Ken Yun

Curiosity Rover Used A First-Of-Its-Kind Rock-Dissolving Chemical Test To Identify The Most Diverse Set Of Organic Molecules (OM) Ever Found On Mars, 20+ OM, Including 7 Never Before Detected There. Some Nitrogen-Bearing Molecules May Link To Prebiotic RNA/DNA Building Blocks, Strengthening Evidence Mars Was Once Habitable, But Do Not Prove Life Existed.

Mexico’s Sistema Ox Bel Ha Is Now The World’s Longest Underwater Cave System, Stretching 524+ Km (325 Miles), Longer Than The Grand Canyon. Near Tulum, It’s Been Explored Since 1998 Via Sinkholes. New Passages Reclaimed #1 From Sac Actun. Meanwhile, Vietnam’s Hang Son Doong Has The World’s Largest Cave Chamber, Big Enough For A Boeing 747.

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El Capitan Is The World’s Fastest Supercomputer As Of Jan 2026, At Lawrence Livermore Lab In California, Run By The U.S. DOE. It Crunches ~1.8 Quintillion (18 Zeros) Calculations/Sec, Beating The Previous Champ, Frontier. This $600M Machine By HPE/AMD Mainly Simulates U.S Nuclear Weapons Safely, Plus Climate, Fusion Energy & A.I Research.

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Researchers, In A First, Used Novel ViViD-AFM To Capture At Highest Resolution Influenza Invading Living Human Cells. The Virus Exploits The Cell’s Own Delivery System Using HA/NA Proteins. Cells Actively Pocket The Virus With Clathrin, Overturning Views That Viruses Force Their Way In, Opening New Antiviral Paths, Including HIV Studies.

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JWST Made The First Detection Of Carbon-Rich Molecules In The Gas-Dust Disk Around CT Cha b (~620 Ly Away). The Disk May Form Exomoons Via A Hydrocarbon-Dominated Path Unlike Our Solar System Moons. CT Cha b Has 14–24 Jupiter Masses And Orbits Far From Its Star, Blurring If It’s A Planet Or A Failed Star, But Offers Clues To Moon Formation.

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Sweden’s Largest Solar Farm, Hultsfred Solar Farm, Built By Neoen & Alight Near Hultsfred Airport, Spans 185 Football Fields & Produces 100GWh/Yr, Enough For 18K Homes. It Was Built Without Subsidies, Enabled By A PPA In Which Fashion Retailer H&M Agreed To Buy 95% Of Its Power, Securing Investment For The Emissions & Cost Cutting Project.

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In Sulfur Cave On The Albania–Greek Border, Scientists Found The World’s Largest Spider Web (106m²) Built By ~111K Spiders From Several Species, Mainly House Spiders & Prinerigone Vagans. It’s The First Known Cooperative Colony For These Usually Solitary Species, Unlike Madagascar’s Darwin’s Bark Spider Solo Mega Webs That Span 0.09–2.8m².

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Germany’s Sinn Power Launched Skipp, The World’s First Utility-Scale Vertical Floating Solar Plant With Bifacial Panels In An East-West Setup On Lake Jais, Bavaria. With 1.87MW Capacity Producing ~2 GWh/Yr, It Boosts Output At Low-Sun Hrs, Covers 4.65% Of The Lake (Below Germany’s 15% Cap), Improves Water Quality, & May Expand To Open Seas.

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Chinese Scientists Created A World-First Transparent 0.62mm Self-Cleaning Glass That Removes 98% Of Dust Using Alternating Electric Fields Without Water, Chemicals Or Abrasion. The Mass Producible Glass Also Repels New Dust, Making It Ideal For Solar Panels & Windows In Dusty Areas Where Visibility, Cost, & Energy Efficiency Are Critical.

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Chinese Scientists Created The First All-Frequency 6G Chip (0.5–115 GHz), Capable Of 100+ Gbps Speeds. Tiny At 11×1.7 mm, It Covers The Full Wireless Spectrum, Unifying All Wireless Systems. It Switches Bands Fast, Avoids Interference, & Adapts With AI. The Chip Could Help Expand Coverage For Remote & Dense Areas & Boost High-Speed Apps.

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