Science Summary - 2022, May

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_in_science

Items which I added to the Wikipedia list are marked with a star (*).
Some more relevant information can be found on at WP:Talk:2020_in_science.

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* Beef
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/04/swapping-20-of-beef-for-quorn-could-halve-global-deforestation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04629-w

Microorganisms
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-life-salt-crystals
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/doi/10.1130/G49957.1/613521/830-million-year-old-microorganisms-in-primary

1.5 °C
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61383391
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2022/decadal-forecast-2022

* 'Carbon bombs'
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2022/may/11/fossil-fuel-carbon-bombs-climate-breakdown-oil-gas
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421522001756
https://interestingengineering.com/fossil-fuel-sites-shut-down-avoid-climate-disaster
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6228

* Pollution
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/pollution-killing-9-million-people-year-africa-hardest-hit-study-2022-05-17/
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(22)00090-0/fulltext

* Twin universe
https://physicsworld.com/a/mirror-world-of-dark-particles-could-explain-cosmic-anomaly/
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.201301
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-bilayer-graphene-two-universe-cosmological.html
https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.L022027

* Cas7–11
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-neuroscientists-crispr-toolkit-compact-cas7-.html
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00581-5

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* COVID-19: Reinfections
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2022-05-03/covid-19-reinfection-what-are-the-odds-of-catching-it-twice/101024180
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.29.22274477v1

* COVID-19: Aerosol immunity transfer
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220503/Study-suggests-aerosol-transmission-of-antibodies-may-contribute-to-host-protection-against-SARS-CoV-2.aspx
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.28.22274443v1.full-text

* COVID-19: Variolation
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-hidden-benefit-facemasks-severity-covid-.html
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2021.0781

* COVID-19: Long COVID
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/24/health/long-covid-infections.html
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7121e1.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/18/health/long-covid-hospitalization.html
https://s3.amazonaws.com/media2.fairhealth.org/whitepaper/asset/Patients%20Diagnosed%20with%20Post-COVID%20Conditions%20-%20A%20FAIR%20Health%20White%20Paper.pdf

* Russian invasion: list of researchers
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/science/russia-ukraine-science-academy.html

* Russian invasion: telehealth aid
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1078

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* Pain therapy
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-gene-therapy-neuropathy-spinal-cord.html
https://www.cell.com/molecular-therapy-family/molecular-therapy/fulltext/S1525-0016(22)00294-5

* Intermittent fasting
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-calories-day-longer-life-mice.html
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk0297

* SID biomarker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2022/05/23/cause-of-sids-study/
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(22)00222-5/fulltext

* Plastic pollution map
https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/05/09/the-world-s-plastic-waste-has-been-mapped-from-space-for-the-first-time-ever
https://globalplasticwatch.org/map

Mass bleaching
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/10/devastating-90-of-reefs-surveyed-on-great-barrier-reef-affected-by-coral-bleaching-in-2022
https://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/the-reef/reef-health

* Cerebrospinal fluid
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-mouse-cerebrospinal-fluid-young-memory.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04722-0

* RNA world
https://www.science.org/content/article/how-life-could-have-arisen-rna-world
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04676-3

* Gaming
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-video-games-boost-children-intelligence.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11341-2

Sagittarius A* image
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/science/black-hole-photo.html
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2022/5/12/telescopes-get-extraordinary-view-of-milky-ways-black-hole/

Lunar soil
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61434295
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03334-8

* UFO hearing
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ufo-science-research-uap-congress-pentagon

* Urolithin A
https://www.news-medical.net/amp/news/20220517/Study-Daily-intake-of-Urolithin-A-improves-muscle-strength-by-1225-after-four-months.aspx
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(22)00158-6

* Voyager 1
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/engineers-investigating-nasas-voyager-1-telemetry-data

* Circular economy metals
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-life-tech-critical-metals-short.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-022-00895-8

* Global warming & sleep
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/20/global-heating-cutting-sleep-study-health-impacts
https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(22)00209-3

* Monkeypox
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON385
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/who-says-monkeypox-containable-convening-research-meeting-support-member-states-2022-05-24/
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01421-8

* Decarbonization warming
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/23/sharp-cut-methane-climate-crisis-carbon-dioxide-global-heating
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2123536119


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18 items

Most/all would have been included if there was more space (6):

natural immunity from omicron infection only is weak,
RNA found to be formed spontaneously on prebiotic basalt lava glass that was present on early Earth,
Graphyne synthesized for first time,
first 3D-printed lab-grown wood,
smallest remote-controlled walking robot,
long 3-day machine perfusion of a liver & new crypoprotectant for transplants

Most/all are unlikely to be included as category-2 items (12):

sound made from astronomical black hole data, milestone in approach towards a reversal of hearing loss, CO2 exceeds 420 ppm, endangered whale sharks collide with large vessels, logic gate for computation at femtosecond timescales, isotopically pure silicon-28 nanowires are shown to conduct heat 150% better than regular silicon, yellow-billed hornbill of southern Africa is reported to be at risk of extinction, second uncrewed test flight of Starliner space capsule, CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing has been used to boost vitamin D in tomatoes, storms in the Southern Hemisphere have already reached intensity levels previously predicted to occur only in the year 2080, new better direct air capture system, Frontier announced as world's first exascale supercomputer