In recent years, new methods utilizing the quantum nature of electrons have emerged, promising to revolutionize electron microscopy and offer some unexpected capabilities.
Anticipating future demand for infrastructure in space, researchers and industrial partners focus on the development of some of the most innovative technologies, materials, and construction methods that would enable the creation of inhabitable space structures.
Research has focused on using graphene-based nanoplatelets as additives in biodegradable lubricants, enabling a superior performance over commercial oils.
In the coming decades, exoplanet exploration is likely to become a key goal for next-generation telescopes. Astronomers and astrobiologists envisage that detecting oceans on terrestrial exoplanets may be the key to success in our search for habitable worlds beyond the Solar System.