28th March 2022

5,000th exoplanet is confirmed

The number of known planets beyond our Solar System has crossed the 5,000 milestone, following the addition of 65 newly confirmed worlds to NASA's Exoplanet Archive.

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26th March 2022

Robot peels banana with deep learning

Researchers in Japan have developed a new machine learning system for a two-armed robot – enabling it to identify, pick up, and peel a banana.

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24th March 2022

Solar power reaches 1 TW milestone

The worldwide installed capacity of solar power has reached 1 terawatt (TW) this month, based on a new analysis of data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

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20th March 2022

Transistor gate is just 0.3 nm long

Using graphene and molybdenum disulphide, scientists have made a transistor gate with a length of only 0.3 nanometres, equivalent to just one carbon atom.

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15th March 2022

AI voices include subtleties of speech

London-based company Sonantic has developed artificial voices that include subtle emotions and non-speech sounds.

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14th March 2022

New record temperature for spherical tokamak

Tokamak Energy has demonstrated a world-first with its privately-funded spherical tokamak. The reactor achieved a plasma temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius, the threshold required for commercial fusion energy.

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13th March 2022

"Ultra-intelligence" computer planned for 2024

AI chipmaker Graphcore has announced a project called The Good Computer. This will be capable of handling neural network models with 500 trillion parameters. The company also revealed a new 3D chip, called "Bow".

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10th March 2022

Aging reversed in middle-aged and elderly mice

A new cellular rejuvenation therapy created at the Salk Institute can reverse aspects of aging in mice, without causing cancer or other health problems.

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4th March 2022

Australia to build tallest vertical garden

A new mixed-use skyscraper will become the tallest in Australia at 366 metres (1,201 ft), while also featuring the world's tallest vertical garden.

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2nd March 2022

NASA to fund research into future technology concepts

NASA has announced its latest selections for the Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which funds research into long-term concepts that may be feasible over the next 10 to 40 years.

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