- January 21, 2025
Farms can install vertical solar panels without reducing crop yields
Wheat is harvested from strips lined by vertical solar panels at the Next2Sun solar park in Germany Knoblauch GmbH/Next2Sun Rapid reductions in the price of
Fire at world’s largest battery facility is a clean energy setback
Smoke rises during a fire at Vistra Energy’s Moss Landing battery storage facility in California on 17 January Bloomberg / Getty Images A fire at
Golden oyster mushrooms may stave off signs of ageing
Golden oyster mushrooms growing on a fallen log in Iowa Katie Flenker / Alamy Regularly eating golden oyster mushrooms protected heart health and promoted longevity
Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from Earth
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) captured on 31 December 2024 using a telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile Lionel Majzik A comet that has taken astronomers by
Quantum computers get automatic error correction for the first time
Quantum computers could use heat to eliminate errors Chalmers University of Technology, Lovisa Håkansson A tiny cooling device can automatically reset malfunctioning components of a
Global treaty is failing to curb ultra-potent HFC-23 greenhouse gas emissions
Air-conditioning units, which often use HFC gases, on a building in Shenyang, China Visual China Group via Getty Images Emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas
Glowing biological quantum sensor could track how cells form
A fluorescent protein based on one made by the bioluminescent crystal jelly can be used as a quantum sensor Alex Archontakis/Alamy Quantum sensors made from
Food made without farming will go on sale in the US in 2025
Croissant dough made from Savor’s farm-free butter Savor Growing numbers of people will be able to sample new types of butter, chocolate and ice cream
AI-powered avatars can gesture naturally as they speak
Humans use both speech and gestures to convey information Stanford University An artificial intelligence model can make virtual avatars gesture naturally to match spoken words
Quantum entanglement can be endlessly ’embezzled’ from quantum fields
Some quantum fields have an infinite amount of entanglement that can be taken Jurik Peter/Shutterstock Entanglement is one of the most valuable resources in the
