1 US Department of Energy reports first-ever achievement of fusion ignition
2 Oxford spinoff demonstrates world-first hypersonic “projectile fusion”
3 US nuclear regulator greenlights its first small modular reactor
4 Researchers run a gas turbine on pure hydrogen in world first
5 US Navy wirelessly beams 1.6 kW of power a kilometer using microwaves
6 Fusion tech is set to unlock near-limitless ultra-deep geothermal energy
7 First human patients receive transfusions of lab-grown blood cells
8 World-first stem cell therapy trial treats spina bifida before birth
9 World-first pig-to-human heart transplant performed in US
10 China turns on the world’s largest compressed air energy storage plant
11 Simple alloy claims crown of toughest material ever recorded
12 Oldest known heart found preserved in 380-million-year-old fish fossil
13 “Once-in-a-millennium” rogue wave crashes into the record books
14 Longest lightning strike on record stretches 477 miles over three US states
15 Teenager’s “incurable” leukemia cured by new base editing gene therapy
16 Chimp study refutes prevailing theory on origins of bipedalism
17 Octopuses hurl objects in rare example of animal throwing behavior
18 Synthetic embryos grown from stem cells don’t need sperm or eggs
19 Womb with a view: EctoLife baby farm eliminates pregnancy and labor
20 First-ever recording of dying human brain reveals dreaming-like activity