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Biggest science news stories of 2022 as chosen by New Scientist

Nuclear fusion, infectious diseases and an incredible new space telescope were ongoing stories in 2022, but what were some of the other big scientific developments, discoveries and events of the year?

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TOPSHOT - Ukrainian Emergency Ministry rescuers attend an exercise in the city of Zaporizhzhia on August 17, 2022, in case of a possible nuclear incident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant located near the city. - Ukraine remains deeply scarred by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, when a Soviet-era reactor exploded and streamed radiation into the atmosphere in the country's north. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was occupied in the early days of the war and it has remained in Russian hands ever since. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

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Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine started a new kind of nuclear war

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WALTER TOSTO COMPANY REPORT https://www.flickr.com/photos/fusionforenergy/52231537313/ Final assembly of Europe's sector 4 of the ITER Vacuum Vessel, Walter Tosto, Italy, May 2022.

Physics

Unlimited energy from fusion became a more feasible prospect in 2022

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National Ignition Facility

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Nuclear fusion researchers have achieved historic energy milestone

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Plym to Pamlico review: Nuclear test veterans find poignant voice

Humans

Plym to Pamlico review: Nuclear test veterans find poignant voice

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TOKA robot checking a missile silo

Technology

Crawling robots will survey ageing US nuclear missile silos

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NIF Livermore July 2008 https://lasers.llnl.gov/media/photo-gallery?id=nif-1209-18050

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Nuclear fusion: Has there been a breakthrough and what will it mean?

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Sections of a timber wind turbine tower under construction

Environment

Should we build wind turbines from wood?

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plan

Technology

Ukraine's nuclear plants face uncertain future after Russian attacks

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National Ignition Facility

Physics

Nuclear fusion reactions create unexpectedly high-energy particles

Burning plasma fusion reactions, which have only recently been created, are producing higher-energy particles than researchers expected

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Environment

Does the UK need new nuclear plants like Sizewell C to reach net zero?

Analysis

Technology

Why the US military could replace spy satellites with solar planes

Analysis

Environment

Banning solar plants on farmland in England would be a grave error

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Technology

Despite decades of hype, there is now real hope of progress in fusion

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