Giant space telescope could image objects at 1000x the resolution of Hubble

http://www.kurzweilai.net/giant-space-telescope-could-image-objects-at-far-higher-resolution-than-hubble?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8c31bd1bb3-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-8c31bd1bb3-281903081

Graphene Could Double Electricity Generated From Solar

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/tweaked-graphene-could-double-electricity-generated-solar

Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/01/telomere-extension-turns-back-aging-clock-in-cultured-cells.html

The coming era of unlimited—and free—clean energy

http://wadhwa.com/2014/09/19/the-coming-era-of-unlimited-and-free-clean-energy/

Peter Diamandis' Bold a Reminder of How Entrepreneurs Will Control the World's Fate

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vivek-wadhwa/peter-diamandis-bold_b_6525886.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=Technology

Fish found under Arctic ice

http://time.com/3681478/antarctica-fish/?xid=newsletter-brief

I would think this increases the possibility for life--even complex life--to exist on Europa and Enceladus.

Solar project for Panhandle would be Florida's largest

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-solar-duke-gulf-announcements-20150122-story.html

Could our galaxy be a navigable wormhole?

http://www.universetoday.com/118423/the-entire-milky-way-might-be-a-huge-wormhole-thats-stable-and-navigable/

Super-hydrophobic surface created

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLegmQ8_dHg

The danger of using nanotubes for medical devices

http://phys.org/news/2015-01-limitations-carbon-nanotubes-blood-medical.html

Self-assembled nanotextures create antireflective surface on silicon solar cells

http://phys.org/news/2015-01-self-assembled-nanotextures-antireflective-surface-silicon.html

Why It's Taking The U.S. So Long To Make Fusion Energy Work

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/20/fusion-energy-reactor_n_6438772.html

Dubai solar facility to be built for half the cost of US electrical power

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/01/18/record-low-solar-energy-price-is-a-lot-cheaper-tha.aspx

Car battery technology approaching the tipping point

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/01/18/the-scientific-breakthrough-that-will-completely-c.aspx

Elon Musk donates $10M to ‘keep AI beneficial’

http://www.kurzweilai.net/elon-musk-donates-10m-to-keep-ai-beneficial?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=623517c3d2-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-623517c3d2-281903081

Grid parity: Why electric utilities should struggle to sleep at night

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/03/25/grid-parity-why-electric-utilities-should-struggle-to-sleep-at-night/

New material, technique efficiently produce hydrogen, syngas fuel feedstock

http://phys.org/news/2015-01-material-technique-efficiently-hydrogen-syngas.html

DNA robots to attempt to cure late-stage leukemia this year, then repair spinal cords

Wow:

http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=6410

"A human patient with late stage leukemia will be given DNA nanobot treatment. Without the DNA nanobot treatment the patient would be expected to die in the summer of 2015. Based upon animal trials they expect to remove the cancer within one month.

Within 1 or 2 years they hope to have spinal cord repair working in animals and then shortly thereafter in humans."

Atomically precise manufacturing to arrive within a decade?

http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1417633678.php

Solar at grid parity in most of the world within 2 years

http://www.kurzweilai.net/solar-at-grid-parity-in-most-of-the-world-within-2-years?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=635a8c7b63-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-635a8c7b63-281903081

Energy-harvesting discovery generates 200 times higher voltage to power wearables, other portable devices

http://www.kurzweilai.net/energy-harvesting-discovery-generates-200-times-higher-voltage-to-power-wearables-other-portable-devices?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=635a8c7b63-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-635a8c7b63-281903081

4 Things I Learned Driving a Tesla for 10,000 Miles

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/01/11/4-things-i-learned-driving-a-tesla-for-10000-miles.aspx

Is the solar panel & battery combo ready to change energy markets?

https://gigaom.com/2015/01/11/is-the-solar-panelbattery-combo-ready-to-change-energy-markets/

Intel's $150 HDMI Stick Turns Any TV Into a Windows Desktop

http://ces.gizmodo.com/intels-150-hdmi-stick-turns-any-tv-into-a-windows-desk-1678550370

Why the United States Is Moving Slowly on Renewable Energy

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/01/07/united-states-moving-slowly-on-renewables-2-charts.aspx

GraphExeter defies the Achilles heel of 'wonder material' graphene

http://phys.org/print339873773.html

Cheap Solar Power Emerges From Perovskites

"Using the material in a hybrid cell may eventually boost efficiency to more than 40 percent"

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-07/cheap-solar-power-emerging-from-mineral-named-for-russian-count.html

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Identifies 1,000 Alien Planets

http://www.livescience.com/49355-nasa-kepler-spacecraft-1000-exoplanets.html?cmpid=558952

Google Backs Utah’s Largest Solar Power Plant

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/01/06/google-backs-utahs-largest-solar-power-plant/?mod=yahoo_hs

Google wants to make wireless networks that will free you from AT&T and Verizon’s data caps

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/google-wants-wireless-networks-free-t-verizon-data-180034085.html

Number of terrestrial planets in their stars' habitable zone now doubled

http://www.universetoday.com/117881/new-finds-from-kepler-8-new-worlds-discovered-in-the-habitable-zone/

The Most Ingenious Gadgets From CES 2015

http://time.com/3653602/ces-gadgets/?xid=newsletter-brief

And this is the ultimate device for the selfie generation:

http://flynixie.com/

Removable electric batteries for quick charging

For scooters first, but with broader potential applications:

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/5/7484171/gogoro-smartscooter-electric-scooter-removeable-battery

Obama’s big research push kicks off with a meeting of the minds

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-research-initiative-seeks-to-create-new-tools-to-understand-the-human-brain/2015/01/02/dce17f02-7bb8-11e4-9a27-6fdbc612bff8_story.html

Two mistakes about the threat from artificial intelligence

https://agenda.weforum.org/2014/12/two-mistakes-about-the-threat-from-artificial-intelligence/