertz electromagnetic waves gives hope for advances in IT and medicine And others… New practical […]

Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of September 2, 2022

01. Protein that could prevent chemical warfare attack created 02. From bits to p-bits: One step closer to probabilistic computing 03. Physicists develop a perfect light trap 04. Physicists entangle more than a dozen photons efficiently 05. Physicists uncover new dynamical framework for turbulence 06. Researchers use infrared light to wirelessly transmit power over 30 meters 07. Silicon image sensor that computes 08. Why ‘erasure’ could be key to practical quantum computing 09. Small molecules, giant (surface) potential 10. The US has ruled all taxpayer-funded research must be free to read. What’s the benefit of open access? And others… Master […]