2018 in science
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A number of significant scientific events occurred in 2018.
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 1 January – Researchers at Harvard report the first single lens that can focus all colors of the rainbow in the same spot, 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". Scientists in Rome unveil the first bionic hand with a sense of touch.[7][8]
- 4 January – MIT researchers devise a new method to create stronger and more resilient nanofibers.[9]
- 5 January – The Curiosity rover on Mars finds curious rock shapes that may require further study.[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.[10]
Predicted and scheduled events[edit]
January[edit]
- 31 January – A total lunar eclipse occurred.
February[edit]
- 15 February – A partial solar eclipse occurred.
March[edit]
- The gravitational wave observatory KAGRA planned to do a first test run.
April[edit]
- The Gaia collaboration released its second data set including positions, parallaxes, and proper motions for about a billion stars.
May[edit]
- 5 May – InSight was launched to Mars with an expected arrival in November.
July[edit]
- June–July – Hayabusa 2 arrived at its target asteroid Ryugu.
- 13 July – A partial solar eclipse occurred.
- 27 July – A total lunar eclipse occurred.
August[edit]
- 11 August – A partial solar eclipse occurred.
- August – OSIRIS-REx arrived at its target asteroid Bennu.
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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Most expensive year on record for US natural disasters". BBC News. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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