2026-10-15 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-10-15verified
Quantum error correction: On 15 October 2026 Google Quantum AI reported in Science the first experimental demonstration of magic state cultivation on its Willow processor, reducing magic-state errors about 40-fold relative to uncultivated states and reaching T states with a record logical fidelity of 99.99%.
2026-10-07 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-10-07verified
Chemistry: On 7 October 2026 the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai 'for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis'.
2026-10-07 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-10-07corrected
Quantum computing: On 7 October 2026 IBM announced its selection for Stage C, the third phase of DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, in which DARPA's independent verification and validation team tests the selected companies' hardware to determine whether they can build a fault-tolerant quantum computer (QBI aims to determine whether an industrially useful one can be built by 2033).
2026-10-06 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-10-06verified
Physics: On 6 October 2026 the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Francis Halzen 'for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin'.
2026-10-05 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-10-05verified
Neuroscience: On 5 October 2026 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel 'for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics'.
2026-10-01 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-10-01verified
Brain-computer interfaces: On 1 October 2026 Neuralink reported pretraining self-supervised neural encoders on over 50,000 hours of unlabeled brain data from its participants, keeping decoders working for weeks without recalibration and setting a cursor-control record of 11.32 bits per second.
2026-09-17 · projection · ●●○ · published 2026-09-17verified
Quantum computing policy: On 17 September 2026 the DOE Office of Science published its advisory committee's science-first quantum roadmap, which sets Quantum Grand Challenges for 2026-2028 aimed at demonstrating a scientifically relevant, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028.
2026-09-14 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-09-14verified
Brain-computer interfaces: A UCSF study in Nature Neuroscience (14 September 2026) decoded concurrent attempted speech and body gestures from cortical ECoG recordings in people with paralysis, translating the brain activity of two of three participants into commands for a full-body virtual avatar.
2026-09-11 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-09-11verified
AI mathematics: On 11 September 2026 Terence Tao published a declaration by 25 initial signatories, all Fields Medallists, stating that LLMs can now solve major outstanding problems but that AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is 'severely misaligned' with, and detrimental to, the mathematical community.
2026-09-03 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-09-03verified
Connectomics: The male Drosophila central nervous system connectome (over 166,000 proofread neurons and 125 million synaptic connections, brain plus nerve cord) was published in Cell in September 2026 by Janelia, Cambridge and Google Research, the largest brain map by neuron count to date.
2026-08-30 · achievement · ●●● · published 2026-08-30verified
Astronomy: On 30 August 2026 NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center toward the Sun-Earth L2 region.
2026-07-30 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-07-30corrected
Quantum computing: On 30 July 2026 IBM and the University of Chicago claimed quantum advantage with error-corrected circuits, saying they encoded 70 logical qubits to run 2,415 logical two-qubit operations and 468 logical T gates in about 15 minutes at effective logical error rates 10 times below the physical error rates (preprint arXiv:2607.25941 v1; a revised v3 of 2 September 2026 instead reports a 64-qubit, depth-73 circuit with 314 T gates encoded in 76 physical qubits).
2026-07-23 · achievement · ●●● · published 2026-07-23verified
Mathematics: On 23 July 2026 at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia the IMU awarded the 2026 Fields Medals to Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Tsimerman and Hong Wang, with Deng cited for work including the rigorous derivation of the Boltzmann equation from hard-sphere dynamics and Wang the third woman ever to receive the medal.
2026-07-22 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-07-22verified
Neurotechnology: On 22 July 2026 Science Corp. announced the European commercial launch of its PRIMA retinal implant after a CE mark under the EU Medical Device Regulation authorizing commercial availability in 30 European countries, as the first treatment shown in clinical trials to restore functional central vision in geographic atrophy from age-related macular degeneration.
2026-07-22 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-07-22verified
Science policy: On 22 July 2026 the US Department of Energy selected the first 278 Genesis Mission projects (AI-accelerated science), involving 342 institutions including 16 national laboratories, 142 universities and 157 companies.
2026-07-22 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-07-22verified
AI mathematics: On 22 July 2026 the South China Morning Post reported that an AI model developed by China's RedNote achieved a perfect score at the 2026 International Mathematical Olympiad, the first AI to do so, after Google DeepMind's and OpenAI's systems scored 35 of 42 points at IMO 2025.
2026-07-02 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-07-02verified
Satellite internet: On 2 July 2026 Amazon said a 29-satellite Atlas V launch brought its Leo constellation to more than 390 satellites, enough to support continuous service across initial latitudes, and that commercial service would launch later in 2026 (after it had asked the FCC in January to extend its deployment deadline).
2026-06-30 · achievement · ●●● · published 2026-06-30verified
Astronomy: On 30 June 2026 the Vera C. Rubin Observatory officially began its 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time, observing the entire southern sky every few nights.
2026-06-29 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-06-29verified
Particle physics: On 29 June 2026 the LHC ended Run 3 and CERN entered Long Shutdown 3 to install the High-Luminosity LHC, scheduled to begin operation in 2030 with up to ten times the original design luminosity.
2026-06-22 · policy · ●●● · published 2026-06-22verified
Quantum computing policy: On 22 June 2026 a US presidential executive order established the Quantum Computer for Application Development and Discovery Science (QC-ADDS) effort to develop a quantum computer for scientific discovery, with the intent to deliver at least one to a Department of Energy facility, and ordered an updated National Quantum Strategy within 180 days.
2026-06-17 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-06-17verified
Brain-computer interfaces: On 17 June 2026 Paradromics announced the first implantation of its Connexus BCI in the FDA-approved Connect-One early feasibility study, in a woman with speech impairment from motor neuron disease who will be followed for six years.
2026-06-15 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-06-15verified
Brain-computer interfaces: A Nature Medicine study reported on 15 June 2026 that a man with ALS used an implanted speech BCI independently at home for more than 3,800 hours over nearly two years, communicating over 183,000 sentences at an average 56 words per minute, with over 99% word accuracy in controlled testing on a 125,000-word vocabulary.
2026-06-10 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-06-10verified
6G: On 10 June 2026 3GPP approved the Release 21 timeline for its first 6G standards, with package approval and Stage-1 freeze in March 2027, Stage-2 freeze in June 2028 and the functional (Stage-3) freeze in December 2028.
2026-06-04 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-06-04corrected
Satellite internet: Starlink surpassed 12 million active customers across more than 160 countries and territories by early June 2026, up from 9 million reported for 2025.
2026-06-03 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-06-03corrected
Quantum computing investment: On 3 June 2026 Quantinuum priced its upsized initial public offering of 28,000,000 Class A shares at $60.00 per share (about $1.68 billion before the over-allotment option), with the shares expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker QNT on 4 June 2026.
2026-06-02 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-06-02verified
Quantum computing: On 2 June 2026 Microsoft unveiled Majorana 2, a topological quantum chip it says has qubits 1,000 times more reliable than the first generation (mean qubit lifetime of 20 seconds) and moved its target for a scalable quantum computer to 2029, while Nature reported that researchers remain sceptical of its topological claims.
2026-06-02 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-06-02verified
Quantum computing investment: On 2 June 2026 IBM announced plans to invest more than $10 billion in quantum computing over the next five years, spanning R&D, capital expenditure, manufacturing scaling, ecosystem partnerships and M&A, to fund its roadmap toward fault-tolerant quantum computers.
2026-05-27 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-05-27verified
Antimatter physics: On 27 May 2026 CERN's ALPHA collaboration reported in Nature a measurement of antihydrogen's ground-state hyperfine splitting with 4 parts per million precision, a hundredfold improvement on its 2017 result (400 ppm).
2026-05-22 · policy · ●●● · published 2026-05-22verified
Particle physics: On 22 May 2026 the CERN Council adopted the 2026 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics, keeping the High-Luminosity LHC as the top medium-term priority and naming the FCC-ee as the preferred option for CERN's next flagship collider, and asked CERN Management to develop a financially feasible funding plan for it (no construction approval yet).
2026-05-21 · policy · ●●● · published 2026-05-21verified
Quantum computing policy: On 21 May 2026 the US Department of Commerce signed letters of intent for $2.013 billion in planned CHIPS Act incentives to nine companies, including $1 billion for an IBM quantum foundry subsidiary, $375 million for a GlobalFoundries quantum foundry and $100 million each for Atom Computing, D-Wave, Infleqtion, PsiQuantum and Quantinuum and up to $100 million for Rigetti, with the government taking a minority, non-controlling equity stake in each.
2026-05-20 · achievement · ●●● · published 2026-05-20verified
AI mathematics: On 20 May 2026 OpenAI announced that an internal general-purpose reasoning model had disproved the long-held belief that square-grid constructions are essentially optimal for Erdős's 1946 planar unit distance problem, giving an infinite family of point sets with a polynomial improvement in unit-distance pairs, a result external mathematicians checked and Tim Gowers called 'a milestone in AI mathematics'.
2026-04-18 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-04-18verified
Mathematics: On 18 April 2026 the Breakthrough Prize Foundation awarded the $3 million 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics to Frank Merle for his work on nonlinear evolution equations, including singularity formation and the soliton resolution conjecture.
2026-04-15 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-04-15verified
Cosmology: On 15 April 2026 the DESI collaboration announced it had completed the observations of its planned five-year 3D map, capturing more than 47 million galaxies and quasars (versus 34 million planned) plus more than 20 million stars, with full-survey dark energy results expected in 2027.
2026-04-09 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-04-09verified
Nanotechnology policy: The NNI Supplement to the President's 2026 Budget, published 9 April 2026, reports that the President's 2026 Budget requests $1.45 billion for the US National Nanotechnology Initiative.
2026-04-03 · policy · ●●● · published 2026-04-03verified
Science policy: The US NSF FY2027 budget request of 3 April 2026 proposes $3.963 billion in discretionary funding, down from $8.750 billion enacted for FY2026, with Research and Related Activities cut 59% to $3.41 billion (a request, not enacted funding).
2026-03-18 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-03-18verified
Mathematics: On 18 March 2026 the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awarded the 2026 Abel Prize to Gerd Faltings (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn) 'for introducing powerful tools in arithmetic geometry and resolving long-standing diophantine conjectures of Mordell and Lang'.
2026-03-13 · policy · ●●● · published 2026-03-13verified
Brain-computer interfaces: China's National Medical Products Administration cleared the registration of Neuracle Medical Technology's implantable BCI hand-motor-function system for tetraplegia from cervical spinal cord injury (decoded neural signals drive a pneumatic glove), enabling its commercial launch, reported on 13 March 2026 as the world's first approved invasive BCI medical device.
2026-03-12 · policy · ●●● · published 2026-03-13verified
Science policy: On 12 March 2026 China's National People's Congress approved the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), whose outline names quantum technology, brain-computer interfaces, embodied AI, 6G, biomanufacturing, hydrogen and nuclear fusion as new drivers of growth and industries of the future.
2026-03-10 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-03-10verified
Superconductivity: On 10 March 2026 a SUSTech team (Qi-Kun Xue, Zhuoyu Chen) reported in National Science Review (La,Pr)3Ni2O7 nickelate thin films with a record ambient-pressure nickelate superconducting onset of 63 K (zero resistance at 37 K).
2026-02-25 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-02-25verified
Quantum error correction: On 25 February 2026 Quantinuum researchers reported (arXiv preprint) encoding 48 error-corrected and up to 94 error-detected logical qubits in the 98 physical qubits of its Helios trapped-ion computer, with logical qubits beating their physical counterparts (better than break-even) and 64 error-detected logical qubits used to simulate quantum magnetism.
2026-02-24 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-02-25verified
Astronomy: On the night of 24 February 2026 the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory generated its first public real-time alerts on changing objects in the sky (supernovae, variable stars, active galactic nuclei, asteroids), distributed to researchers worldwide.
2026-02-14 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-02-14verified
AI mathematics: Results of the 'First Proof' challenge, in which 11 mathematicians posed 10 unpublished research-level problems to AI on 5 February 2026, showed that AI systems produced confident proofs for every problem but, per the organizers, only two (problems 9 and 10) were correct, while OpenAI said six of its 10 solutions had a high chance of being correct.
2026-02-11 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-02-11corrected
AI mathematics: On 11 February 2026 Google DeepMind reported that Aletheia, a math research agent powered by Gemini Deep Think, produced a research paper without human intervention and, in a semi-autonomous evaluation of 700 open problems in the Erdős problems database, autonomously solved four open questions (the cited paper, arXiv:2601.22401, counts five seemingly novel autonomous solutions among 13 'Open' problems addressed).
2026-01-28 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-28verified
Brain-computer interfaces: On 28 January 2026 Neuralink reported 21 participants enrolled in its trials worldwide, typing speeds of up to 40 words per minute with a ten-finger 'keyboard for the mind', and a new VOICE clinical trial aiming at 140 words per minute speech restoration.
2026-01-28 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-28verified
Astronomy: On 28 January 2026 NASA reported that Webb confirmed the galaxy MoM-z14 at a redshift of 14.44, seen as it was only 280 million years after the Big Bang.
2026-01-26 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-26corrected
Quantum computing industry: On 26 January 2026 IonQ agreed to acquire the US pure-play semiconductor foundry SkyWater Technology for $35.00 per share in cash and stock (about $1.8 billion equity value), saying the deal would pull functional testing of its 200,000-qubit QPUs (projected to enable over 8,000 logical qubits) forward to 2028; closing was expected in Q2 or Q3 2026.
2026-01-23 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-01-23verified
Science policy: The US FY2026 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations, enacted on 23 January 2026 (Public Law 119-74), fund NSF at $8.75 billion, rejecting the administration's proposed 57% cut to NSF.
2026-01-15 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-15verified
Brain-computer interfaces: On 15 January 2026 Merge Labs launched as a BCI research lab aiming to increase BCI bandwidth and brain coverage by several orders of magnitude while being far less invasive, by connecting with neurons using molecules instead of electrodes and transmitting information with deep-reaching modalities such as ultrasound.
2026-01-09 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-01-09verified
Satellite internet: On 9 January 2026 the FCC authorized SpaceX to construct, deploy and operate an additional 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites, bringing the total authorized to 15,000 Gen2 satellites.
2026-01-05 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Semiconductors: On 5 January 2026 Intel launched Core Ultra Series 3 processors, the first platform built on its Intel 18A process (designed and manufactured in the United States), powering over 200 PC designs and available that month.
2025 · data · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
Semiconductors: TSMC's 2nm (N2) process offers 10-15% higher performance at the same power, 25-30% lower power at the same performance, and 15-20% higher density versus N3E.
2025 · data · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
Brain-computer interfaces: Synchron has about 10 patients in trials, is preparing a pivotal trial, and offers native integration with Apple devices.
2025 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
Satellite internet: By July 2025 Starlink served more than 6 million active customers globally, after adding 2.7 million+ customers and expanding to 42 new countries, territories and other markets over the prior year.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Satellite internet: In 2025 Starlink reached 9 million subscribers with 9,357…
2025 · data · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Quantum computing investment: Quantum computing sector funding reached $1.25 billion in Q1 2025, up 128% year over year.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Quantum computing investment: Quantum computing sector funding reached $1.25 billion in…
2025 · analysis · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
Quantum computing workforce: Only about 600-700 quantum error correction specialists exist globally, versus an estimated 5,000-16,000 needed by 2030 (Riverlane QEC Report 2025).
2025 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
Quantum computing investment: In 2025 PsiQuantum raised a $1 billion Series E at a $7 billion valuation, supporting facilities in Chicago and Brisbane.
2025 · setback · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Quantum computing: Microsoft's Majorana 1 topological qubit claims were disputed in 2025, with a Nature editorial stating the results 'do not represent evidence' for Majorana zero modes (MZMs).
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Quantum computing: Microsoft's Majorana 1 topological qubit claims were disputed in…
2025 · announcement · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Particle physics: CERN extended LHC Run 3 to July 2026.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Particle physics: CERN extended LHC Run 3 to July 2026.
2025 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Particle physics: The Large Hadron Collider delivered record luminosity (a record number of particle collisions) during Run 3 in 2025.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Particle physics: The Large Hadron Collider delivered record luminosity (a record…
2025 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
Japan led government quantum computing investment in 2025 with $7.9 billion allocated, surpassing the United States’ $7.7 billion.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Quantum computing policy: Japan's government quantum investment reached about $7.9…
2025 · data · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
Worldwide government quantum technology funding announced up to 2025 exceeds $55.7 billion.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Quantum computing policy: Cumulative government quantum technology investment worldwide…
2025 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Mathematics: Dennis Gaitsgory received the $3 million 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics for the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture in characteristic 0.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Mathematics: Dennis Gaitsgory received the $3 million 2025 Breakthrough Prize in…
2025 · announcement · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Connectomics: Nature Methods named electron-microscopy connectomics its 'Method of the Year 2025'.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Connectomics: Nature Methods named electron-microscopy connectomics its 'Method of the…
2025 · setback · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Quantum computing: D-Wave's quantum 'supremacy' claim was challenged when independent researchers matched some of its results on a classical laptop.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Quantum computing: D-Wave's quantum 'supremacy' claim was challenged when independent…
2025 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Connectomics: A complete connectome of the adult Drosophila brain maps about 140,000 neurons and about 50 million synapses.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Connectomics: A complete connectome of the adult Drosophila brain maps about 140,000…
2025 · policy · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Quantum computing policy: The US Department of Energy announced $625 million to renew its five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Quantum computing policy: The US Department of Energy announced $625 million to renew…
2025 · data · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
Gene editing: Casgevy was the first-ever approved CRISPR-based medicine for sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia; 50 active sites in North America, the European Union and the Middle East had opened and begun treating patients.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Gene editing: The CRISPR therapy Casgevy is approved in the US, UK, EU, Canada and UAE,…
2025-12 · policy · ●●○ · published 2025-12-31verified
6G policy: In December 2025 the US President issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-8), 'Winning the 6G Race'.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-12: 6G policy: In December 2025 the US President issued a National Security Presidential…
2025-12 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2025-12-19corrected
Semiconductors: CNBC reported Intel’s Arizona Fab 52 opening and its effort to attract foundry customers; the article does not document 18A high-volume production or D0 below 0.40.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-12: Semiconductors: In December 2025 Intel's 18A process reached high-volume production at…
2025 · policy · ●●○ · published 2025-12-18corrected
Particle physics: CERN’s proposed Future Circular Collider was recommended as its next flagship collider option.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Particle physics: The electron-positron version of CERN's proposed Future Circular…
2025 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2025-12-18verified
Particle physics: Private donors pledged €860 million toward CERN's proposed Future Circular Collider.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Particle physics: Private donors pledged €860 million toward CERN's proposed Future…
2025-12 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2025-12-09verified
Brain-computer interfaces: In December 2025 Columbia, Stanford and Penn researchers reported the BISC brain implant chip with 65,536 electrodes and 100 Mbps wireless data transmission (Nature Electronics).
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-12: Brain-computer interfaces: In December 2025 Columbia, Stanford and Penn researchers…
2025 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2025-09-25corrected
Neurology: In September 2025 the European Commission granted marketing authorization for donanemab (Kisunla) to treat early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Neurology: The Alzheimer's antibody drugs lecanemab (Leqembi) and donanemab (Kisunla)…
2025 · data · ●○○ · published 2025-09-04corrected
Satellite internet: Eutelsat operates a LEO constellation of more than 600 satellites.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Satellite internet: Eutelsat OneWeb operates 654 satellites providing global coverage.
2025 · achievement · ●●● · published 2025-03-14verified
Mathematics: Hong Wang (NYU) and Joshua Zahl (UBC) proved the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture, a roughly 50-year-old problem, a result Terence Tao called 'spectacular'.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Mathematics: Hong Wang (NYU) and Joshua Zahl (UBC) proved the three-dimensional Kakeya…
2025-12-26 · policy · ●●○ · published 2025-12-26corrected
Science policy: China launched a national venture-capital guidance fund on 26 December 2025 to mobilize patient capital for innovation and future industries.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Science policy: China set up a national venture fund of about 1 trillion yuan (~$138…
2025-11 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
Satellite internet: Amazon Leo had 180 satellites in orbit and began an enterprise preview in November 2025.
2025-11 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2025-11-30corrected
Quantum computing: In November 2025 Quantinuum commercially launched its Helios quantum computer with 98 physical qubits, 99.921% two-qubit gate fidelity and quantum volume 2^25.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-11: Quantum computing: In November 2025 Quantinuum commercially launched its Helios quantum…
2025-11 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2025-11-30verified
AI mathematics: In November 2025 Google DeepMind published the AlphaProof methodology in Nature, describing the system behind its IMO 2024 silver-medal-level performance (28/42 points).
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-11: AI mathematics: In November 2025 Google DeepMind published the AlphaProof methodology…
2025-11 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2025-11-20verified
Brain-computer interfaces: In November 2025 the FDA granted Paradromics an IDE approval for its Connect-One clinical study of the Connexus BCI, which targets speech restoration and has shown 200+ bits/s in preclinical tests.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-11: Brain-computer interfaces: In November 2025 the FDA granted Paradromics an IDE approval…
2025-11-17 · data · ●○○ · published 2025-11-17corrected
Global connectivity: Per ITU, global internet users numbered 6 billion in 2025.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-11-17: Global connectivity: Per ITU, global internet users grew from 3.2 billion in 2015 to…
2025-11-17 · data · ●●○ · published 2025-11-17corrected
Global connectivity: Per ITU 2025 data, internet use is 94% in high-income vs 23% in low-income countries, and 85% in urban vs 58% in rural areas.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-11-17: Global connectivity: Per ITU 2025 data, internet use is 94% in high-income vs 23% in…
2025-11-17 · data · ●○○ · published 2025-11-17verified
Global connectivity: 5G subscriptions reached about 3 billion worldwide in 2025, per ITU Facts and Figures 2025.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-11-17: Global connectivity: 5G subscriptions reached about 3 billion worldwide in 2025, per…
2025-11-17 · data · ●●○ · published 2025-11-17verified
Global connectivity: ITU Facts and Figures 2025 reports 2.2 billion people still offline in 2025, down from 2.3 billion in 2024.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-11-17: Global connectivity: ITU Facts and Figures 2025 reports 2.2 billion people still…
2025-11-06 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2025-11-06verified
Superconductivity: In November 2025 MIT physicists observed a V-shaped superconducting gap in magic-angle graphene, evidence of an unconventional superconductivity mechanism.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-11-06: Superconductivity: In November 2025 MIT physicists observed a V-shaped superconducting…
2025-11-03 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
Semiconductors: Samsung began mass production of its 2nm GAA process on November 3, 2025.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-11: Semiconductors: In November 2025 Samsung began mass production on its 2nm (SF2)…
2025-10 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2025-10-31verified
Nanomedicine: In October 2025 Northwestern University reported a spherical nucleic acid (SNA) leukemia therapy that was 10,000 times more effective than standard chemotherapy in an animal study.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-10: Nanomedicine: In October 2025 Northwestern University reported a spherical nucleic acid…
2025-10 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2025-10-31corrected
Quantum computing: In October 2025 IonQ reported world-record two-qubit gate fidelity exceeding 99.99% and said it intends to deliver quantum computers with 2 million qubits by 2030.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-10: Quantum computing: In October 2025 IonQ reported a world-record 99.99% two-qubit gate…
2025-10-14 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
Quantum computing investment: IonQ closed a $2 billion equity offering on October 14, 2025, bringing cash, cash equivalents, and investments to $3.5 billion pro forma.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-10: Quantum computing investment: In October 2025 IonQ completed a $2 billion equity…
2025-09 · announcement · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Neurology: In September 2025 a new drug application for tavapadon, a D1 dopamine agonist for Parkinson's disease, was submitted to the FDA.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-09: Neurology: In September 2025 a new drug application for tavapadon, a D1 dopamine…
2025-09 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2025-09-30verified
Quantum computing investment: In September 2025 Quantinuum raised $600 million at a $10 billion valuation, the largest valuation of any quantum computing company.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-09: Quantum computing investment: In September 2025 Quantinuum raised $600 million at a $10…
2025-08-01 · data · ●○○ · published 2025-08-01corrected
Gene therapy: ASGCT’s Q2 2025 report counted 679 clinical-stage asset-indications and 36 gene therapies approved globally, including genetically modified cell therapies.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Gene therapy: As of Q2 2025 there were 679 gene therapy asset-indications at clinical…
2025-07 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2025-07-31corrected
Molecular machines: In July 2025 University of Bristol chemists created a single-molecule motor driven by an enzyme oxidant and a chemical reductant.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-07: Molecular machines: In July 2025 University of Bristol researchers demonstrated a…
2025-07 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2025-07-10verified
Neurology: In July 2025 the FDA approved bilateral focused ultrasound treatment for Parkinson's disease.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-07: Neurology: In July 2025 the FDA approved bilateral focused ultrasound treatment for…
2025-07-01 · achievement · ●●● · published 2025-07-01corrected
AI mathematics: In July 2025 an OpenAI model’s solutions to the IMO problems were published in a GitHub repository.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-07: AI mathematics: In July 2025 an OpenAI model achieved gold-medal performance at the…
2025-06 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
Brain-computer interfaces: In June 2025 Paradromics performed the first-in-human implantation of its Connexus brain-computer interface.
2025-06 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2025-06-30verified
6G: In June 2025 3GPP initiated its 6G technical studies.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-06: 6G: In June 2025 3GPP initiated its 6G technical studies.
2025-06-23 · achievement · ●●● · published 2025-06-23corrected
Astronomy: In June 2025 Vera C. Rubin Observatory released first imagery; just over 10 hours of test observations captured thousands of asteroids, including 2,104.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-06: Astronomy: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory achieved first light in June 2025, discovering…
2025-05 · achievement · ●○○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Nanomedicine: In May 2025 the FDA approved Yutrepia, made with PRINT particle technology, for pulmonary hypertension.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-05: Nanomedicine: In May 2025 the FDA approved Yutrepia, made with PRINT particle…
2025-05 · achievement · ●●● · published 2025-05-31corrected
Gene editing: NEJM reported customized lipid nanoparticle-delivered base-editing therapy for a neonate with severe CPS1 deficiency, with infusions at approximately 7 and 8 months of age.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-05: Gene editing: In May 2025 the first personalized CRISPR therapy was reported (NEJM):…
2025-05-16 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
In 2025, the FDA cleared the first blood test to aid in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Neurology: In 2025 the FDA approved a blood diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease.
2025-04 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05verified
Gene therapy: In April 2025 the FDA approved ZEVASKYN, a gene therapy for epidermolysis bullosa.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-04: Gene therapy: In April 2025 the FDA approved ZEVASKYN, a gene therapy for epidermolysis…
2025-04-17 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05corrected
In April 2025 Precision Neuroscience received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Layer 7 Cortical Interface, a high-resolution cortical electrode array.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-04: Brain-computer interfaces: In April 2025 Precision Neuroscience received FDA 510(k)…
2025-04-09 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2025-04-09corrected
Connectomics: The MICrONS project published a mouse visual-cortex connectomics dataset with an electron-microscopy reconstruction of more than 200,000 neurons in Nature.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Connectomics: The MICrONS project published a connectome of 1 cubic millimetre of mouse…
2025-03-03 · achievement · ●●● · published 2025-03-03corrected
Mathematics: On 3 March 2025 Yu Deng, Zaher Hani and Xiao Ma posted a paper deriving fluid equations from Boltzmann’s kinetic theory as a contribution to Hilbert’s sixth problem.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-03: Mathematics: In March 2025 Yu Deng, Zaher Hani and Xiao Ma posted a proof resolving…
2025-02 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2026-01-05legacy
Nanomedicine: In February 2025 the EU approved a self-amplifying mRNA lipid-nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccine.
2025-02-26 · achievement · ●●○ · published 2025-02-26corrected
Quantum computing: On 26 February 2025 PsiQuantum-associated researchers published a Nature paper describing a manufacturable platform for photonic quantum computing.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-02: Quantum computing: In February 2025 PsiQuantum published its Omega photonic quantum…
2025-02-19 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2025-02-19verified
Quantum computing: On 19 February 2025 Microsoft unveiled Majorana 1, which it called the first quantum processor with a Topological Core, designed to scale to 1 million qubits per chip.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025-02-19: Quantum computing: On 19 February 2025 Microsoft unveiled Majorana 1, which it called…
2025-01-01 · achievement · ●○○ · published 2025-01-01corrected
Radio astronomy: In 2025 the SKA construction sites advanced, with a first image from an early SKA-Low version and first fringes from SKA-Mid.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Radio astronomy: Square Kilometre Array Phase 1 construction advanced in 2025 and the…
2024 · achievement · ●●● · published 2026-01-05verified
Mathematics: In 2024 Dennis Gaitsgory and eight collaborators completed a roughly 1,000-page proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture, a problem open for over 30 years.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2024: Mathematics: In 2024 Dennis Gaitsgory and eight collaborators completed a roughly…
2024-12 · achievement · ●●● · published 2024-12-31verified
Quantum computing: In December 2024 Google unveiled its 105-qubit Willow chip, demonstrating below-threshold quantum error correction with errors reduced exponentially as the number of qubits scales.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2024-12: Quantum computing: In December 2024 Google unveiled its 105-qubit Willow chip,…
2024-12-01 · policy · ●○○ · published 2024-12-01corrected
Nanotechnology policy: The December 2024 NNI supplement to the President’s FY2025 budget presents agency budget requests for nanotechnology R&D.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2025: Nanotechnology policy: The US National Nanotechnology Initiative has a record budget of…
2024-11-29 · announcement · ●●○ · published 2024-11-29corrected
Mathematics: On 29 November 2024 Jineon Baek posted a 119-page paper claiming to resolve the moving sofa problem, showing Gerver’s construction is optimal.
↳ corrects (or adds sources to) an earlier record: 2024-11: Mathematics: Jineon Baek (KIAS) posted a claimed proof of the 60-year-old moving sofa…