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Springs made from rusty metallic glass could power nanorobots

Most metals oxidise, or rust, when exposed to air, which normally weakens them, but a kind of metallic glass instead gets more springy

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The Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany where the exascale supercomputer JUPITER will be hosted

Technology

Europe plans to build the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2024

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MMX mission

Space

Japan is sending a rover to Mars’s moon Phobos in 2024

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Physics

Human cells have a resonant frequency – and it’s just barely audible

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Health

Slower arm speed may be why older people fall more easily after a slip

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Year 2024 futuristic 3D render. Modern colours. WEB 3.0 colours.

Environment

What 2024 will look like, from moon missions to COP29

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Technology

Is artificial intelligence about to free us from the curse of Babel?

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Europa Clipper Reaction Wheel installations Requester: Gretchen Mccartney Photographer: Gregory M. Waigand Date: 2022-10-14 Photolab order: 106955-11.00.00.A04

Space

Europa Clipper will launch to Jupiter in 2024 to explore its icy moon

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Wide view of the telescope mount inside the dome

Space

Vera C. Rubin Observatory will start scanning the night sky in 2024

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The ruins of San Roque church in Villanueva, normally submerged partially in the waters of the Ebro reservoir, in the northern province of Cantabria, are now visible entirely on solid ground due to the ongoing drought that has caused the reservoir to be at 32.72% of its capacity, on August 8, 2023. The Iberian Peninsula is bearing the brunt of climate change in Europe, witnessing increasingly intense heatwaves, droughts and wildfires. The Spanish met office (AEMET) issued maximum red alerts for parts of Andalusia in the south, the Madrid region in the centre and the Basque Country in the far north. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP) (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

2024 will break the extreme temperature records set in 2023

The elements that conspired to make 2023 so unusually warm are likely to push the dial even further in 2024, with meteorologists already warning about extreme heat

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Health

Premature babies could be treated with an artificial uterus in 2024

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Technology

AI firms will face copyright infringement lawsuits in 2024

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Space

International fleet of spacecraft is heading to the moon in 2024

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Society

The weird tale of California Forever, a tech billionaire instant city

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