The year of 2011 was full of amazing discoveries and big scientific experiments. For the first time in human history we had the opportunity to observe collision of the particles at the highest speeds. This year also was marked by our achievements in space exploration, especially on Mars, and many other achievements on the field of science and exploration.
We explored in-depth a number of particle-collision experiments at LHC and other similar facilities in the Exploration channel this year, but it seems that those experiments are still to come out with their main results in 2012. We were also expecting to finally discover the Higgs Boson particle but we’ll have to wait a little longer for that one.
Faster Than the Speed of Light
Quantum Physics is a field where we made a ton of progress this year but will likely learn even more in the New Year. We thought that there’s nothing faster than light but we learned that even that theory is questionable.
Science Bulletins - Geologists on Mars
Mars exploration was one of the hot topics and we’re pretty sure that it will stay pretty popular during the next year. We had an opportunity to witness the peak of our achievements in the field of robotic rover technologies that brought the exploration of the Red Planet to a completely new level.
We are currently in a time when solar activity is reaching its maximum. We are at the peak of a sunspot cycle, and this was one of the most interesting topics amongst viewers, but we are still about to see the most exciting from the Sun in following two or three years.
The Hubble Space Telescope - A Joint NASA ESA Mission
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2010 but it is continuing to be amongst the most important space exploration tools. This year the Hubble Space Telescope has passed another milestone: the publication of the 10,000th refereed scientific paper based on Hubble data.
Optogenetics Controlling the Brain with Light
Regarding the medical research, optogenetic technology is one of the most promising technologies which could cure many brain diseases like blindness (retinitis pigmentosa). The new technology developed by MIT researchers is controlling the behavior of brain cells with light. Using this technology scientists managed to restore the visual behavior of blind mice, so this holds promise for treating human blindness in future.
2011 was definitely marked by some remarkable achievements in science and exploration. Hopefully next will bring many more to celebrate so stay tuned in 2012.
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