27th November 2022

Photochemistry is confirmed on an exoplanet

For the first time, photochemistry is confirmed to be happening on a planet beyond our own Solar System. The James Webb Space Telescope has detected a range of signatures, including sulfur dioxide.

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21st November 2022

Star found to have solid surface

Astronomers using the IXPE space observatory report that a magnetar found 13,000 light-years away has a solid surface with no atmosphere.

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10th November 2022

433-qubit quantum processor revealed

IBM has unveiled 'Osprey', the successor to its Eagle system, featuring the highest ever qubit count for a quantum processor.

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4th November 2022

€3.5 billion 'green steel' project to go ahead

A Swedish company has secured funding to build the first large-scale hydrogen-based steel plant, which could remove 95% of CO2 emissions from the reduction process.

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24th October 2022

New record data transmission speed

The first data transmission to exceed 1 petabit per second (Pbit/s) using only a single laser and a single optical chip has been demonstrated by European researchers.

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2nd October 2022

Smart microrobots walk autonomously

Researchers have installed electronic "brains" on solar-powered robots that are just 100 to 250 micrometres in size, so the tiny machines can walk autonomously without being externally controlled.

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12th September 2022

Efficient simulation of 1 billion particles

By redesigning how fluids are simulated, researchers have demonstrated an order of magnitude speed increase on the previous state-of-the-art for slow-flowing viscous liquids.

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8th July 2022

New record solar cell efficiency

The first tandem perovskite-silicon solar cells to exceed 30% efficiency have been independently certified.

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3rd July 2022

World's first quantum computer integrated circuit

The world's first quantum computer integrated circuit has been demonstrated by researchers in Australia. This could enable accurate simulations of molecules, leading to the creation of new materials.

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18th June 2022

Batteries 98% charged in under 10 minutes

California-based Enovix is developing 3D silicon lithium-ion batteries with faster charging times and higher energy densities than current cells.

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