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25th April 2025

Exoplanet found with comet-like tail will disintegrate in 2 million years

A newly found exoplanet is rapidly disintegrating as it orbits perilously close to its star. The small, rocky world is trailing a vast, comet-like tail of debris and is shedding a mass equivalent to Mount Everest every 30.5 hours.

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23rd April 2025

Lucy spacecraft reveals peanut-shaped asteroid

NASA's Lucy mission has returned striking images of the main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing it to be larger than originally estimated and a contact binary. The spacecraft will pass by eight other asteroids between now and 2033.

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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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8th April 2025

HIV/AIDS progress could reverse by 2030, warns study

A study in The Lancet finds that cuts to foreign aid could undo decades of progress made to end HIV/AIDS, with potentially 10.8m additional new infections by 2030.

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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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18th March 2025

Four small exoplanets confirmed around Sun's neighbour

Three new rocky exoplanets – all smaller than Earth – have been detected around Barnard's Star, the closest solitary star to our own Sun at just 5.96 light-years away. A fourth world, seen as a candidate last year, is also now confirmed.

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14th March 2025

Scientists solve decades-long Parkinson's mystery

Australian researchers have made a leap forward in the fight against Parkinson's disease, solving a decades-long mystery that paves the way for development of new drugs to treat the condition.

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12th March 2025

Microplastics threaten global food security

Without action to reduce plastic pollution, as many as 400 million people could be at risk of hunger within two decades, according to a new study.

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5th March 2025

Woolly mouse – a step towards mammoth revival

De-extinction company Colossal Biosciences has created "woolly mice" with modified genes, expressing mammoth-like traits relevant to cold adaptation and providing a platform for validation of genome engineering targets.

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3rd March 2025

"e-Taste" could enhance VR experiences

A new electronic device, developed by Ohio State University, replicates the perception of taste with 70% accuracy.

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24th February 2025

Early-stage pancreatic cancer detected with 85% accuracy

A new blood test able to detect early-stage pancreatic cancer with 85% accuracy has been developed by Oregon Health & Science University.

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20th February 2025

New world record for nuclear fusion

The WEST tokamak in France has maintained plasma for 1,337 seconds, a new world record duration for nuclear fusion and 25% longer than a similar effort by China last month.

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19th February 2025

U.S. insurance premiums to soar over next 30 years

Due to climate-related risks, the United States could see a nearly $1.5 trillion reduction in unadjusted real estate value over the next 30 years, with insurance premiums rising by up to 322% above current levels by 2055.

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15th February 2025

Cryopreservation breakthrough: mouse brain tissue revived

Scientists have successfully revived mouse brain tissue after storage at –150°C for a week, reactivating near-normal function – a notable breakthrough in cryopreservation.

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27th January 2025

Life expectancy in Gaza has almost halved

A new study further underscores the immense human cost of the Israel–Hamas war, with life expectancy in the Gaza Strip found to have plummeted since October 2023.

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19th January 2025

Galaxy mapping project concludes after 3 trillion observations

The Gaia spacecraft has ended its operation after 11 years of mapping the Milky Way galaxy, during which time it made over three trillion observations of two billion stars.

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15th January 2025

New supercomputer is world's fastest

El Capitan, a system achieving an unprecedented 1.7 exaFLOPS, has been officially dedicated at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.

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13th January 2025

UK aims to be "AI superpower"

The UK government has today announced a plan for using AI to boost growth and deliver public services more efficiently. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told reporters that AI "will drive incredible change" and pledged to make the UK a world leader in the technology.

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1st January 2025

2024 highlights in science and technology

With 2024 now behind us, we reflect on another remarkable year of progress in science and technology.

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