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DeepMind used artificial intelligence for the first time to predict protein folding. [1]Singapore became the first jurisdiction to approve the sale of cultured meat. [2]The vaccines produced by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna against Coronavirus disease 2019 became the first vaccines developed using messenger RNA [3] and mark the fastest vaccine development and approval, taking only 10 months.
The World Meteorological Organization reports that 2020 is likely among the three warmest years on record globally, at 1.2 °C above the pre-industrial level. The ten years from 2011 to 2020 are also reported to be the warmest decade on record. [537] Scientists report finding microplastics in the placentas of women with unborn babies for the ...
March 2021 in science; Science Summary for this section 1 March: A review classifies SETI technosignatures. [1] 1 March A scientific review produced by the i.a. NASA-sponsored online workshop TechnoClimes 2020 about mission concepts for the search of technosignatures is published. They classify signatures based on a metric about the distance of ...
The December 2020 Lancet Countdown review concluded that trends in 2020 showed "a concerning paucity of progress" in numerous sectors, including "a continued failure to reduce the carbon intensity of the global energy system, an increase in the use of coal-fired power, and a rise in agricultural emissions and premature deaths from excess red meat consumption.
Science Summary for this section (January) 1 January – Beginning of the implementation of Plan S, an initiative for open-access science publishing launched in 2018 [1] [2] that requires papers from 2021 onwards from over 10 European countries that resulted from research funded by public grants to be published under an open licence in compliant journals or platforms, available to all.
Pages in category "2020 in science" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... This page was last edited on 27 November 2021, ...
[88] [89] [90] On 20 May China's CO 2 emissions are found to be 9% higher than pre-COVID-19-pandemic levels in 2021-Q1 with CO 2 emissions from fossil fuels and cement production having grown by 14.5% compared to 2020. [88] [91] [92] Researchers report that bees were successfully trained to detect COVID-19 infections via samples. [93]
In April 2020, MEV-1 successfully brought Intelsat-901 it back to position in geosynchronous orbit where it is now expected to operate for another five years. This was a space industry first as satellite servicing had previously been accomplished only with on-orbit human assistance, during the missions to service the Hubble Space Telescope in ...