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24th July 2025

New hope for solving marine plastic waste

A new bioplastic, LAHB, is shown to biodegrade under deep-sea conditions, losing over 80% of its mass after 13 months at a depth of 855 m (2,800 ft), while conventional PLA remains intact.

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26th June 2025

Optical chip achieves 100-way parallel processing

A potentially revolutionary new processor uses light instead of electricity to do 100 calculations simultaneously, pointing the way to a future beyond the limits of Moore's Law.

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17th May 2025

Large Hadron Collider turns lead into gold

Using the ALICE experiment at CERN, scientists have produced gold from lead in quantities far exceeding those of earlier attempts.

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22nd April 2025

Laser-cooled chips could transform data centre efficiency

A new laser-based photonic cooling system could reduce the energy needed for cooling in data centres, while improving the performance of computer chips.

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7th April 2025

"Big Crunch" universe more likely than previously thought

A major survey of nearly 15 million galaxies suggests that dark energy might be weakening, potentially changing the ultimate fate of the cosmos and increasing the possibility of a "Big Crunch" in the distant future.

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31st March 2025

Climate feedback loops could push warming to 7°C by 2200

Even under moderate emissions, global warming could reach up to 7°C by 2200, due to underestimated climate and carbon cycle feedbacks.

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