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Friday January 4, 2013 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines Billions and billions of planets Promising compound restores memory loss and reverses symptoms of Alzheimer’s Reducing Internet and telecom greenhouse gases Murder by Internet NASA mulls plan to drag asteroid into moon’s orbit Latest News Billions and billions of planets January 4, 2013   How many planets are in our galaxy? Billions and billions of them at least. That’s the conclusion of a new study by astronomers at the California Institute of Technology, which provides yet more evidence that planetary systems are the cosmic norm. The team made their estimate while analyzing planets orbiting a star called Kepler-32 — planets … more… Promising compound restores memory loss and reverses symptoms of Alzheimer’s January 4, 2013   New research in the FASEB Journal by NIH scientists suggests that a small molecule called TFP5 rescues plaques and tangles by blocking an overactive brain signal, thereby restoring memory in mice with Alzheimer’s — without obvious toxic side effects. “We hope that clinical trial studies in AD patients yield an extended and a better quality of life, … more… Reducing Internet and telecom greenhouse gases January 4, 2013   The information communications and technology (ICT) industry, which delivers Internet, video, voice and other cloud services, produces more than 830 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually — about 2 percent of global CO2 emissions — the same proportion as the aviation industry produces. This is expected to double by 2020. Now researchers from the Centre … more… Murder by Internet January 4, 2013   New cyberthreats that will emerge in 2014 include the use of Internet-connected devices to carry out physical crimes, including murders, and cybercriminals leveraging mobile-device Near Field Communications (NFC) to wreak havoc with banking and e-commerce, predicts IID (Internet Identity, a provider of technology and services that help organizations secure their Internet presence, With nearly every device, … more… NASA mulls plan to drag asteroid into moon’s orbit January 3, 2013   NASA is mulling over a plan to build a robotic spacecraft to grab a small asteroid and place it in high lunar orbit, according to researchers with the Keck Institute for Space Studies in California. The mission would cost about $2.6 billion and could be completed by the 2020s, New Scientist reports. The Obama administration has said it also … more… Visit KurzweilAI.net You are currently subscribed to the KurzweilAI.net newsletter as *|EMAIL|* To unsubscribe, please click here. To change your email preferences, please click here. *|LIST:ADDRESS|*.