US action on climate change will start to get serious in 2023
3 January 2023
The Inflation Reduction Act will accelerate US progress on boosting renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions in 2023 as a decade of funding starts
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NASA's X-59 plane will try to quietly break the speed of sound in 2023
3 January 2023
NASA and Lockheed Martin’s strange-looking X-59 plane is set to fly early in 2023, and it is designed to break the sound barrier quietly rather than creating a huge sonic boom
Synthetic reproductive cells will help us understand fertility in 2023
1 January 2023
Laboratory-grown sperm, placentas and embryos in animals will help us gauge why some pregnancies don't reach full term, but whether these procedures could one day be safe or even ethical in humans is unclear
Gravitational wave hunters will get an ultracool new tool in 2023
31 December 2022
We have been detecting gravitational waves since 2015, but there is still much more to learn. The Matter-wave Laser Interferometric Gravitation Antenna will use ultracold atoms to spot ripples in space-time at lower frequencies than ever before
Time is running out for countries to agree rules on deep-sea mining
31 December 2022
If governments don't meet a July 2023 deadline to draw up regulations governing deep-sea mining, companies may start exploiting the seabed without legal restrictions
SpaceX, Blue Origin and ULA plan to launch huge new rockets in 2023
28 December 2022
ULA's Vulcan Centaur and Blue Origin's New Glenn are big rockets, but they are dwarfed by SpaceX's Starship, the largest rocket the world has ever seen
Bird flu vaccination may be the only way to have free-range chickens
28 December 2022
Tens of millions of poultry are being kept indoors or have been slaughtered because of avian influenza. Without widespread vaccination of birds, free-range chickens and eggs could be off the menu forever in some countries
A factory will soon start making green food from air and electricity
28 December 2022
Solar Foods will grow bacteria using carbon dioxide from the air and hydrogen produced by renewable energy, a process more efficient than growing plants
Will 2023 be the year we finally understand consciousness?
28 December 2022
In 1998, two researchers made a bet that by 2023, we would have found a sign of consciousness within the brain. As the wager comes due, how close are we to an answer?
The world's ultimate X-ray machine will start up in 2023
28 December 2022
The Linac Coherent Light Source II X-ray laser will be so fast and bright that it will allow people to create movies of atoms moving inside molecules
