THE BIGGEST SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS OF 2013
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3. A fibre optic cord has been developed that can transfer a ________ of data per second. That's 128 terabytes in a second, which is over a thousand movies.
5. A new design for mobile phones that will reduce electronic waste. The concept was designed by Dutch designer Dave Hakkens.
7. A proposed collaborative research project that would map the activity of every neuron in the brain, giving us unprecedented knowledge of the working of the organ.
10. This company unveiled an autonomous car that can drive itself and sense its surrounding, and communicate with other vehicles.
11. An elementary particle that was confirmed to exist by CERN, it's pivotal in particle physics theory.
14. A space probe launched to study the martian atmosphere while orbiting Mars.
15. Britain's first _____ transplant is successfully completed.
16. Stanford researchers develop a method of making brain tissue transparent using, allowing brain structures to be studied in extreme detail without overly invasive procedures.
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1. The first ________ eye prototype was announced by a team in Australia. Eventually it should be suitable for use by 85% of people who are legally blind.
2. A study by Caltech astronomers reports that the Milky Way Galaxy contains at least one planet per star, resulting in approximately 100–400 billion _______.
4. New method of output that has opened up new possibilities in fields ranging from medical and fashion.
6. A Japanese 13-inch tall robot that was the first to speak in space.
8. The Hubble Space Telescope has found evidence of this substance in the atmospheres of five distant exoplanets. It's essential to life.
9. The Large Hadron Collider begins a process to ______ for 2 years to supercharge for future experiments.
12. The world's largest concentrated solar power plant, becomes operational in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
13. Scientists at Scotland's Heriot-Watt University develop a 3D printer that can produce clusters of living _______, potentially allowing complete organs to be printed on demand in future.
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