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2020s in science and technology

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This article is a summary of the 2020s in science and technology.

Biology and medicine

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Energy

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Environmental sciences

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  • The United Nations has designated the 2020s as the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.[10]

Space

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Transport

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Air

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Land

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Computing and artificial intelligence

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Robotics and machine learning

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2021 in robotics (1 C, 1 P)

Physics

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  • In January 2020, Physicists discovered a unique metal with billions of quantum entangled electrons.[25]
  • The Large Hadron Collider will once again begin operation in early 2021;[26][27][28][29] the collider was shut down in December 2018 "to enable major upgrade and renovation works."[26]

Paleontology

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Archaeology

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "DeepMind AI cracks 50-year-old problem of protein folding". the Guardian. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ^ "No-kill, lab-grown meat to go on sale for first time". the Guardian. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Pfizer and Moderna vaccines showing potential success of mRNA platform – a first". Boston Herald. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Pfizer COVID Shot Is Fastest Ever Vaccine to Be Approved in the West, First Licensed mRNA Jab in History". 2 December 2020.
  5. ^ Feuer, Will (4 November 2020). "Oregon becomes first state to legalize magic mushrooms as more states ease drug laws in 'psychedelic renaissance'". CNBC. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Did QuantumScape Just Solve a 40-Year-Old Battery Problem?". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. ^ "China turns on nuclear-powered 'artificial sun' for first time". The Independent. 7 December 2020. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. ^ Root, Al (19 October 2020). "Another Way Tesla Can Reduce Battery Costs".
  9. ^ "SCC55".
  10. ^ "United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)". UNESCO. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Overview – 2020 Mission Plans". Mars.nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  12. ^ Myers, Steven Lee; Chang, Kenneth (1 December 2020). "China Lands Chang'e-5 Spacecraft on Moon to Gather Lunar Rocks and Soil". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  13. ^ "First Images of James Webb". Ars Technica. Ars Technica. 8 July 2022 [July 8, 2022]. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022.
  14. ^ Pillai, Soumya (22 December 2022). "India's 1st human space flight to be launched in end of 2024". www.hindustantimes.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  15. ^ "NASA, Northrop Grumman Finalize Moon Outpost Living Quarters Contract". NASA (Press release). 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  16. ^ "ESA's Juice lifts off on quest to discover secrets of Jupiter's icy moons". ESA (Press release). 14 April 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  17. ^ "Elon Musk's Starship booster captured in world first". BBC News. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  18. ^ "SpaceX launches Starship test flight 5". CNN. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  19. ^ Torchinsky, Rina. "Elon Musk hints at crewed mission to Mars in 2029". nrp.com. nrp. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  20. ^ Kent, Lauren (22 January 2019). "The European Space Agency plans to start mining for natural resources on the moon". CNN. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  21. ^ "United plans supersonic passenger flights by 2029". BBC News. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  22. ^ Lee, Timothy B. (8 October 2020). "Waymo finally launches an actual public, driverless taxi service". Ars Technica. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  23. ^ Wood, Charlie (10 July 2021). "The future of self-driving? Maybe less like Elon Musk and more like Domino's pizza robots". CNBC. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  24. ^ "AI is transforming the coding of computer programs". The Economist. 7 July 2021. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  25. ^ "Billions of quantum entangled electrons found in 'strange metal'". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  26. ^ a b CERN. "LHC prepares for new achievements". Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  27. ^ Hays, Brooks. "CERN reveals plans for new experiment to search for dark matter particles". United Press International. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  28. ^ Tech2 News Staff (3 September 2019). "Cern's Large Hadron Collider Gets Major Upgrade, Experiments to Resume in 2021". Tech2. Retrieved 10 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  29. ^ Wetzel, James (26 August 2019). "USCMS completes phase 1 upgrade program for CMS detector at CERN". Fermilab. Retrieved 10 September 2019.