Samsung”s latest Galaxy smartphone S5 is reportedly speculated to have a rapid-charging battery that could store more power within the same footprint. Latest speculations state that that Galaxy S5 battery could charge up in under two hours that would hold 20 percent more energy in the same size module as predecessor S4”s battery.
A new study suggests that birds are apparently copying each other when flying in a V-formation, something that’s frequently seen when giant flocks migrate across the skies each year.
The study suggests birds keep an eye on the leader, as well as their place in a formation, matching their flaps to ride waves of thin, spiraling air sent off by the lead bird and those who follow, the Verge reported.
Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting a star much like the sun, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), located in Chile’s northern desert, said.
Three planets orbiting stars have been discovered in the cluster Messier 67, which contains about 500 stars.
The cluster lies about 2,500 light years away in the constellation of Cancer, where one of the planets orbits a star very similar to our sun, the ESO said in a statement Wednesday.
Scientists in the US have claimed to have built the world’s first jellyfish aircraft. The inventors believe that the tiny, ultra-light lab machine, which weighs just 2.1g, is the first man-made flying object to hover, and move like a jellyfish in water, News24 reported.
Leif Ristroph, who works alongside Stephen Childress at New York University’s Applied Math Lab, said that they were interested in making a robotic insect that would be an alternative to the helicopter, for which they became interested in jellyfish.
A team of researchers has built a system that can be used to harness sun’s energy during day- when its rays are strongest- for use at night. The researchers led by Tom Meyer at the Energy Frontier Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have built a system that converts the sun’s energy not into electricity but hydrogen fuel and stores it for later use, allowing us to power our devices long after the sun goes down.
Now, click and picture with your smartphone and get a printout instantly!
Fuji Film Corporation has launched a smartphone printer, instax SHARE Smartphone Printer SP-1. This printer enables easy creation of instax prints using images sent wirelessly from a smartphone.
Fujifilm”s instax mini instant cameras, which output photos in the traditional analog style, are becoming popular among teenage girls and women in their early 20s in many countries.
Pasta maker Barilla and research organization TNO may form collaboration to provide 3D printed pasta in restaurants. The 3D printer, which is in its preliminary stage, will be capable of instantly printing diner’s choice of 3D designs on the ordered pasta. According to Project leader Kjeld van Bommel, the printer is 10 times faster than what it was capable of two years back and at this stage the printer can produce up to 15 to 20 pieces of pasta in just two minutes, Cnet reported.
China’s moon rover “Yutu”, or Jade Rabbit, completed its first scientific exploration of lunar soil on Tuesday.
According to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC), the rover used its mechanical arm to survey the lunar soil at 21:45 Beijing Time, following instructions from the control center, China Daily reported.
The exploration lasted about half an hour and every operation was precisely performed by the rover, it said.
One small genetic mutation leads to a non-toxic protein turning into venom, giving scorpions their deadly sting, shows research.
The researchers looked at defensins – small proteins found in plants and animals that help ward off viral, bacterial or fungal pests.
Based on structural similarity, they proposed that scorpion toxins and defensins could have a common ancestor.
To address how a non-toxic protein develops into a toxin, the researchers studied the evolution of scorpion venom-derived neurotoxins – known as a-KTxs.
A panel of experts has claimed that a manned mission to Mars could be feasible by the 2030s.
A workshop group of more than 60 individuals representing more than 30 government, industry, academic and other organizations has found that a NASA-led manned mission to Mars is feasible if the space agency’s budget is restored to pre-sequestration levels.
Putting the first humans on the Red Planet would also require international cooperation and private industry support.
ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory ( SOHO) has captured images of a coronal mass ejection or CME erupting away from the sun on Tuesday.
The sun is obscured to make the dimmer solar atmosphere more visible.
The bright object in the top right of the first image is Venus.
A giant cloud of solar material called a coronal mass ejection escapes the sun in the second image, from the ESA/ NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.
Scientists use this kind of picture, called a coronagraph, in which the sun is obscured, to better see the sun’s atmosphere, the corona.
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China’s moon rover “Yutu”, or Jade Rabbit, completed its first scientific exploration of lunar soil Tuesday, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) said.
The rover used its mechanical arm to survey the lunar soil at 9:45 p.m., following instructions from the control centre, Xinhua reported citing a BACC statement.
The exploration lasted about half an hour and every operation was precisely performed by the rover, it said.
Sixteen forest fires continued to rage across various parts of Chile Tuesday, but 14 other blazes were brought under control, the National Forestry Corporation, or Conaf, said.
Eight of Chile’s 15 regions have some areas on fire.
Though hardest hit areas are the south-central and southern regions of Bio Bio, Maule and Araucania, Santiago was smothered in smoke from a fire in Cajon del Maipo, 20 km southeast of the capital.
Motorola has launched updated Moto X and Droids phones with the new Assist app, making it easier for users to text hands free. The new update to Motorola”s Assist app makes responses to messages much easier.
According to PC World, users can now reply directly to incoming text messages by voice, instead of having to initiate a completely new voice command by saying ”Okay Google Now”.
: Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of a technology that can perform concealed searches of encrypted data in its encrypted form. Searching data while it is encrypted makes it possible to maintain a high level of privacy with no risk of leaks – particularly important for personal data such as DNA, medical data, biological data, and educational records.
Google has reportedly updated its Chrome for Windows 8 with features that essentially converts the browser app into a Chrome OS.
The updated Chrome app brings a new user interface that allows for creating multiple browser windows and arranging them using a snap in right or left of the display.
According to The Verge, the new mode, called ‘Metro’, also consists of shelf with easier access to Gmail, Google, Docs, and YouTube.
Google has redesigned Chrome to work well with the touch-friendly Windows 8 OS, which has been primarily developed to cater tablet users.
China’s moon rover “Yutu”, or Jade Rabbit , completed its first scientific exploration of lunar soil on Tuesday.
According to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC), the rover used its mechanical arm to survey the lunar soil at 21:45 Beijing Time, following instructions from the control center, China Daily reported.
The exploration lasted about half an hour and every operation was precisely performed by the rover, it said.
The rover completed an arm flexing assessment on December 23, a key test before beginning the soil survey and other work on the surface, the center said.
Google latest feature allowing its social network’s users to send emails to other members might have totally upset them, but the elite few of the members are reportedly untouched by the fiasco.
The search giant recently rolled out a ‘by default’ feature that allowed Google+ and Gmail users to send other users emails, even without the user’s email address.
However, the feature doesn’t include the ‘ high-profile’ members of the service in its periphery who would only be able to receive messages from Google+ users that they have actively put in circles, The Verge reports.
A team of researchers has built a system that can be used to harness sun’s energy during day- when its rays are strongest- for use at night.
The researchers led by Tom Meyer at the Energy Frontier Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have built a system that converts the sun’s energy not into electricity but hydrogen fuel and stores it for later use, allowing us to power our devices long after the sun goes down.
Meyer said that the system offers a solution to how to store energy for nighttime use by taking a cue from natural photosynthesis.
In a new study researchers have debunked the common belief that a sixth sense, also known as extrasensory perception (ESP), exists.
The research led by the University of Melbourne found that people could reliably sense when a change had occurred, even when they could not see exactly what had changed.
For example, a person might notice a general change in someone’s appearance but not be able to identify that the person had had a haircut.
Here comes another possibility of harnessing solar energy during the day for night-time use.
According to a path-breaking study, researchers have built a system that converts the sun’s energy not into electricity but hydrogen fuel and stores it for later use – allowing us to power our devices long after the sun goes down.
Scientists are now testing a drug that could boost women’s desire for sex and also help them lose weight.
The pill, which is being developed with the help of the people behind Viagra, could be on bedside cabinets by the end of next year, News.com.au reported.
With four in ten women saying that their sex life has lost its sizzle at some point, and Viagra already making over 2.5 billion dollars a year, drug companies have long tried to create a female version.
But the strong psychological base to women’s libido means they have struggled to find the right product.
A new study has suggested that that few asteroids are going to be worth mining.
Harvard astrophysicist Dr Martin Elvis has argued that just about 10 near-Earth asteroids might be suitable for commercial-scale mining, the BBC reported.
Dr Elvis, from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, US, developed an equation to find out the number of asteroids in the Solar System, which could be exploited in a cost-effective way.
He worked out the factors that would make an asteroid commercially viable to mine, and what fraction of space rocks met these requirements.
Facebook today confirmed that it has grabbed a hold of Branch, a social network that focuses providing online forums for insightful conversations.
Terms of the deal were not released, but some reports estimated the price at USD 15 million.
“I am thrilled to announce that we will be continuing our mission at Facebook,” Branch co-founder and chief executive Josh Miller wrote in a blog post that he said was fired off while vacationing at a mountain locale in Japan.
Apple Inc lost a bid on Monday to block an antitrust monitor appointed after a judge`s finding that the company conspired to fix e-book prices.
At a hearing, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan denied Apple`s request to stay an order requiring an external compliance monitor pending the company`s appeal.
Apple also sought to have the judge disqualify the lawyer chosen to serve as monitor, Michael Bromwich.