NASA Mission to Study Magnetic Fields in Universe
WASHINGTON: The US space agency plans to launch an ambitious Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission in March next year to deploy four identical spacecraft from a single rocket to study magnetic reconnection in the universe.
NASA has released a demo video of the launch where a single rocket will carry all four MMS spacecraft, stacked on top of each other, to their destination from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
According to NASA, fresh insights offered by the MMS mission could aid in the creation of clean energy solutions such as fusion energy reactors.
The spacecraft are designed to break free from the stack once the rocket reaches orbit, NASA said in a statement.
Each of the four spacecraft has a compliment of 25 sensors comprising 11 instruments.
These spacecraft will cross through two known magnetic reconnection regions and gather data via super-fast scientific instruments.
Magnetic reconnection is a process that converts magnetic energy to kinetic or thermal energy.
NASA has released a demo video of the launch where a single rocket will carry all four MMS spacecraft, stacked on top of each other, to their destination from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
According to NASA, fresh insights offered by the MMS mission could aid in the creation of clean energy solutions such as fusion energy reactors.
The spacecraft are designed to break free from the stack once the rocket reaches orbit, NASA said in a statement.
Each of the four spacecraft has a compliment of 25 sensors comprising 11 instruments.
These spacecraft will cross through two known magnetic reconnection regions and gather data via super-fast scientific instruments.
Magnetic reconnection is a process that converts magnetic energy to kinetic or thermal energy.
Huawei Ascend P7 With 5-Inch Full-HD Display Available Online at Rs. 27,999
Huawei's Ascend P7 has arrived to Indian shores and is now available online via an e-commerce website, priced at Rs. 27,999.
The Chinese handset company however has not
made any announcement regarding the launch of the Huawei Ascend P7 in India. Interestingly, the smartphone is currently available via Flipkart, which is also Huawei's online retail partner for Honor Holly and Honor 6 smartphones, as well as Honor X1 tablet.
made any announcement regarding the launch of the Huawei Ascend P7 in India. Interestingly, the smartphone is currently available via Flipkart, which is also Huawei's online retail partner for Honor Holly and Honor 6 smartphones, as well as Honor X1 tablet.
Announced in May, the Ascend P7 is successor to the Huawei Ascend P6 and is 6.5 mm thick. It's a single SIM phone that runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat with company's Emotion UI 2.3 skin on top.
Motorola Keylink Can Find Your Smartphone or Keys From 100 Feet Away
Motorola on Wednesday announced a new keychain accessory called Motorola Keylink, which can pair with your smartphone and can find it within a radius of 100 feet. It works both ways, and can help find your keys also.
The Motorola Keylink phone
and key finder is priced at $24.99 (approximately Rs. 1,500) and can be purchased from Motorola.com and T-Mobile starting Wednesday, says the company.
and key finder is priced at $24.99 (approximately Rs. 1,500) and can be purchased from Motorola.com and T-Mobile starting Wednesday, says the company.
The Keylink is a small Bluetooth-powered accessory that can get attached to any keychain and paired with any Android (version 4.3 or higher) and iOS (version 7.1 or higher) smartphone using the Motorola Connect app, which is available for download from Google Play and the App Store.
The company claims that the battery inside the Motorola Keylink lasts upwards of a year and is replaceable with a normal coin cell battery.
"If your phone decides to play hide and seek with you, you can press a button on Keylink to make it ring up to 100 feet away. Or if your keys get a similar idea, you can use the Motorola Connect App to make Keylink ring," notes company on its official blog.
Motorola also said that the Moto X (Gen 2), Droid Turbo or devices with Android 5.0 Lollipop can now use 'Trusted device' settings to enable the added ability to keep the smartphone unlocked when the Motorola Keylink is nearby.
On Tuesday, Google reportedly had also rolled out the 'Trusted places' option in the Smart Lock menu for all Android 5.0 Lollipop devices alongside new Google Play services 6.5. With the new option, users are able to choose a trusted place, and their device will remain unlocked in that area. Users will also be able to set trusted places with toggles for Home and Work location in the Trusted places menu using Google Maps.Anushka, Virat stop playing hide-and-seek, turn paparazzi friendly
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli might not have openly revealed their relationship status, but the two don't seem to evade the paparazzi anymore. The two were recently spotted at the Mumbai airport.
It's a Frog, it's a Gorilla? No, it's Pig the Dog
Alabaster: It's impossible not to stare at Kim Dillenbeck's dog Pig.
Born in Atlanta with severe deformities and adopted by the Alabama woman, the 8-month-old mutt has gangly legs, a body that appears to have been chopped in half and no neck.
Pig looks like one of those fake animals created with Photoshop to draw clicks on websites, yet she's real.
"The whole clinic loves her. She comes in and she's a rock star here," said Dr. Rachael Hudson-Breland, a veterinarian who treats Pig.
The friendly little animal hops like a frog to stand up and walks with a high-shouldered gait that resembles a gorilla. Unable to swing her head side to side, Pig spins her whole body to see what's beside her.
None of the vets who care for the dog have ever seen another animal with the same condition, said Hudson-Breland, but Dillenbeck has seen a few similar-looking dogs on the Internet.
Found as a puppy with three littermates in a wooded area in metro Atlanta, Pig is smaller than her surviving siblings at only 15 or so pounds (about 7 kilograms). Her spine is about 7 inches (18 centimetres) shorter than normal and wavy, with many bones fused together.
Dillenbeck, who first saw the dog during a Christmas visit and later brought her home, said coming up with a name wasn't difficult.
"When she was really, really little she looked like a little fuzzy piglet," said Dillenbeck, who lives in nearby Helena.
Tens of thousands of people have watched Internet videos of Pig since she had a coming-out party during a community event in Birmingham last month, and Pig has her own Facebook page with more than 3,400 followers.
Last week, dog owners at a suburban park lost track of their own animals as they stopped to watch Pig play in water and run around surprisingly quickly.
Dillenbeck said it's the same anytime Pig ventures out in public.
"She always draws a crowd," she said.
Visiting the park with her boyfriend and two dogs, ballet dancer Tricia Bianco didn't know quite what to make of Pig.
"She is like a little pig. She's cute," Bianco said.
Pig plays and runs with other animals, and Hudson-Breland said the dog doesn't have any major health problems. But Pig does tire easily, and she sometimes loses her balance and topples over like a toddler.
Overall, though, Pig is in great shape for the shape she's in.
"I don't think Pig really knows that she looks different," Hudson-Breland said.
Born in Atlanta with severe deformities and adopted by the Alabama woman, the 8-month-old mutt has gangly legs, a body that appears to have been chopped in half and no neck.
Pig looks like one of those fake animals created with Photoshop to draw clicks on websites, yet she's real.
"The whole clinic loves her. She comes in and she's a rock star here," said Dr. Rachael Hudson-Breland, a veterinarian who treats Pig.
The friendly little animal hops like a frog to stand up and walks with a high-shouldered gait that resembles a gorilla. Unable to swing her head side to side, Pig spins her whole body to see what's beside her.
None of the vets who care for the dog have ever seen another animal with the same condition, said Hudson-Breland, but Dillenbeck has seen a few similar-looking dogs on the Internet.
Found as a puppy with three littermates in a wooded area in metro Atlanta, Pig is smaller than her surviving siblings at only 15 or so pounds (about 7 kilograms). Her spine is about 7 inches (18 centimetres) shorter than normal and wavy, with many bones fused together.
Dillenbeck, who first saw the dog during a Christmas visit and later brought her home, said coming up with a name wasn't difficult.
"When she was really, really little she looked like a little fuzzy piglet," said Dillenbeck, who lives in nearby Helena.
Tens of thousands of people have watched Internet videos of Pig since she had a coming-out party during a community event in Birmingham last month, and Pig has her own Facebook page with more than 3,400 followers.
Last week, dog owners at a suburban park lost track of their own animals as they stopped to watch Pig play in water and run around surprisingly quickly.
Dillenbeck said it's the same anytime Pig ventures out in public.
"She always draws a crowd," she said.
Visiting the park with her boyfriend and two dogs, ballet dancer Tricia Bianco didn't know quite what to make of Pig.
"She is like a little pig. She's cute," Bianco said.
Pig plays and runs with other animals, and Hudson-Breland said the dog doesn't have any major health problems. But Pig does tire easily, and she sometimes loses her balance and topples over like a toddler.
Overall, though, Pig is in great shape for the shape she's in.
"I don't think Pig really knows that she looks different," Hudson-Breland said.
It's Not Ek but Char Villain: Sidharth Malhotra
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Ek Villain stars Shraddha Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra say that the true villains are not just the actors but also director Mohit Suri and producer Ekta Kapoor. The actors also answer questions from their fans to reveal their villainous wishes, favourite co-stars , challenges while shooting Ek Villain and the movies they wish they were part of.
Maradona Slams Argentina Soccer Boss With 'Finger' Gesture, Says I am no Bad Omen
Diego Maradona showed Argentine Football Association president Julio Grondona the finger on live television after the football administrator had suggested Argentina scored against Iran because “jinxed” Maradona had left the stadium by then. Grondona accused Maradona of being 'mufa' -- the bringer of bad luck -- noting that it was only when he vacated his seat that Lionel Messi scored in injury time at the end of the second half against Iran at Belo Horizonte's Mineirao stadium on Saturday. Maradona said he had had to leave early to prepare for his World Cup show Va de Zurda - From the Left.
The Multimillion-Dollar Minds of 5 Mathematical Masters
Mathematics has turned into an unusually lucrative profession for Maxim Kontsevich. First, Kontsevich, 49, who works at the Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies outside Paris, won the 2012 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences, an honor accompanied by a $1 million award. Then a couple of months later, he was among nine people who received a new physics prize - and $3 million each - from Yuri Milner, a Russian who dropped out of graduate studies in physics and became a successful investor in Internet companies like Facebook.
A few weeks ago, Kontsevich heard from Milner again. Milner told him he was one of five inaugural winners of the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, financed by Milner and Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. That prize also comes with $3 million. Milner officially announced the winners Monday.
"I was a bit embarrassed, I have to say," Kontsevich said of his good fortune.
Milner recalled: "I think he was laughing. He's a well-deserving individual. He really sits in the middle between physics and mathematics. And what he's rewarded for now is pure mathematics as opposed to physics. His work here is really very different from what he got his other prize for."
The citation notes a wide swath of mathematical fields where Kontsevich repeatedly bumped into unexpected connections. For example, about 15 years ago, he collaborated on what looks like a simple procedure called interval exchange transformations, which is essentially like taking a piece of rope, cutting it into pieces and shuffling them together in a different order. The mathematics of cutting and reshuffling turns out to be complex, and recently reappeared in a new area of abstract algebra used in some theoretical physics models - "which was a really great surprise," Kontsevich said.
The Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics is the latest effort in Milner's crusade to make science lucrative and cool in a society that much more often celebrates athletes, entertainers, politicians and business tycoons.
"It is really out of balance," he said. "This is really to emphasize the importance of fundamental science in our world today."
A year after establishing the physics prize, Milner orchestrated a similar prize for life sciences, attracting sponsorship from the families of Zuckerberg; Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google; and Jack Ma, the founder of the Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba.
The other winners of the math prize are Simon Donaldson, 56, of Stony Brook University in New York and Imperial College London; Jacob Lurie, 36, of Harvard; Terence Tao, 38, of the University of California, Los Angeles; and Richard Taylor, 52, of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
The accomplishments of Donaldson include using a mathematical theory originally developed for particle physics to study and classify possible shapes of four-dimensional space. Lurie was cited for cutting-edge advances in esoteric fields like "higher category theory" and "derived algebraic geometry."
Tao has worked on fundamental problems involving prime numbers and has examined the equations of fluid flow, seeing if there might be solutions with black hole-like singularities where the fluid velocity turns infinite. Taylor, who first became known for helping fill a gap in the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, has mapped out unexpected connections between algebra and symmetries in geometry.
Three of the five -Donaldson, Kontsevich and Tao - are recipients of the Fields Medal, probably the best known among mathematics awards. Tao has also received a MacArthur "genius" grant of half a million dollars.
Tao said Milner came to his office at UCLA in January. Milner had already announced that he would establish the math prizes, and Tao thought Milner wanted advice on whom they should go to. Instead, Milner told him one prize was going to him.
Tao tried to talk Milner out of it and suggested that more prizes of smaller amounts might be more effective in supporting mathematics.
"The size of the award, I think it's ridiculous," he said. "I didn't feel I was the most qualified for this prize."
But Tao added: "It's his money. He can do whatever he wants with it."
Tao said he might use some of the prize money to help set up open-access mathematics journals, which would be available free to anyone, or for large-scale collaborative online efforts to solve important problems.
The other winners said they also intended to use some of the money to help support other mathematicians - except for Donaldson, who was the last to be contacted, not long ago.
"I haven't gotten as far as thinking about that," he said.
Milner said that going forward, eight Breakthrough Prizes will be awarded each year: one in mathematics, one in physics and six in the life sciences, for a total payout of $24 million. Past winners serve as committee members to choose future recipients.
Anyone can make a nomination for next year's awards at breakthroughprize.org. The deadline is June 30.
A few weeks ago, Kontsevich heard from Milner again. Milner told him he was one of five inaugural winners of the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, financed by Milner and Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. That prize also comes with $3 million. Milner officially announced the winners Monday.
"I was a bit embarrassed, I have to say," Kontsevich said of his good fortune.
Milner recalled: "I think he was laughing. He's a well-deserving individual. He really sits in the middle between physics and mathematics. And what he's rewarded for now is pure mathematics as opposed to physics. His work here is really very different from what he got his other prize for."
The citation notes a wide swath of mathematical fields where Kontsevich repeatedly bumped into unexpected connections. For example, about 15 years ago, he collaborated on what looks like a simple procedure called interval exchange transformations, which is essentially like taking a piece of rope, cutting it into pieces and shuffling them together in a different order. The mathematics of cutting and reshuffling turns out to be complex, and recently reappeared in a new area of abstract algebra used in some theoretical physics models - "which was a really great surprise," Kontsevich said.
The Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics is the latest effort in Milner's crusade to make science lucrative and cool in a society that much more often celebrates athletes, entertainers, politicians and business tycoons.
"It is really out of balance," he said. "This is really to emphasize the importance of fundamental science in our world today."
A year after establishing the physics prize, Milner orchestrated a similar prize for life sciences, attracting sponsorship from the families of Zuckerberg; Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google; and Jack Ma, the founder of the Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba.
The other winners of the math prize are Simon Donaldson, 56, of Stony Brook University in New York and Imperial College London; Jacob Lurie, 36, of Harvard; Terence Tao, 38, of the University of California, Los Angeles; and Richard Taylor, 52, of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
The accomplishments of Donaldson include using a mathematical theory originally developed for particle physics to study and classify possible shapes of four-dimensional space. Lurie was cited for cutting-edge advances in esoteric fields like "higher category theory" and "derived algebraic geometry."
Tao has worked on fundamental problems involving prime numbers and has examined the equations of fluid flow, seeing if there might be solutions with black hole-like singularities where the fluid velocity turns infinite. Taylor, who first became known for helping fill a gap in the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, has mapped out unexpected connections between algebra and symmetries in geometry.
Three of the five -Donaldson, Kontsevich and Tao - are recipients of the Fields Medal, probably the best known among mathematics awards. Tao has also received a MacArthur "genius" grant of half a million dollars.
Tao said Milner came to his office at UCLA in January. Milner had already announced that he would establish the math prizes, and Tao thought Milner wanted advice on whom they should go to. Instead, Milner told him one prize was going to him.
Tao tried to talk Milner out of it and suggested that more prizes of smaller amounts might be more effective in supporting mathematics.
"The size of the award, I think it's ridiculous," he said. "I didn't feel I was the most qualified for this prize."
But Tao added: "It's his money. He can do whatever he wants with it."
Tao said he might use some of the prize money to help set up open-access mathematics journals, which would be available free to anyone, or for large-scale collaborative online efforts to solve important problems.
The other winners said they also intended to use some of the money to help support other mathematicians - except for Donaldson, who was the last to be contacted, not long ago.
"I haven't gotten as far as thinking about that," he said.
Milner said that going forward, eight Breakthrough Prizes will be awarded each year: one in mathematics, one in physics and six in the life sciences, for a total payout of $24 million. Past winners serve as committee members to choose future recipients.
Anyone can make a nomination for next year's awards at breakthroughprize.org. The deadline is June 30.
At One-Month Mark, PM Gives His Team Three Focus Areas
New Delhi: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government completes its first month in office this week, he has asked his office to multi-track three areas for immediate attention and action.
Apart from prodding the economy out of its slow crawl, the PM wants the bureaucrats in his office to improve relations between the Centre and state governments, address public complaints and grievances, and give the armed forces vital equipment that has been long-delayed.
The PM has already issued clear instructions to bureaucrats asking them to reduce delays, cut red tape and ensure greater accountability and efficiency. Now he wants civil servants in his office to ensure the urgent processing of complaints listed on social media accounts and websites of government departments, particularly if they relate to problems with flights, train tickets and journeys, telecom, banking, health and pensions.
A special cell has been formed in the Prime Minister's Office to monitor how quickly these complaints are resolved.
Through his campaign, the PM had vowed that if he were elected, he would respect and promote the federal structure of governance by improving the ties between the Centre and the governments of the country's 29 states.
Determined to improve upon the previous government's record in this area, the PM has ordered that any request from a state government for the Centre's attention or assistance that is three months old must be taken up immediately. Civil servants in his office have been asked to meet representatives from each state in turn. The cycle of meetings will be repeated every three months, sources said.
In response to repeated alerts from the armed forces about outdated and inadequate equipment, the PM has held a series of consultations with Defence Minister Arun Jaitley and the chiefs of the Army, Air Force and Navy. They have been asked to list in order of priority which weapons they need; a plan that outlines how to best use funds to modernise the armed forces has also been ordered.
In a significant development, the Prime Minister has also decided to directly meet service chiefs once every month they can directly brief him on security concerns, if any. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rarely met service chiefs alone.
To improve morale, a plan to build a national war memorial in the capital near the majestic India Gate has been revived. The PM also wants the urgent implementation of the one-rank-one-pension policy which guarantees that soldiers of the same rank and years of service will receive the same pension irrespective of the year of their retirement.
Apart from prodding the economy out of its slow crawl, the PM wants the bureaucrats in his office to improve relations between the Centre and state governments, address public complaints and grievances, and give the armed forces vital equipment that has been long-delayed.
The PM has already issued clear instructions to bureaucrats asking them to reduce delays, cut red tape and ensure greater accountability and efficiency. Now he wants civil servants in his office to ensure the urgent processing of complaints listed on social media accounts and websites of government departments, particularly if they relate to problems with flights, train tickets and journeys, telecom, banking, health and pensions.
A special cell has been formed in the Prime Minister's Office to monitor how quickly these complaints are resolved.
Through his campaign, the PM had vowed that if he were elected, he would respect and promote the federal structure of governance by improving the ties between the Centre and the governments of the country's 29 states.
Determined to improve upon the previous government's record in this area, the PM has ordered that any request from a state government for the Centre's attention or assistance that is three months old must be taken up immediately. Civil servants in his office have been asked to meet representatives from each state in turn. The cycle of meetings will be repeated every three months, sources said.
In response to repeated alerts from the armed forces about outdated and inadequate equipment, the PM has held a series of consultations with Defence Minister Arun Jaitley and the chiefs of the Army, Air Force and Navy. They have been asked to list in order of priority which weapons they need; a plan that outlines how to best use funds to modernise the armed forces has also been ordered.
In a significant development, the Prime Minister has also decided to directly meet service chiefs once every month they can directly brief him on security concerns, if any. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rarely met service chiefs alone.
To improve morale, a plan to build a national war memorial in the capital near the majestic India Gate has been revived. The PM also wants the urgent implementation of the one-rank-one-pension policy which guarantees that soldiers of the same rank and years of service will receive the same pension irrespective of the year of their retirement.
Infosys Hires Ex-SAP Executive as CEO to Revive Margins
Infosys Ltd. (INFO) named Vishal Sikka chief executive officer as India’s second-largest software services exporter turns to the former SAP AG executive to help reverse four straight years of narrowing profit margins.
Sikka, 47, will replace S.D. Shibulal and take charge on Aug. 1, Infosys said in a statement today. This is the first time the company based in Bengaluru, formerly known as Bangalore, will have a non-founder as CEO.
The new CEO will face the task of getting contracts in an environment where companies want mobile applications to interact with consumers and rent shared computing services rather than maintain their own servers. Sikka faces the additional challenge of taking charge at a time when almost a dozen senior executives have left since co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy returned as chairman last year to help revive revenue growth.
“There was greater concern on investors’ minds about management direction as a sector leader,” Vineet Bhatnagar, managing director at PhillipCapital India Pvt., said on Bloomberg TV India. “Today’s announcement gives a lot of assurance to portfolio investors who look at the stock as a long-term hold for India ownership.”
Infosys declined 0.6 percent to 3,175.05 rupees at the close in Mumbai trading, after earlier gaining as much as 3.3 percent. The stock has gained 31 percent in the past 12 months, lagging behind larger competitor Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS)’s 52 percent climb and third-rankedWipro Ltd. (WPRO)’s 55 percent surge in the period.
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