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Explore the most exciting new ideas and emerging concepts in science, health, technology and the environment with 51动漫鈥檚 exclusive in-depth articles, interviews and long reads.

Computer chip factory

Technology

2022 preview: Will the global computer chip shortage ever end?

The growing demand for computer chips, used in everything from cars to fridges, has collided with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, leading to a global shortage that is likely to continue through 2022

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iPhone repair

Technology

2021 in review: ‘Right to Repair’ campaigners claim iPhone victory

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A new hospital was rapidly built in Wuhan, China, in early 2020

Health

Two years of covid-19: What we鈥檝e learned during the pandemic so far

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This image show stars orbiting very close to Sgr A* (centre), the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. They were obtained with the GRAVITY instrument on ESO???s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at the end of March 2021.
Space

New images show our galaxy鈥檚 black hole more clearly than ever before

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Robotic hand grasping objects
Technology

Watch a highly dexterous robotic hand use scissors and tweezers

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SACO, ME - JUNE 10: American Shad swim past the observation window in Brookfield Renewables', Cataract hydro electric station fish passage on the Saco River, in Saco, on Thursday, June 09, 2016. (Photo by Carl D. Walsh/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Life

Swimming in a school may help fish hear dolphins鈥� ultrasound clicks

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Technology

Can Elon Musk and Tesla really build a humanoid robot in 2022?

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KUNMING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 30: A sign reading 'COP15' is set outside the Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center to welcome the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) on September 30, 2021 in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China. (Photo by Yang Zheng/VCG via Getty Images)

Life

China must lead by example to make the 2022 biodiversity talks succeed

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A technician uses a multi-channel pipette dropper to dispense liquid material inside the Afrigen Biologics & Vaccines Ltd. laboratory facility in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday, July 12, 2021. The??World Health Organization announced it will establish its first-ever mRNA technology transfer hub in Cape Town in an agreement with??Afrigen??and the??Biovac Institute. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Health

51动漫’s predictions for the big science stories of 2022

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Australia, Northern Territory. Solar reflectors which give power for the people of Hermannasburg in Northern Territory.

Technology

2022 preview: High-voltage supergrids could power the world

Countries and even entire continents will start joining up their electrical grids in an effort to share renewable power and tackle climate change

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Health

2022 preview: mRNA tech behind covid-19 vaccines could get new uses

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Health

2022 preview: Expect a row over controversial Alzheimer’s drug

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Technology

2022 preview: Quantum computers may finally become useful tools

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Health

2022 preview: What will the coronavirus do next?

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