Science releases 2022 outlook: events to watch

By the end of 2021, Science magazine looks forward to the future and predicts the scientific hotspots in 2022:

COVID-19 will be particularly important for the scientific community next year

Of course, any current scientific outlook must start with the outbreak of the coronavirus

At the same time, scientists are developing a new generation of vaccines that may provide broader immunity or trigger a stronger response in the respiratory mucosa

"Summon" rare nuclei with ion beams

After Michigan State University's $730 million Rare Isotope Beam (FRIB) facility is launched, fleeting atomic nuclei, usually formed only in star explosions, will find their home on Earth

A group of landers flew to the moon

Fifty years after humans set foot on the moon for the last time, robotic probes are planning a large-scale return to revive the dream of human exploration

Can UN agencies solve the pollution problem?

The United Nations Environment Assembly will vote on a proposal in February 2022 to establish a scientific advisory body to study the risks of chemical pollution and waste

Listen to the spiral black hole

Gravitational wave detectors have recorded the collision of star-sized black holes, but scientists are also exploring another kind of exploration

Strengthen biodiversity protection

If countries develop a new framework for the Convention on Biological Diversity, the protection of endangered species may be promoted

Malaria vaccine arrives in Africa

In 2022, African countries will use vaccines to protect children from malaria for the first time