31st January 2024

Smallest exoplanet to hold water vapour

Astronomers have determined that GJ 9827 d – at only twice the diameter of Earth – is the smallest exoplanet yet found to hold water vapour in its atmosphere.

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27th January 2024

World's first cultured eel

Israeli startup Forsea Foods is on a mission to save wild eel populations from extinction by developing cell-cultured seafood.

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24th January 2024

30 TB hard drive launched by Seagate

The capacity of data storage has reached another new level with the first ever 30 terabyte (TB) hard drive, just three years after the 20 TB milestone.

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20th January 2024

Israel becomes third country to approve sale of lab-grown meat

Aleph Farms, an Israeli food technology company, has been granted regulatory approval for "Aleph Cuts", the world's first cultivated beef steaks to be commercially saleable.

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17th January 2024

2047 – South Korea's "mega chip cluster" is completed

In 2047, South Korea realises a long-term plan to build 16 semiconductor production fabs, forming the largest cluster of its kind in the world.

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16th January 2024

World's first trillionaire predicted within a decade

The world's first trillionaire is predicted by UK charity Oxfam to happen within the next 10 years. Meanwhile, the global eradication of poverty will take until the mid-23rd century to achieve.

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14th January 2024

2027 – Artemis III crewed mission to the lunar surface

Artemis III, a pivotal mission in NASA's Artemis program, marks a historic return of humans to the Moon. This includes the first woman to set foot on the lunar surface.

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14th January 2024

2025 – First crewed flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft

[Moved from 2024 to 2025, based on a new reference]

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9th January 2024

First functional semiconductor made from graphene

The first functional semiconductor made from graphene has been created. This could enable smaller and faster electronic devices and may have applications for quantum computing.

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3rd January 2024

Neutron star cores revealed by supercomputer

One of the world's most powerful supercomputers has simulated the largest and densest neutron stars. This new model shows there is a 90% chance that they contain quark-matter cores.

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2nd January 2024

AI finds new antibiotic candidates

MIT has used deep learning to identify a new class of antibiotic candidates, able to kill the methicillin-resistant bacteria Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

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1st January 2024

2024 – A pivotal year for elections

2024 is an unusually busy year for national elections, with more than 70 being held around the globe. Concerns are raised over the widespread proliferation of generative AI in political campaigns.

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