29th April 2022

Ultra-pure diamond could store 25 exabytes of data

Engineers have developed a way to mass-produce diamond wafers that could store the equivalent of a billion Blu-ray disks on a single device.

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28th April 2022

World's first prototype floating city will adapt to sea level rise

UN-Habitat, the Busan Metropolitan City of the Republic of Korea, and OCEANIX have this week presented a design for the world's first prototype sustainable floating city.

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27th April 2022

New York on track for zero-emission electricity by 2040

Two huge new infrastructure projects in New York are expected to dramatically cut the state's greenhouse gas emissions.

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22nd April 2022

Nissan aiming for solid-state battery cells by 2028

Japanese carmaker Nissan has unveiled a prototype production facility for laminated all-solid-state battery cells, which the company aims to bring to market in 2028.

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21st April 2022

Report recommends future NASA missions

The latest Planetary Science Decadal Survey has been published. The future mission recommendations for NASA include a Uranus orbiter in the mid-2040s and the Enceladus Orbilander in the 2050s.

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18th April 2022

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about

Elon Musk talks to Chris Anderson, head and curator of the TED media organisation, about the challenges facing humanity in the coming decades – and why we should be more optimistic.

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16th April 2022

60% of cactus species impacted by climate change

A new study published in Nature reveals the likely impacts of climate change on cacti by mid-century.

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14th April 2022

2085 – Light field is the latest in display technology

Following 4K volumetric in the 2060s, light field is the next generation of display technology. This provides full parallax and enables multiple observers to view 3D content from many different angles.

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11th April 2022

New records for most distant planet, star, galaxy

The most distant exoplanet discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope (17,000 light years), the most distant individual star (12.9 billion ly), and the most distant galaxy ever seen (13.5 billion ly) have all been reported.

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8th April 2022

Age of skin cells reversed by 30 years

Researchers at the UK's Babraham Institute have rejuvenated a 53-year-old woman's skin cells, so they are the equivalent of a 23-year-old's.

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7th April 2022

Development milestone for smart contact lens

California-based company Mojo has announced its latest prototype Mojo Lens. This new version includes the world's smallest and densest display for projecting augmented reality (AR) imagery.

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3rd April 2022

2050 – Recreational marijuana is legal in the majority of countries

More than 100 countries now allow the use of cannabis for non-medical purposes, although progress towards legalisation remains slow in Asia and the Middle East.

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2nd April 2022

2028 – Medical marijuana is legal in the majority of countries

More than 100 countries now allow cannabis-derived drugs as an option for treating health issues.

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