Prototype Microprocessor Developed Using Superconductors – 80 Times More Energy Efficient

https://scitechdaily.com/prototype-microprocessor-developed-using-superconductors-80-times-more-energy-efficient/

Introducing an AI that can plan

Exciting potential:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-4e54a437-028f-4989-a721-de476023931c.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2

All Dark Matter in the Universe Could Be Primordial Black Holes – Formed From the Collapse of Baby Universes Soon After the Big Bang

"The first HSC observations have already reported a very intriguing candidate event consistent with a PBH [primordial black hole] from the “multiverse,” with a black hole mass comparable to the mass of the Moon. Encouraged by this first sign, and guided by the new theoretical understanding, the team is conducting a new round of observations to extend the search and to provide a definitive test of whether PBHs from the multiverse scenario can account for all dark matter."

https://scitechdaily.com/all-dark-matter-in-the-universe-could-be-primordial-black-holes-formed-from-the-collapse-of-baby-universes-soon-after-the-big-bang/

Tech could drive new Roaring '20s

Here's to hoping. The 2020s are supposed to be when nanotech matures:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-4c061aec-2133-49d5-ac45-67326c1dd8d3.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

New Cathode Design Significantly Improves Performance of Next-Generation Battery

So many new storage and alternative energy technologies showing promise. Here's another:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-cathode-design-significantly-improves-performance-of-next-generation-battery/

New Technology Improves Next-Generation Aqueous Flow Batteries

https://scitechdaily.com/new-technology-improves-next-generation-aqueous-flow-batteries/

Speeding Toward Improved Hydrogen Fuel Production With a New Nanomaterial

https://scitechdaily.com/speeding-toward-improved-hydrogen-fuel-production-with-a-new-nanomaterial/

Mind uploading: Can we become immortal?

A good summary. The whole bit about using lasers to send one's consciousness to other planets is something I came up with 2-3 decades ago!

https://bigthink.com/videos/can-humans-be-immortal

Major Computing Breakthrough: Copenhagen Researchers Can Now Achieve “Quantum Advantage”

https://scitechdaily.com/major-computing-breakthrough-copenhagen-researchers-can-now-achieve-quantum-advantage/

In a Surprising Binge of Transparency, Battery Companies Tell Us What They Really Have

Some useful insight into what's coming:

https://themobilist.medium.com/in-a-surprising-binge-of-transparency-battery-companies-tell-us-what-they-really-have-adad5130f821

Korean Artificial Sun – KSTAR Fusion Reactor – Sets New World Record

We keep inching closer to real fusion power:

https://scitechdaily.com/korean-artificial-sun-kstar-fusion-reactor-sets-new-world-record/

Timelapse of Future Technology: 2022 - 4000+

Prognostication from two years away to 8,000+ years away. Hard to do for just a few decades into the future, but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD6hyGXRcgk

2020 in Neuroscience, Longevity, and AI—and What’s to Come

Several interesting prognostications:

https://singularityhub.com/2020/12/22/2020-in-neuroscience-longevity-and-ai-and-whats-to-come/

Step Aside, PCR: CRISPR-based COVID-19 Tests Are Coming

A current CRISPR success:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/diagnostics/step-aside-pcr-crispr-based-covid-19-tests-are-coming

Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes "next level" battery technology - sources

I'm interested:

https://www.reuters.com/article/apple-autos/exclusive-apple-targets-car-production-by-2024-and-eyes-next-level-battery-technology-sources-idINL1N2IX1RZ

New Blended Solar Cells With Increased Power Efficiencies and Electricity Generation

https://scitechdaily.com/new-blended-solar-cells-with-increased-power-efficiencies-and-electricity-generation/

Entangled Photons Created 100 Times More Efficiently Than Previously Possible

https://scitechdaily.com/entangled-photons-created-100-times-more-efficiently-than-previously-possible/

Meat grown from cells moves out of the lab

An important step for eliminating the cruelty of factory farming:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-5b8f98f5-3e20-476b-80fe-3b97cc447a74.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Battery Pack Prices Cited Below $100/kWh for the First Time in 2020, While Market Average Sits at $137/kWh

https://about.bnef.com/blog/battery-pack-prices-cited-below-100-kwh-for-the-first-time-in-2020-while-market-average-sits-at-137-kwh/

New Material Can Store Energy From The Sun For Months or Even Years

"The finished composite material was able to store energy from ultraviolet light for at least four months at room temperature before releasing it again."

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-material-can-store-energy-from-the-sun-for-months-or-even-years

This is the First LIVING Robot and it's Unbelievable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js6uTRT8KO4&feature=youtu.be

World Record: Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells on the Magic Threshold of 30% Efficiency

If they can get the durability down, we should have another energy revolution:

https://scitechdaily.com/world-record-perovskite-silicon-tandem-solar-cells-on-the-magic-threshold-of-30-efficiency/

Quantum Supremacy & AI, with Stephen Fry

 The exciting possibilities for A.I.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Ntk4niqPo&feature=youtu.be

CRISPR Treatment Is Injected Directly Into a Patient's Body — a First for Gene Editing

 Another milestone:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/crispr-treatment-is-injected-directly-into-a-patients-body-a-first-for-gene?fbclid=IwAR0b_VhJTLsfBbtVGLEpx2owX62eL5clBvXk0FW8EiKD2QsjYlojz75dowI

A meat-free world by 2035? 'Totally doable,' says ​Impossible Foods CEO

Really glad to see this innovation continuing unabated:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/plant-based-meat

Trial of a universal flu vaccine shows promise

Looking forward to this coming out:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/universal-flu-vaccine

New Battery Is 10 Times More Powerful Than State of the Art, Flexible and Rechargeable

This sounds like amazing, game-changing stuff:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-battery-is-10-times-more-powerful-than-state-of-the-art-flexible-and-rechargeable/

Shadow Robot: AI Algorithms Bring Robot Hands One Step Closer to Human

This is how you rapidly improve robot performance:

https://scitechdaily.com/shadow-robot-ai-algorithms-bring-robot-hands-one-step-closer-to-human/

Rapid Mental Rejuvenation: Experimental Drug Reverses Age-Related Cognitive Decline Within Days

Wow, this could be a serious game-changer...if it works in humans:

"Just a few doses of an experimental drug can reverse age-related declines in memory and mental flexibility in mice, according to a new study by UC San Francisco scientists. The drug, called ISRIB, has already been shown in laboratory studies to restore memory function months after traumatic brain injury (TBI), reverse cognitive impairments in Down Syndrome, prevent noise-related hearing loss, fight certain types of prostate cancer, and even enhance cognition in healthy animals."

https://scitechdaily.com/rapid-mental-rejuvenation-experimental-drug-reverses-age-related-cognitive-decline-within-days/

27-Year-Old Student Creates Solar Panels Made From Food Waste That Can Produce Energy Even On Cloudy Days

 Very cool, especially if they're efficient and don't degrade too quickly:

https://www.boredpanda.com/solar-energy-panel-aureus-james-dyson-award/

China Claims Quantum Supremacy

I don't like seeing authoritarian regimes excelling at computing. It's dangerous:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/china-claims-quantum-supremacy

Camouflage Skin Developed That Provides On-Demand Cloaking in Both Daylight and Night

 This is a crude form of invisibility cloak, but give it a few years and see how effective it becomes:

https://scitechdaily.com/camouflage-skin-developed-that-provides-on-demand-cloaking-in-both-daylight-and-night/

Scientists Reverse the Aging Clock: Restore Age-Related Vision Loss Through Epigenetic Reprogramming

I suspect we'll see some remarkable advances in this over the next few years:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-reverse-the-aging-clock-restore-age-related-vision-loss-through-epigenetic-reprogramming/

Like a Leaf – New Artificial Photosynthesis Method to Capture CO2 Directly From the Air and Turn It Into Fuel

https://scitechdaily.com/like-a-leaf-new-artificial-photosynthesis-method-to-capture-co2-directly-from-the-air-and-turn-it-into-fuel/

DeepMind AI Solution to a 50-Year-Old Science Challenge Could “Revolutionize Medical Research”

https://scitechdaily.com/artificial-intelligence-solution-to-a-50-year-old-science-challenge-could-revolutionize-medical-research/

Faster, Smaller, Smarter and More Energy-Efficient Chips: World’s Smallest Atom-Memory Unit Created

The nanotech goal for memory size has been achieved, although the manufacturing process still needs to catch up:

"The scientific holy grail for scaling is going down to a level where a single atom controls the memory function, and this is what we accomplished in the new study."

https://scitechdaily.com/faster-smaller-smarter-and-more-energy-efficient-chips-worlds-smallest-atom-memory-unit-created/

New Weapon Against Metastatic Cancer: Engineered “Stealth Bomber” Virus

https://scitechdaily.com/new-weapon-against-metastatic-cancer-engineered-stealth-bomber-virus/

Simulations Identify New Way to Reverse Natural Aging Process in Cells

 Intriguing...

https://scitechdaily.com/simulations-identify-new-way-to-reverse-natural-aging-process-in-cells/

COVID-19 shows a bright future for vaccines

 Curing cancer and heart disease with a vaccine sounds good to me:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-988a0540-3f8c-4444-945c-626bb8c0814b.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Future Energy Source: Scientists Build Tiny Microbial Factories That Produce Hydrogen by Photosynthesis

https://scitechdaily.com/future-energy-source-scientists-build-tiny-microbial-factories-that-produce-hydrogen-by-photosynthesis/

Move Over Plastic: Desktop 3D Printing in Metal and Ceramics

 Impressive potential. I would think removing the plastic would leave the metal structurally weaker, but perhaps not:

https://scitechdaily.com/move-over-plastic-desktop-3d-printing-in-metal-and-ceramics/

Scientists Create Electronic Gadget Powered by Quantum Tunneling

 I wonder how much power could be generated?

https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-create-electronic-gadget-quantum-tunnelling

Scientists splice human genes into monkey brains to make them bigger, smarter

 We may eventually see animals with far greater intelligence:

https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2020/11/20/scientists-splice-human-genes-into-monkey-brains-to-make-them-bigger-smarter/

Human ageing process biologically reversed in world first

 This is potentially HUGE--a massive extension to life with simple existing technologies.

"Scientists said the growth may mean that the telomeres of trial participants were now as long as they had been 25 years earlier":

https://news.yahoo.com/human-ageing-process-biologically-reversed-153921785.html

Renewable energy defies Covid-19 to hit record growth in 2020

 Also a pleasant surprise:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/10/renewable-energy-covid-19-record-growth-2020

The electric vehicle money surge

 Very nice to see:

https://www.axios.com/electric-vehicle-investments-arrival-gm-71308d34-e0bf-4be4-b3be-11feaba9d3af.html

Smarter Artificial Intelligence Technology in a New Light-Powered Chip

 https://scitechdaily.com/smarter-artificial-intelligence-technology-in-a-new-light-powered-chip/

Inside the Wild Finale of DARPA’s Simulated Drone Dogfights

 The age of artificially intelligent fighting machines is here:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-wild-finale-of-darpas-simulated-drone-dogfights

Tough New Bioinspired Material to Replace Petroleum-Based Plastics

https://scitechdaily.com/tough-new-bioinspired-material-to-replace-petroleum-based-plastics/

Super-Fast Quantum Light Detector Paves Way for Higher Performance Quantum Computers

https://scitechdaily.com/super-fast-quantum-light-detector-paves-way-for-higher-performance-quantum-computers/

Engineers Develop Self-Watering Soil That Could Transform Farming

 Ground breaking. Kind of literally:

https://scitechdaily.com/engineers-develop-self-watering-soil-that-could-transform-farming/

Nuclear Fusion Machine Turns on for the First Time

 Fusion can't come soon enough:

https://www.freethink.com/articles/nuclear-fusion-machine

Average human body temperature mysteriously declined, finds study

 This isn't a technology article, but it's still fascinating and weird:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/average-human-body-temperature-mysteriously-declined-finds-study

Researchers Create a Single-Molecule Switch – Key to Incredibly Tiny Molecular Computers

 Another step toward nanotech-based computing:

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-create-a-single-molecule-switch-key-to-incredibly-tiny-molecular-computers/

AI and automation are creating a hybrid workforce

 The pandemic is accelerating AI and automation:

https://www.axios.com/ai-automation-pandemic-job-changes-bdccef8b-4766-4170-8984-775e8aa13168.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top

New Battery Technology Enables Charging Electric Cars Up to 90% in Just 6 Minutes

That should eliminate one of the few advantages of ICE vehicles:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-battery-technology-enables-charging-electric-cars-up-to-90-in-just-6-minutes/

Tesla Just Changed Everything

 Truly amazing potential to change the world:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rwYNgkhXoA&feature=youtu.be

Redesigned Current Conductors Boost Lithium-Ion Battery Efficiency and Safety

 “But in our study, making the collector 80% lighter increased the energy density of lithium-ion batteries – how much energy they can store in a given weight – by 16-26%. That’s a big jump compared to the average 3% increase achieved in recent years.”

https://scitechdaily.com/redesigned-current-conductors-boost-lithium-ion-battery-efficiency-and-safety/

Biology is having its industrial revolution

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-e64aa254-428a-43d0-8e78-84a3a27910ac.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

Videos of GM’s Driverless Cars Show Several Near-Crashes

 This could slow things down, unfortunately:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/videos-gm-driverless-cars-crashes

Solar power now generates the cheapest electricity in history, IEA says

 Yes!

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/solar-energy-cost

What Did the Earth Look Like _______ Million Years Ago

Just because this is cool:

https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#240

Type in your city of choice and see where it used to be.

“Holy Grail” Sought for More Than a Century: Researchers Synthesize Room Temperature Superconducting Material

 If they can get this down to reasonable pressures, it'll change the world:

https://scitechdaily.com/holy-grail-sought-for-more-than-a-century-researchers-synthesize-room-temperature-superconducting-material/

Researchers Extract More Energy From Sunlight – Could Boost the Efficiency of Solar Panels by 50%

 Clever:

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-extract-more-energy-from-sunlight-could-boost-the-efficiency-of-solar-panels-by-50/

Chemists propose spinach as a better, cheaper battery catalyst

 Popeye was right about spinach giving him energy:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/spinach-batteries?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2

Musk: Tesla Is Rolling Out a Beta of “Full Self-Driving” Next Week

 We're getting closer:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-beta-full-self-driving

Columbia Professor: There’s a 50% Chance We’re Living in a Simulation

 I don't think the math adds up at all (after all, if you have three options it doesn't necessarily mean each option has an equal chance of being true), but here you go:

https://futurism.com/columbia-professor-50-percent-chance-simulation

Some Planets May Be Better for Life Than Earth: Researchers Identify 24 Superhabitable Exoplanets

 "A study led by Washington State University scientist Dirk Schulze-Makuch recently published in the journal Astrobiology details characteristics of potential “superhabitable” planets, that include those that are older, a little larger, slightly warmer and possibly wetter than Earth. Life could also more easily thrive on planets that circle more slowly changing stars with longer lifespans than our sun."

https://scitechdaily.com/some-planets-may-be-better-for-life-than-earth-researchers-identify-24-superhabitable-exoplanets/

Physicist and student run the numbers on paradox free time travel

 At least it's mathematically possible:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/time-travel-paradox

Science pays off

 "Even under very conservative assumptions, it is difficult to find an average return below $4 per $1 spent. Accounting for health benefits, inflation bias, or international spillovers can bring the social returns to over $20 per $1 spent."

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future-48a558fd-cd67-4883-8cc6-2df46945a55d.html?chunk=6&utm_term=emshare#story6

Nuclear fusion reactor could be here as soon as 2025

 More on the exciting new fusion generator, although it wouldn't actually generate electricity until 2035:

https://www.livescience.com/nuclear-fusion-reactor-sparc-2025.html

In 2020, more men and women are likely to consider sex with a robot

 Sex with robots is working its way into the zeitgeist:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/robot-sex-doll-study?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

New Detector Breakthrough Is Potential Game-Changer for Quantum Computing

 https://scitechdaily.com/new-detector-breakthrough-is-potential-game-changer-for-quantum-computing/

Plastic-Eating Super-Enzyme “Cocktail” Offers New Hope for Plastic Waste Solution

 https://scitechdaily.com/plastic-eating-super-enzyme-cocktail-offers-new-hope-for-plastic-waste-solution/

Revolutionary Zero-Emissions Power Source: Validating the Physics Behind the New MIT-Designed Fusion Experiment

 https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-zero-emissions-power-source-validating-the-physics-behind-the-new-mit-designed-fusion-experiment/

Tesla's new 'tabless' cell design is 'brilliant,' said a top battery researcher

"The bigger 4680 cell can handle more power, and Tesla maintains that it will be faster and cheaper to produce."

https://news.yahoo.com/teslas-tabless-cell-design-brilliant-124200818.html?guccounter=1

Watch Japan’s 60 Foot Gundam Robot Take a Gigantic Knee

 Well, Tokyo is doomed:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-japan-60-foot-gundam-robot-take-knee

Tesla’s “Plaid” Model S is Real and It’s Fast as Hell

 EVs are getting better and better:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-plaid-model-s-fast

Paradox-Free Time Travel Is Theoretically Possible: Physicist “Squares the Numbers” on Time Travel

 Very interesting:

"Try as you might to create a paradox, the events will always adjust themselves, to avoid any inconsistency."

https://scitechdaily.com/paradox-free-time-travel-is-theoretically-possible-physicist-squares-the-numberson-time-travel/

Design for a Space Habitat With Artificial Gravity That Could Be Grown Larger Over Time to Fit More People

 Useful calculations for creating a generation ship that can reach the stars:

https://www.universetoday.com/147882/design-for-a-space-habitat-with-artificial-gravity-that-could-be-grown-larger-over-time-to-fit-more-people/

Founder of Tesla Competitor Nikola Steps Down Amid Fraud Scandal

 Alas, Nikola isn't so promising after all:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/founder-tesla-competitor-nikola-steps-down

Massive Hunt for Extraterrestrial Life Completed: What Astronomers Found in Search of 10 Million Star Systems for Alien Technology

 Alas:

https://scitechdaily.com/massive-hunt-for-extraterrestrial-life-completed-what-astronomers-found-in-search-of-10-million-star-systems-for-alien-technology/

Researchers Discover Nanoscale Catalyst to Efficiently Convert CO2 Into Ethylene

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-discover-nanoscale-catalyst-to-efficiently-convert-co2-into-ethylene/

Ultra-Fast Magnetic Switching Could Transform Fiber Optic Communications & Expand the Capacity of the Internet

 "When struck by successive ultra-short laser pulses it exhibits “toggle switching” that could increase the capacity of the global fiber optic cable network by an order of magnitude."

https://scitechdaily.com/ultra-fast-magnetic-switching-could-transform-fiber-optic-communications-expand-the-capacity-of-the-internet/

Two Layers Are Better Than One for Efficient Solar Cells – Affordable, Thin Film Solar Cells With 34% Efficiency

 https://scitechdaily.com/two-layers-are-better-than-one-for-efficient-solar-cells-affordable-thin-film-solar-cells-with-34-efficiency/

Doctors Are Preparing to Implant the World’s First Human Bionic Eye

 A little late for my dad:

https://futurism.com/doctors-preparing-implant-the-worlds-first-human-bionic-eye

Astronomers Spot Possible Signs Of Extraterrestrial Life In Venus’s Clouds

 Just because this is so cool:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/venus-possible-life_n_5f5f878ac5b68d1b09c5ab9b

SpaceX's Satellite Internet Service Latency Comes in Under 20 Milliseconds

 Oh I really hope I have access to this! I would get 15x the download speed, 108x the upload speed and 13x lower latency:

https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacexs-satellite-internet-service-latency-comes-in-under-20-milliseconds?fbclid=IwAR0U9ZejIJvO7aJ-VubDwDQ_6_hGqHAyYbE9sNGHMMYQdHiykKwgh7aDoQY

Breakthrough Electrocatalyst Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Ethanol

 https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-electrocatalyst-turns-carbon-dioxide-into-ethanol/

Scientists May Have Discovered a Way to to Slow Aging by Direct Reprogramming of Human Cells

 https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-may-have-discovered-a-way-to-to-slow-aging-by-direct-reprogramming-of-human-cells/

Gene-Hacked “Bodybuilder” Mice Stayed Ripped on Space Station

 If they can do this for humans, too, I want it:

https://futurism.com/gene-hacked-bodybuilder-mice-stayed-ripped-space-station

Nano diamond batteries have one company all charged-up

 This sounds like it would blow pretty much all other battery technology out of the water:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/nano-diamond-battery

Brain-Inspired Electronic System Could Make Artificial Intelligence 1,000 Times More Energy Efficient

 This is a big deal because:

"Existing AI is extremely energy-intensive — training one AI model can generate 284 tonnes of carbon dioxide, equivalent to the lifetime emissions of five cars. Replacing the transistors that make up all digital devices with memristors, a novel electronic device first built in 2008, could reduce this to a fraction of a tonne of carbon dioxide — equivalent to emissions generated in an afternoon’s drive."

https://scitechdaily.com/brain-inspired-electronic-system-could-make-artificial-intelligence-1000-times-more-energy-efficient/

True holographic movies are within grasp

 https://phys.org/news/2020-08-true-holographic-movies-grasp.html

Qubits Hold Quantum Information for 10,000 Times Longer Than Previous Record – Paves Way for Large Quantum Computers

 Another big jump:

https://scitechdaily.com/qubits-hold-quantum-information-for-10000-times-longer-than-previous-record-paves-way-for-large-quantum-computers/

Unexpected Electrical Current Discovered That Could Stabilize Fusion Reactions – Bringing the Fusion Energy That Drives the Sun to Earth

 Finally getting fusion would solve so many problems:

https://scitechdaily.com/unexpected-electrical-current-discovered-that-could-stabilize-fusion-reactions-bringing-the-fusion-energy-that-drives-the-sun-to-earth/

The great battery race

https://www.axios.com/tesla-battery-technology-electric-vehicles-ae06cac5-dff4-4276-bbf6-8fba2fcfe95b.html?utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=email 

NASA-Funded Scientist Claims New Thruster Could Approach Light Speed

 A long shot but a powerful one:

https://futurism.com/nasa-funded-scientist-new-thruster-light-speed

New Electronic Skin Can React to Pain Like Human Skin – For Better Prosthetics and Smarter Robots

 https://scitechdaily.com/new-electronic-skin-can-react-to-pain-like-human-skin-for-better-prosthetics-and-smarter-robots/

Laser Jolts Microscopic Electronic Robots Into Walking – Could Produce 1 Million Robots per Silicon Wafer

 Getting closer to real nanobots, but still a long way to go:

https://scitechdaily.com/laser-jolts-microscopic-electronic-robots-into-walking-could-produce-1-million-robots-per-silicon-wafer/