2018 in science
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A number of significant scientific events are scheduled to occur in 2018.
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 1 January – Researchers at Harvard, writing in Nature Nanotechnology, report the first single lens that can focus all colours of the rainbow in the same spot and in high resolution, previously only achievable with multiple lenses.[3][4]
- 2 January – Physicists at Cornell University report the creation of "muscle" for shape-changing, cell-sized robots.[5][6]
- 3 January
- Computer researchers report discovering two major security vulnerabilities, named "Meltdown" and "Spectre," in the microprocessors inside almost all computers in the world.[7][8][9]
- Scientists in Rome unveil the first bionic hand with a sense of touch that can be worn outside a laboratory.[10]
- 4 January – MIT researchers devise a new method to create stronger and more resilient nanofibers.[11][12]
- 5 January – Researchers report images (including image-1) taken by the Curiosity rover on Mars showing curious rock shapes that may require further study in order to help better determine whether the shapes are biological or geological.[1][2]
- 8 January – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports that 2017 was the costliest year on record for climate and weather-related disasters in the United States.[13][14]
Predicted and scheduled events[edit]
January[edit]
- 31 January – A total lunar eclipse will occur.
February[edit]
- 15 February – A partial solar eclipse will occur.
- February – The Belle II experiment is expected to start taking data to study B mesons.[15]
March[edit]
April[edit]
- The Gaia collaboration plans its second data release including positions, parallaxes and proper motions for about a billion stars.[18]
May[edit]
July[edit]
- June–July – Hayabusa 2 will arrive at its target asteroid Ryugu.[20]
- 13 July – A partial solar eclipse will occur.
- 27 July – A total lunar eclipse will occur.
August[edit]
- 11 August – A partial solar eclipse will occur.
- August – OSIRIS-REx will arrive at its target asteroid Bennu.[21]
- August – Dragon 2 is scheduled to launch US astronauts to space, the first astronauts launched to orbit by private companies.
Date unknown[edit]
- China plans to start construction of its modular space station.[22]
- CST-100 Starliner is planned to launch US astronauts to space in late 2018 or early 2019.[23]
- The Event Horizon Telescope is expected to release the first image of a black hole.[24]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 David, Leonard (5 January 2018). "Structures on Mars". Space.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Edwards, Christopher (3 January 2018). "Sols 1913-1924: Curiosity's Working Holiday". NASA. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ↑ "Single metalens focuses all colors of the rainbow in one point". Harvard. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ Shelby Rogers (7 January 2018). "Harvard Researchers Have Developed a Metalens That Could Revolutionize Optics". Interesting Engineering. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ↑ "Physicists build muscle for shape-changing, cell-sized robots". EurekAlert!. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ↑ Marc Z. Miskin; Kyle J. Dorsey; Baris Bircan; Yimo Han; David A. Muller; Paul L. McEuen; Itai Cohen (2018). "Graphene-based bimorphs for micron-sized, autonomous origami machines". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.1712889115.
- ↑ Metz, Cade; Perlroth, Nicole (3 January 2018). "Researchers Discover Two Major Flaws in the World's Computers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ↑ Warren, Tom (3 January 2018). "Intel's processors have a security bug and the fix could slow down PCs". The Verge. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ↑ Bright, Peter (5 January 2018). "Meltdown and Spectre: Here's what Intel, Apple, Microsoft, others are doing about it". Ars Technica. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ↑ "Woman receives bionic hand with sense of touch". BBC News. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ↑ "Ultrafine fibers have exceptional strength". MIT. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ . Xinhua. 7 January 2018 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/07/c_136878028.htm. Retrieved 9 January 2018. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Most expensive year on record for US natural disasters". BBC News. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ↑ "2017 was 3rd warmest year on record for U.S." NOAA. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ↑ Bansal, Vikas (16 October 2017). "Belle II Update" (PDF). Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ Kuroda, K.; et al. (April 2010). "Status of LCGT" (PDF). Classical and Quantum Gravity. 27 (8): 084004. Bibcode:2010CQGra..27h4004K. doi:10.1088/0264-9381/27/8/084004.
- ↑ Collaboration, KAGRA; Akutsu, T; Ando, M; Araya, A; Aritomi, N; Asada, H; Aso, Y; Atsuta, S; Awai, K; Barton, M. A; Cannon, K; Craig, K; Creus, W; Doi, K; Eda, K; Enomoto, Y; Flaminio, R; Fujii, Y; Fujimoto, M. -K; Furuhata, T; Haino, S; Hasegawa, K; Hashino, K; Hayama, K; Hirobayashi, S; Hirose, E; Hsieh, B. H; Inoue, Y; Ioka, K; et al. (2017). "The status of KAGRA underground cryogenic gravitational wave telescope". arXiv:1710.04823 [gr-qc].
- ↑ "SNEAK PEEK OF GAIA'S SKY IN COLOUR". Retrieved 2017-12-10.
- ↑ NASA. "Send Your Name to Mars: InSight". mars.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
- ↑ "Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa2"". Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ Ray, Justin (9 September 2016). "OSIRIS-REx probe launched to asteroid in compelling search for the origins of life". Astronomy Now. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ Jones, Andrew (10 March 2017). "China's Space Station: Tianhe-1 module to be followed by Tianzhou-2, Shenzhou-12". Global Times.
- ↑ "Crewed Starliner test flight could slip to 2019". 27 September 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ↑ "Event Horizon Telescope ready to image black hole".
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