What is the first thing that comes to mind when “2020” is said? If your answer is not “COVID” I would like to live in your reality instead of this one! 

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For most, the sad truth is that these two are inextricably linked, with COVID defining the last year for almost all of us here on little planet Earth.

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Taking a moment away from all the doom and gloom, we would like to highlight some of the good things that came out of 2020:

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• Africa was declared free of wild Polio 

• AI solved protein folding, one of Biology’s greatest challenges

• A breakthrough in Solar Power technology now allows the harvesting of invisible light

• An artificial sun was run at 100 million degrees for 20 seconds, an important step towards sustainable fusion power

• Researchers found a way to turn CO2 into Jet Fuel

• A new enzyme was created with the potential to break down plastics in hours

• Our NHS staff are going above and beyond to tackle its greatest challenge in history

• Incredible scientists, researchers and healthcare professionals around the world developed vaccines to fight the spread of the disease in less than 12 months!

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Now let’s take a look at what Nova Futur’s 2020 looked like:

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• We hired 35 new people across our London and Italian offices, growing our number of developers, designers and data scientists!

• Development on a charity project soon to be released has given our developers a personal passion project to expand their skills while boosting morale 

• We (like many) had to quickly make our remote working experience as efficient and fluid as possible. This shift improved the work-life balance for many employees as they were able to move nearer to their families to see out the pandemic

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Considering these achievements took place in 2020, we hope you are as excited about 2021 as we are!

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