The Superpowers of Super-Thin Materials
In materials science, 2-D is the new 3-D.
07/01/2020 New York Times
2020
Best News of 2020
Despite the ongoing pandemic good things happen every month. Hence in the tradition of the year in review we like to remind you of three randomly selected news articles of each month.
January
February
Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet
People used to think the crowdsourced encyclopedia represented all that was wrong with the web. Now it's a beacon of so much that's right.
17/02/2020 Wired
March
The ‘London Patient,’ Cured of H.I.V., Reveals His Identity
Adam Castillejo endured a decade of grueling treatments and moments of despair to become only the second person to be cured of H.I.V. Now, he says, “I want to be an ambassador of hope.”
09/03/2020 New York Times
April
How We Will All Solve the Climate Crisis
We only have one Earth. And we have the technology to save it.
01/04/2020 Wired
May
NASA Names Dark Energy Telescope for Nancy Grace Roman
Dr. Roman was a pioneer at NASA, joining the agency in its early days and becoming its first chief astronomer.
20/05/2020 New York Times
June
Three people with inherited diseases successfully treated with CRISPR
Two people with beta thalassaemia and one with sickle cell disease no longer need blood transfusions after their blood stem cells were gene edited and put back in their bodies
12/06/2020 NewScientist
July
Digital DIY: The superfast internet network built by locals in the Yorkshire Dales
Fed up with being sidelined by broadband providers, a rural community took matters into their own hands. Kira Allmann meets them
10/07/2020 The Independent
August
Are Radioactive Diamond Batteries a Cure for Nuclear Waste?
Researchers are developing a new battery powered by lab-grown gems made from reformed nuclear waste. If it works, it will last thousands of years.
31/08/2020 Wired
September
Device to curb microplastic emissions wins James Dyson award
A device that captures microplastic particles from tyres as they are emitted – and could help reduce the devastating pollution they cause – has won its designers a James Dyson award.
17/09/2020 The Guardian
Scientists find 'secret molecule' that allows soil microbes to exhale electricity
Scientists found the 'secret molecule' that allows Geobacter microbes to exhale electrons over vast distances underground
18/09/2020 LiveScience
'It's like family':Swedish housing experiment designed to cure loneliness
Erik Ahlsten is unequivocal. “This is the best accommodation I’ve ever had” His friend and neighbour Manfred Bacharach is equally enthusiastic. “I really like this way of living,” he says. “It’s very much my cup of tea.
15/09/2020 The Guardian
October
Girls from India’s villages ‘break gender barrier’ with football
A Football for Girls initiative in remote areas of Rajasthan is helping them break caste barriers and social taboos.
02/10/2020 Al Jazeera
'It'll be around forever': fossil fuel workers switch to new jobs in renewables
“This is absolutely massive for me,” Mustafa Hamed explains. The 21-year-old from Wigan first came to Britain from Iraq as a child more than 17 years ago in the wake of a bitter war steeped in oil.
06/10/2020 The Guardian
November
Brighton: How Britain’s most sustainable city for food is setting a thriving example for the rest of us
Exclusive: Brighton has won the first gold Sustainable Food City award – with its pay-as-you-feel cafes, cooking classes for teenagers and a zero-waste community pub on a working-class estate
29/11/2020 The Independent
December
Lab-grown 'chicken bites'? Cultured meat product gets world's first regulatory approval
The world's first lab-grown meat product to get regulatory approval is a "chicken bite" to be served in restaurants in Singapore.
02/12/2020 USA Today
