A study has provided a deeper insight into the nature of the Dark Matter, which amounts to more than 80 percent of the universe, according to the indirect evidence provided by its gravitational effects.
In the project by University of Granada, scientists have used stars as particle physics labs: thanks to the high temperature inside stars, photons can turn into axions that escape to the exterior, carrying energy with them.
Blackberry has revealed its plans to launch a new touchscreen slider phone at Mobile World Congress that will come with a ” dual curved display” later this year.
According to the Verge, the phone has not yet been named or priced and appears to be similar in appearance to the old Blackberry Torch.
In addition to the new slider, BlackBerry said it will launch a new Porsche Design device and another keyboard-based phone.
No further details were given for those new models.
An international team of scientists has come up with new assays that can detect malaria parasites in human blood at very low levels, which may be helpful in the campaign to eradicate the disease.
The team, led by Ingrid Felger, from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel, Switzerland, took advantage of genes that have multiple copies in the parasite genome to reveal parasites present at concentrations that are 10 times lower than the detection limit of current standard assays.
Google has confirmed plans that the company is launching its own Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) with existing partners, said a senior Vice President at Google Sundar Pichai.
According to the Verge, Pichai said in a statement at Mobile World Congress that the company is working towards creating its own MVNO but did not disclose the names of the partners.
If rumours are to be believed, the existing partners of Google on the project are Sprint and T-Mobile networks.
Pichai said that Google does not intend to be a “carrier at scale”.
Illegal wildlife trade undermines rule of law, degrades ecosystems and severely hampers the efforts of rural communities striving to sustainably manage their natural resources, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday as the intergovernmental organisation marked World Wildlife Day.
“Combatting this crime is not only essential for conservation efforts and sustainable development; it will contribute to achieving peace and security in troubled regions where conflicts are fuelled by these illegal activities,” said the UN secretary general in a message.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has indicated a willingness to work with Google on Global Internet Access at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona by saying that connecting the world doesn’t have to be a cutthroat competition.
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission payload has viewed the albedo of Mars that will be useful to study it surface properties, Indian Space Research Organisation said today.
“The map presented here shows the surface reflectance of Mars as viewed at 1.65 micron from the reference channel of MSM (Methane Sensor for Mars payload) till December 16, 2014.
In the map, the blue colour indicates low albedo features and the red shows high albedo features on the Martian surface,” ISRO said on its Facebook page.
Albedo is the fraction of solar energy reflected from planetary surface back into space.
Apple has reportedly denied reports that said workers at its factories are paying huge sums of money to produce goods and are being subjected to inhuman work conditions.
An investigation aired on BBC’s Panorama in the U.K. in December and on ABC’s Four Corners last night showed that workers were being “treated like prisoners” and “forced to sign work sheets that show them agreeing to long hours of overtime,” reported News.com.au.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has indicated a willingness to work with Google on Global Internet Access at Mobile World Congress ( MWC) in Barcelona by saying that connecting the world doesn’t have to be a cutthroat competition.
Researchers have recently captured the first ever photograph of light behaving as both a wave and a particle.
When UV light hits a metal surface, it causes an emission of electrons. Albert Einstein explained this “photoelectric” effect by proposing that light – thought to only be a wave, was also a stream of particles. Even though a variety of experiments have successfully observed both the particle- and wave-like behaviors of light, they have never been able to observe both at the same time.
A new study has shed light on treadmill performance and has indicated that the performance on a treadmill helps in predicting mortality.
The study conducted by Johns Hopkins Medicine suggested that they have developed a formula that estimates one’s risk of dying over a decade based on a person’s ability to exercise on a treadmill at an increasing speed and incline.
The Indian government has rejected claims made by a team of wildlife experts that the increased tiger count was a result of flawed methodology for the census conducted in January this year.
Asserting that the latest estimation was accurate, the government challenged the wildlife experts’ study that suggested that the tiger populations in India may not be on the rise after all.
Two Chinese firms have beaten global competition to launch phones with touch screens, batteries and thermal conduction incorporating graphene, a recently isolated material with outstanding electrical, chemical and mechanical properties.
A batch of 30,000 such phones was jointly put on sale by the Moxi and Galapad technology firms on Monday in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, Xinhua news agency reported.
The use of graphene can make touch screens more sensitive and prolong battery life by 50 percent, according to the producers.
A solar-powered aircraft today successfully completed its third test flight in the UAE ahead of its planned round-the-world voyage, including India to promote alternative energy.
An hour-long test of the The Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) was held at the Al-Bateen airport here. It was the plane’s third test, but the first for Solar Impulse chairman Bertrand Piccard, the descendant of a family of Swiss scientist-adventurers.
HTC has reportedly announced a virtual reality headset as part of a tie-up with Valve, a leading PC video games publisher, at Mobile World Congress (MWC).
The HTC Vive will be clubbed with wireless controllers and tracking technology to allow wearers to explore computer-generated environments by walking around their rooms. It will give users a computer-generated 3D environment view to give them a sense of being there, reported the BBC.
A test version of the kit is expected to go on sale to developers shortly, while a public edition will be available later this year.
Mozilla has announced flip and slider phones at the Firefox OS press event that will be most likely launched in 2016.
According to the Verge, Mozilla’s vision for Firefox OS has focused on the capabilities of smartphones ever since it was announced four years ago.
Mozilla’s vision has taken various forms since its announcement.
In 2016, the company will leverage new partnerships with KDDI, LG U+, Telefonica, and Verizon Wireless to launch the flip and slider phones with Firefox OS. (ANI)
The DNA strands on the end of chromosomes may help predict when people are going to die.
BYU biologist Jonathan Alder stated that, DNA end caps, called telomeres, are the great predictors of life expectancy: the shorter your telomeres, the shorter your lifespan.
But that’s not the only thing these fascinating strands of DNA predict. Shorter telomeres also indicate a greater chance for bone marrow failure, liver disease, skin disease and lung disease.
NASA astronauts successfully ended their third and last spacewalk on March 1 to reassemble parts of the International Space Station (ISS) and create parking slots for Boeing and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) which will provide commercial space taxis in the near future.
The Expedition 42 astronauts Terry Virts and Barry Wilmore ended their spacewalk with the repressurisation of the Quest airlock.
They completed installing 400 feet of cable and several antennae associated with the Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles system known as C2V2.
Samsung has unveiled its next flagship phone, the Galaxy S6 Edge at the Mobile World Congress sporting the device’s curved screen.
According to BBC, the Galaxy S6 Edge provides a quick way to stay in touch with contacts and alert the owners about important information.
The S6 Edge will be priced at a higher rate as compared to the standard S6 that has similar specifications.
The Samsung phones will go on sale on 10th April in 20 countries.
A new study has provided a deeper insight into how social media can help study personality, potential health risks and cultural differences.
Researchers have long measured people’s thoughts, feelings, and personalities using survey questions. The widespread use of Twitter and Facebook has afforded new approaches to social science research, and requires new techniques to analyze and interpret data using computer science methods. These techniques allow researchers the ability to generate insights from large-scale data sets.
A new study has provided a deeper insight into how social media can help study personality, potential health risks and cultural differences .
Researchers have long measured people’s thoughts, feelings, and personalities using survey questions. The widespread use of Twitter and Facebook has afforded new approaches to social science research, and requires new techniques to analyze and interpret data using computer science methods. These techniques allow researchers the ability to generate insights from large-scale data sets.
Microsoft’s news center has accidentally announced two new Windows phone devices, Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL one day before the official announcement which is to take place at a press event at Mobile World Congress.
According to the Verge, Microsoft will most likely launch two new low-end devices, as the numbering scheme suggests.
The Lumia 640 XL is presumably a bigger version of the Lumia 640.
Leaked information about the devices suggests that the Lumia 640 will be a 5-inch device with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage, all powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 400 processor.
Several big Asian phone companies launched new high-end smartphones and other wireless gizmos on today, hoping to challenge US giant Apple in a big year for wireless gadgets.
Samsung, fellow South Korean firm LG and hip Chinese maker HTC timed their smartphone launches to grab the attention on the eve of the Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest telecoms trade fair, in Barcelona, Spain.
Giving fresh insight into the role of the Sun in climate change, a new study shows its impact is not constant over time but has greater significance when the Earth is cooler.
During the last 4,000 years, there appears to have been a close correlation between solar activity and the sea surface temperature in summer in the North Atlantic region.
This correlation is not seen in the preceding period.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that Information Technology has revolutionised the way the world looks at India, adding that progress is incomplete without `information ways`.
“Times are changing. I-ways or information ways are as important highways. Progress is incomplete without I-ways. The faster you all make mobile apps, the faster you will capture the market,” the Prime Minister said, while attending NASSCOM`s silver jubilee celebrations.
“IT has changed the way the world looks at India. Your efforts will inspire the younger generations,” he added.