Chuck Yeager was a test pilot of the US Air Force and the first man to break the sound barrier, on October 14th, 1947.
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Jiuzhang, the photonic quantum computer
The Jiuzhang is a recently built quantum computer, which makes impossible calculations for a digital computer using photons, light particles.
The end of Arecibo telescope (Update)
The Arecibo telescope, used by SETI program to find extraterrestrial civilizations, suffered irreparable damage and will be deactivated.
Faster robots with interlocking learning machine models
Interlocking machine learning models allow a robot to execute tasks faster than the ones with only an artificial intelligence program.
The first Hyperloop test
The first Hyperloop test in Nevada was a success. It’s a new means of transportation on tracks inside a semi vacuum tube.
Drones sent to volcanoes
Scientists started to use drones to fly very close to volcanoes, collect gases, and predict eruptions for early warning.
Lost tectonic plate found
In the Pacific Ocean, next to North America, was discovered a tectonic plate, which many geophysicists didn’t believe in its existence.
The first room-temperature superconductor
Was discovered a material which becomes a superconductor at 15ºC, after more than a century of search.
Earth-sized rogue planet
Was discovered a rogue planet (without a star to orbit) with a mass approximately equal to Earth wandering through the galaxy.
An electronic component as an artificial neuron
Was created the first electronic component which alone behaves like a neuron.