21st Century Discoveries

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Across
  1. 3. Instrument detecting atmospheric chemicals on distant exoplanets.
  2. 4. Computing approach using qubits and quantum states.
  3. 6. Identification of a new ancient human species via Siberian cave DNA.
  4. 8. Discovery that the universe’s expansion is accelerating due to an unknown force.
  5. 10. Lab-grown mini-organs that mimic real human tissues.
  6. 13. DNA editing that changes single bases without cutting the strand.
  7. 15. New class of higher-temperature superconducting materials.
Down
  1. 1. Claim of room-temperature superconductivity in LK-99.
  2. 2. Spacetime ripples first directly detected in 2015.
  3. 5. Breakthrough gene-editing system enabling precise DNA modifications.
  4. 7. High-resolution 21st-century map of the human brain.
  5. 9. Detection of phosphine gas on Venus as a possible biosignature.
  6. 11. Long-predicted particle confirmed at CERN in 2012.
  7. 12. Space telescope that discovered thousands of exoplanets.
  8. 14. Telescope that revealed early galaxies and distant cosmic structures.