2018 In Science
A number of significant scientific events occurred in 2018. Events January *1 January – Researchers at Harvard University, Harvard, writing in ''Nature Nanotechnology'', report the first single Lens (optics), lens that can focus all colours of the rainbow in the same spot and in high resolution, previously only achievable with multiple lenses. *2 January – Physicists at Cornell University report the creation of "muscle" for shape-changing, cell-sized robots. *3 January **Computer researchers report discovering two major Vulnerability (computing), security vulnerabilities, named "Meltdown (security vulnerability), Meltdown" and "Spectre (security vulnerability), Spectre," in the microprocessors inside almost all computers in the world. **Scientists in Rome unveil the first bionics, bionic hand with a sense of touch that can be worn outside a laboratory. *4 January – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT researchers devise a new method to create stronger and more ...
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