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According to reports from several Russian media outlets, on the 4th day of February at 11:30:08 Moscow time (3:30:08 AM Eastern Time), 59-year-old Oleg Kononenko surpassed the record previously held by his compatriot Gennady Padalka. Padalka had spent 878 days, 11 hours, 29 minutes, and 48 seconds in space before retiring in 2017 after completing five spaceflight missions.

Elon Musk's startup company, Neuralink, has recently announced the successful execution of the first human brain chip implantation surgery, marking a significant breakthrough in the field of brain-machine interface technology. According to Musk's social media platform X, the surgery was completed on the 28th, with the patient being a paralyzed individual who is currently showing promising signs of recovery.

After two failed attempts, Japan successfully landed a spacecraft on the surface of the moon on the early morning of January 20, local time. With this achievement, Japan became the fifth country to complete a “soft landing” on the moon, following the United States, the former Soviet Union, China, and India.

Intel CEO Gelsinger said at the Davos Forum that China is about 10 years behind the global semiconductor industry in wafer manufacturing.

It's not that China can't continue to innovate, but semiconductors are a highly interconnected industry that includes lenses from Zeiss, equipment from Ashmore, chemicals and resists from Japan, and photomasks from Intel," Gelsinger said, adding that U.S. export sanctions will temporarily limit China's semiconductor process development to less than seven nanometers, putting its technology a decade behind the industry.

According to a study in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, commercially available bottled water contains an average of 240,000 plastic particles per liter, which is a hundred times higher than previous studies. According to experts, these potential nanoplastics are harmful synthetic chemicals that can enter the bloodstream through the digestive tract and lungs and penetrate vital organs, threatening our health.