01. ‘Living’ ceramics utilize bacteria for gas sensing and carbon capture 02. Longer records bring climate change’s impact on atmospheric circulation to light 03. New superionic conducting electrolyte could enhance stability of all-solid-state lithium metal batteries 04. A new way of thinking about skyrmion motion could lead to more robust electronics 05. Solar geoengineering could save 400,000 lives a year 06. Wearable energy harvester can be attached to the skin or clothes 07. Advancing a trustworthy quantum era: A novel approach to quantum protocol verification 08. Machine learning speeds up prediction of materials’ spectral properties 09. Colliding top quarks reveal […]
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Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of December 20, 2024
01. Light-driven hybrid nanoreactor offers cost-effective hydrogen production 02. Antarctica’s tipping points threaten global climate stability 03. CO₂-eating bacteria can recycle carbon from chimney smoke directly into new products 04. New method aids in predicting where next big quake will start 05. Scientists develop material with almost perfect water repellency 06. Wind alters snow crystals, impacting climate models 07. Tiny chips promise swift disease diagnosis from a single breath 08. Model suggests Earth’s subsurface may hold up to 5.6 × 10⁶ million metric tons of natural hydrogen 09. New polymer ramps up quest for better data storage 10. MIT engineers […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of December 13, 2024
01. Particle that only has mass when moving in one direction observed for first time 02. A new catalyst can turn methane into something useful 03. New third class of magnetism could transform digital memory: Experiment bridges theory and real-life realization 04. Rethinking the quantum chip: Engineers present new design for superconducting quantum processor 05. Room-temperature nanodevice that generates structured light shows promise for secure communication and advanced optics 06. Space-time crystals, an important step toward new optical materials 07. Straining a material’s atomic arrangement may make for cleaner, smarter devices 08. Tuning skyrmion helicity for racetrack memory and quantum […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of January 6, 2025
01. Breakthrough anti-counterfeiting tech creates hidden security features in materials 02. Light and symmetry study may offer opportunities for anti-counterfeiting 03. Researchers demonstrate self-assembling electronics 04. Self-heating flexible electronics lower manufacturing temperature requirements 05. Researchers use laser beams to pioneer new quantum computing breakthrough 06. 3D-printed particles propel themselves across the surface of a fluid 07. Cooperative motion by atoms protects glass from fracturing 08. Microscopy at the tip of a hair-thin optical fiber: New approach pre-shapes light for unprecedented control 09. AI fact checks can increase belief in false headlines, study finds 10. New spin quantum battery can be […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of November 29, 2024
01. Quantum-inspired design boosts efficiency of heat-to-electricity conversion 02. The first-ever 2D spintronics device constructed entirely from proximitized structures 03. Making a difference: Efficient water harvesting from air possible 04. Oceans emit sulfur and cool the climate more than previously thought 05. Tunable ultrasound propagation in microscale metamaterials 06. Twisted light gives electrons a spinning kick: Researchers develop a novel way to control quantum interactions 07. Breakthrough in clean energy: Scientists pioneer novel heat-to-electricity conversion 08. Cooling with light: Exploring optical cooling in semiconductor quantum dots 09. Engineers knit a ‘blanket’ of sophisticated radio-frequency antennas 10. Enormous cache of rare […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of November 22, 2024
01. Scientists discover laser light can cast a shadow 02. Idea thieves tend to target early concepts, experiments find 03. How can electrons split into fractions of themselves? 04. Novel AI algorithm captures photons in motion 05. Scientists find a new way of entangling light and sound 06. Team creates world’s first tunable-wavelength blue semiconductor laser 07. MIT physicists predict exotic form of matter with potential for quantum computing 08. Experts warn of political risks in Antarctic curtain geoengineering proposal 09. Light-matter interaction reveals new paradigm of quantum information technology 10. Scientists call for global action on microbial climate solutions […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of November 15, 2024
01. Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world 02. Beyond wires: Bubble printing technique powers next-generation electronics 03. Physicists create tiny hurricanes of light that could transport huge amounts of data 04. Physicists reveal how layers and twists impact graphene’s optical conductivity 05. Scientists unlock mechanisms of liquid-repellent surfaces 06. MIT engineers make converting CO2 into useful products more practical 07. Nanoscale transistors could enable more efficient electronics 08. A space walking robot could build a giant telescope in space 09. In step forward for quantum computing hardware, IU physicist uncovers novel behavior […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of November 8, 2024
01. Optical amplifier and record-sensitive receiver pave the way for faster space communication 02. Unlocking next-gen chip efficiency: Researchers confirm thermal insights for tiny circuits 03. Revealing causal links in complex systems 04. Successful development of a perfect diamagnetic conducting polymer 05. Bioinspired hydrogels harness sunlight: A step closer to artificial photosynthesis 06. Janus-like metasurface technology shows different optical responses according to the direction of light 07. Physicists propose Bell test for probing quantum entanglement 08. Scientist develops new equation to better predict behavior of atmospheric rivers 09. Scientists investigate contrail formation to reduce climate impact 10. Study examines effects […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of November 1, 2024
01. Specially designed transistors allow researchers to ‘hear’ defects in a promising nanomaterial 02. MXene nanomaterials enable wireless charging in textiles 03. New partially coherent unidirectional imaging system enhances visual data transmission 04. Quantum simulator could help uncover materials for high-performance electronics 05. Scientists discover molecules that store much of the carbon in space 06. Sliver of cool surface water helps the ocean absorb more carbon, study shows 07. Engineered bacterial protein offers efficient rare earth metal separation 08. New method successfully recycles carbon fiber composite into reusable materials 09. New machine learning model quickly and accurately predicts dielectric function […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of October 25, 2024
01. Towards better solar cells: Exploring an anomalous phenomenon of electricity generation 02. All-optical switch device paves way for faster fiber-optic communication 03. Engineers unlock lithium from extreme environments 04. Graphene-based memristors move a step closer to benefiting next-generation computing 05. Magnetic octupoles help overcome problems with antiferromagnets 06. A multi-level breakthrough in optical computing—a faster, more efficient, and robust memory cell 07. New electrochemical water splitting method offers fast, sustainable method for hydrogen production 08. Researchers reveal quantum advantage that could advance future sensing devices 09. Silicon metasurfaces unlock broad-spectrum infrared imaging 10. Gold structures improve spin wave transfer […]