18th January 2026

World's first subsea desalination plant launches in 2026

As water scarcity intensifies worldwide, a Norwegian startup plans to turn the deep ocean into an unlikely source of freshwater. Flocean expects to launch its first commercial subsea desalination system later this year.

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1st January 2026

Breakthrough in space-based manufacturing

British company Space Forge has reported a major milestone in orbital semiconductor production, potentially enabling materials with 4,000 times fewer defects than those made on Earth.

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27th December 2025

A new plant-based plastic that vanishes in seawater

Japanese researchers have created a tough, flexible plastic made from plant cellulose that breaks down quickly and safely in salt water. Unlike most "biodegradable" plastics, it leaves behind no microplastics.

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17th December 2025

New record for smallest fully autonomous robot

Researchers in the US have created the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots, measuring just 200 x 300 x 50 micrometres.

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29th November 2025

LONGi sets new 33.4% solar efficiency record

A new flexible, ultrathin solar cell has achieved a world record efficiency of 33.4%, using a perovskite–silicon tandem.

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24th November 2025

Breakthrough in antimatter production

Scientists at CERN have reported an eightfold increase in the rate of production of antimatter, achieved by cooling positrons to nearly absolute zero.

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25th October 2025

Study casts doubt on polar geoengineering proposals

Five prominent geoengineering ideas are technologically unfeasible, unscalable, and environmentally harmful, according to a new study.

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7th October 2025

New efficiency record for perovskite solar cell

Researchers have achieved a record-breaking 27.06% efficiency with a new triple-junction perovskite solar cell. This marks a significant advance towards low-cost, stable solar devices that capture more of the Sun's energy than silicon alone.

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30th September 2025

Caltech builds record-breaking 6,100-qubit array

Researchers have assembled the world's largest array of atomic qubits – 6,100 in total. Although the system is not yet a fully programmable quantum computer, the proof-of-concept shows what might be possible in the next year or two.

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30th September 2025

DNA data storage could arrive within 3–5 years

An international consortium says DNA could soon become a practical medium for digital archives. A new report points to the first use cases emerging in just 3–5 years, with densities up to 500 million times greater than conventional drives.

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