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12th January 2021
A potential vaccine for multiple sclerosis
A potential mRNA vaccine for multiple sclerosis (MS) has been announced by a collaboration including BioNTech, with a study in mice showing great promise for improving symptoms and stopping disease progression.
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5th December 2020
China claims quantum supremacy
Chinese researchers claim to have achieved quantum supremacy, using a 76-qubit system, which performed calculations at 100 trillion times the speed of classical supercomputers.
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3rd December 2020
2020 in top three warmest years
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reports that 2020 is among the three warmest years on record, at 1.2 °C above the pre-industrial level. There is at least a one in five chance of temporarily exceeding 1.5 °C by 2024.
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29th October 2020
Apophis asteroid may be heading for Earth in 2068
Observations of the near-Earth asteroid, Apophis, have already ruled out a collision with our planet in 2029 and 2036. However, the discovery of a new orbital characteristic suggests that a collision in the year 2068 remains a possibility.
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17th October 2020
Superconductivity achieved at 15°C
A room-temperature superconductor has been demonstrated. Although requiring a high pressure of 269 gigapascals (GPa), this new compound is a 28°C improvement on the previous record.
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7th October 2020
Competition winners!
The following people have each won a copy of The Ministry for the Future, the new book by Kim Stanley Robinson.
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22nd September 2020
NASA publishes Moon landing plan for 2024
Following a series of contract awards and hardware milestones, NASA has shared an update on its Artemis program – including the latest Phase 1 plans to land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon in 2024.
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21st September 2020
Wall-mounted technology detects COVID-19 in the air
A new wall-mounted technology – BioCloud – can detect the presence of COVID-19 in the air, and trigger an alert system to provide real time notifications of the pathogen's presence, allowing outbreaks to be contained before they occur.
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