Oct. 16 to 31, 2020: To cross a hydrogen molecule it is 247 zeptoseconds, gurus of Kuchipudi village in Andhra Pradesh and outside who are aged above 70 have been honored, on 23 October the onset of winter with morning fog, Rajnath Singh performs ‘Shastra Puja’ at Sikkim's Sherathang less than 2 km from LAC on the occasion of Dussehra, Europe's rights court for failing to protect them from worsening heatwaves, And this year’s Blue moon is extra special as it’s extra rare to have this full-moon on Halloween night!

                          trusciencetrutechnology@blogspot.com                                    Volume 2020, Issue No. 10 a,  Dated: Oct. 16-31, 2020 Time: 05: 18:03 AM

Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,

M.Sc. (Math. Phys.), M.Sc. (Nucl. Phys.), PhD.(AU), Int. Edu & Res. (Sweden 1964-65) 

     While returning from Sweden, spent a few days in England, Paris, Egypt and etc. countries, 

    Visited USA about 12 Universities, several National Laboratories and Institutes for four months. 

Sept.to December 1988. and in 1989 visited Japan for about

10 days, and South Korea Conf. in Physics for a week in 1989.

 [Retd. Prof of Physics; Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 416004].    

Residential Address: 17- 11-10, Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony,

      Maharanipeta.  P. O., Visakhapatnam-530002, A.P. Mobile: 09491902867.

       kotcherlakota_l_n@hotmail.com; DOB:23-07-1940, evening 6 PM and 6:01 PM.  

    lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

A light particle to cross a hydrogen molecule, that time, for the record, is 247 zeptoseconds. gurus of Kuchipudi village in Andhra Pradesh and outside, who are aged above 70, on 23 October the onset of winter has been signalled in Visakhapatnam and surrounding areas with morning fog from 4 AM to 5.30 AM, Europe's rights court for failing to protect them from worsening heatwaves, And this year’s Blue moon is extra special as it’s extra rare to have this full-moon on Halloween night! 

DETAILS:

Oct. 16, 2020: 

Fig.1a Optical Illusion

Fig.1b Scenario of Colors in Optical Illusion.

The optical illusion lasted three hours this morning in Mohe, the country's northernmost city near the Russian border. The stunning scene occurred from 6.30am to 9.30am in the Mohe town of Tuqiang. Mohe is part of the Daxing'anling region of north-eastern Heilongjiang Province.

Oct. 16, 2020: India’s natural rubber production in 2020 scaled down by 42,000 tonne, in the beginning of September and the abnormal leaf fall caused by the outbreak of Phytophthora disease in July and August, the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC).

Fi.g. 2 Wooden cycle made just in 8 days 

for the boy.

Oct. 17, 2020: Suryamoorthy, a Madurai based carpenter who made a wooden bicycle for his 7-year-old son. Talking to ANI he said "I made this bicycle in 8 days. Except for the tire, rim, brakes, & chain, every other part of the bicycle is made of wood."

Oct.18,2020: Ladakh’s tectonic fault line is active and moving north along with the Indus river, the tectonic fault line is not inactive and it is also moving northward along the Indus Suture Zone (ISZ).

Oct. 18, 2020: Meet the zeptosecond, the shortest unit of time ever measured. Scientists have measured the shortest unit of time ever: the time it takes a light particle to cross a hydrogen molecule. That time, for the record, is 247 zeptoseconds. A zeptosecond is a trillionth of a billionth of a second, or a decimal point followed by 21 zeroes and a 1. 

Oct. 19, 2020, 10:15 AM IST: Over 600 scientists seek evidence over claim that cow dung chip can reduce cell phone radiation. Kathiria last week claimed that keeping cow dung cake in homes reduces ‘radiation’ and a ‘cow dung chip’ has been produced which can reduce radiation when kept on the cellular phone.

Oct. 19, 2020: Low-intensity earthquake jolts Ladakh, fourth tremor in two weeks.LADAKH: An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.6 on Richter Scale struck Ladakh at 4:44 am on Monday (October 19).

Oct. 20, 2020: Alaska earthquake today: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck south of Alaska`s Aleutian Islands on Monday, triggering a tsunami warning for the area, warning for Sand Point, Cold Bay and Kodiak, which are sparsely populated, depth 25 miles. Location 55 miles southeast of Sand Point, Alaska [at] 4:54 pm [Eastern Time]. Latitude 54 degrees 7 minutes, Longitude 159 degrees 6 minutes. 

Oct. 20, 2020  6:51 PM: 

                                     Fig.3: Price at 1.7 lakhs Etrio e- Three wheeler.

Oct. 20, 2020: Tuesday: Earthquake forces Iceland MPs to stop work. The Icelandic capital Reykjavik was shaken on Tuesday by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake, forcing parliament to briefly pause its session but inflicting no harm or injuries.The tremor at 1343 GMT lasted several seconds, with the impact being felt across the north Atlantic island nation. Wave levels late Monday topped 2 feet (0.61 meters),

Oct. 21, 2020 at 04:08 AM: The event will feature solo Kuchipudi presentations by Raktim Chanda, a disciple of Deepa Narayanan Sashindran; Padmaragini Puttu from Moscow; Geetha Padmakumar from Kerala; Anna Mashak from St Petersburg; and Mohiniattam by Gopika Nath from Kerala. The event, which is in its seventh edition, has been curated by Deepa Narayanan Sashindran, a Kuchipudi exponent and life trustee of the foundation. “The highlight of the festival is the honouring of old traditional gurus of Kuchipudi village in Andhra Pradesh and outside, who are aged above 70. 

Oct. 21, 2020: Bachelet specifically cited as "worrying" the use of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), which prohibits the receipt of foreign funds "for any activities prejudicial to the public interest". Oct. 21, 2020: The new method surprised the researchers as it includes a combination of standard top-down lithographic methods with a new anisotropic wet etching process that can create a perfect edge in thin materials.  

Oct 21, 2020: A series of earthquakes in Hyderabad. The earthquake was felt at five o'clock in the city's Vanasthalipuram, BN Reddy Nagar and Vaidehi Nagar on Thursday morning. The earth quake shook for a second when the first tremors came. Then at 6.45 am, the earth quake shook the Vaidehi Nagar colony with loud noises. People ran out of the houses in fear. Then at 7.08 a.m. the tremors again. The locals have again come to the roads. Locals said that the quake shook three times between 5 am and seven o'clock on Thursday. Locals are afraid of what will happen to the hour. The earthquake's intensity was 0.5 on the Richter scale

Oct. 21, 2020, 01:25:42 IST: Earthquake in Arunachal Pradesh: 4.2 magnitude quake hits Changlang district today. Changlang at 1.25 am on Wednesday. Earthquake of Magnitude 4.2, Occurred on  Lat: 27.43 & Long: 96.56, Depth: 15 Km, Location: 35km SSW of Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh. Oct. 21, 2020: On Shammi Kapoor's birth anniversary on October 21, Lata Mangeshkar shared an incident that will leave a bittersweet smile on your face. WHEN SHAMMI KAPOOR SANG LATA MANGESHKAR'S SONG. The legendary singer, in a tweet, wrote that once she was in a flight and heard someone singing one of her Marathi songs. When she turned and looked, she saw that it was none other than Shammi Kapoor. 

Oct. 21, 2020 11:21 IST:

Fig.4 Bangladesh married women cricketer wedding photoshoot.

Bangladesh woman cricketer Sanjida Islam' has taken social media by storm after posting her wedding photoshoot on a cricket pitch in strikingly orange saree with proper maang tika and chur(heavy bangles) and ornaments made from flowers.

Oct. 21, 2020: India has now embarked on a journey to bring AI sensors into the fields and agri-tech startup CropData is helping small farmers improve their yields and sell directly to buyers by utilising new-age technologies like Blockchain and AI-enabled Cloud. CropData has built an e-marketplace, using the capabilities of Microsoft Azure, to empower the farmers in the country.

Oct. 22, 2020:  

Fig.4  Ramgiri Sarika. 

Ramgiri Sarika concentrated on Micro-Art and written entire Bhagavat Gita in 150 hours and utilised 4042 Rice grains started with Vinayaka frame on a grain. She is a student of law and sings songs superably. She is a recorded in Guiness world book. She made about more than 2000 art works including seesome oil seeds.  

Oct. 23, 2020: While the new study could establish the existence of dairy processing in India as far back as 4,500 years ago, previous studies have shown that cheese was likely being made even earlier in other parts of the world. In 2018, a study used carbon dating of lipid residues in pottery from the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia to establish the practice of dairy processing in the Mediterranean over 7,000 years ago in 5200 BPE. In another paper published in 2012, researchers from the University of Bristol found chemical evidence in pottery shards from Neolithic sites in northern Europe that showed the existence of cheese-making in the region about 7,500 years ago, in the sixth millennium BCE.

Oct. 23, 2020: In the morning from 4.30 AM to 5.30 AM the fog has engulfed the city especially near the sea coast at Visakhapatnam suggesting the onset of winter weather in India. 

Oct. 23, 2020: Scientists discover over 1,000 stars with planets that might be observing Earth for signs of life. out of 1,004 stars, there are at least 508 stars that offer almost 10 hours of observation window period to their planet when they can observe Earth regarding finding the signs of life. Also, most of these stars are red-dwarf, slightly smaller and comparatively cooler.

Oct. 23, 2020: 

Fig.5 Colorful Fireball in Puerto Rican night sky.

Colourful fireball spotted in Puerto Rican night sky. The locals took to social media to share pictures and videos of colourful fireball above the Caribbean island. 

Oct. 24, 2020: Saturday: One hour ago: Earthquake hits Bangladesh. An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on Richter Scale and depth of 50 km struck Bangladesh at 08:51 am on Saturday.

Oct. 24, 2020: 6 hours ago: Moderate-intensity quake of 2.7 hits in Himachal's Chamba. The quake's epicentre was at a depth of 5 km north-east in Chamba district, the department said, adding tremors were felt in and around the district at 12.15 pm. Another moderate intensity quake of 3.2 magnitude hit Himachal's Bilaspur on Saturday morning. The quake jolted the region at 10.34 am and its epicentre was at a depth of 7 km.

Oct. 25, 2020: Filthy India: Slamming President Donald Trump for his comment on India's air pollution, former vice president and Democratic Party's presidential nominee Joe Biden on Saturday said he and his running mate Kamala Harris deeply value America's partnership with India.  

Oct. 25, 2020: two hours ago: 

Fig.6  Rajnath Singh performs ‘Shastra Puja’ 

at Sikkim's Sherathang. 

Rajnath Singh performs ‘Shastra Puja’ at Sikkim's Sherathang less than 2 km from LAC. On the occasion of Dussehra, the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh performed “Shastra Puja” at Sikkim’s Sherathang, less than 2 km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC). As part of the occasion, Singh worshipped weapons, equipment and armoured vehicles as a priest chanted prayers in Sanskrit. Rajnath Singh had extended Dussehra greetings on Twitter. “Best wishes to all the countrymen on the festival of Vijayadashami. On this auspicious occasion today, I will visit the Nathula area of Sikkim and meet the soldiers of the Indian Army and will also be present in the arms worship ceremony. 

Oct. 25, 2020: Karnul: A woman labourer from the district has become a lakshadweeer. Over the past few days, the saints of Theoggiri and Pagidirai villages in Theggli Mandal have been heavily rained.  After the rains, the workers were working in the field yesterday. A woman's labourer got a vase. This area is also famous for colorful stones. A bunch of 7 carat sold a bunch of jewellery worth Rs.crores. He bought for 11 lakhs. He also gave her 2 tola gold. However, locals believe that the value of this garam is worth up to Rs. 1 crore.

Oct. 26, 2020: The solar pavements that can power a building. Imre Sziszak says just two meters squared of walkable solar pavement can provide enough green energy to power public lights and a USB charging station. The solar cells are protected with anti-slip, hardened glass tiles.

Oct. 27, 2020 5:25 pm IST: An Indian student, however, has not only defied the norms but has gone on to receive offers to intern with more than 10 universities, which several scholars yearn to go to but seldom get a chance. Delhi-based Abhishek Agrahari, an engineering student, is on cloud nine after internship offers came his way from the UK's University of Oxford and the USA's Pennsylvania State University and the University of Illinois, among others. He previously worked with some stellar institutes like Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on gas turbine engine and IIT Bombay on fluid-structure interaction, and IIT Kanpur on fluid dynamics and has offers from the institute's centres in Kharagpur, Indore and Madras. 

Oct. 27, 2020: Retired Swiss women on Tuesday suing government at Europe's rights court for failing to protect them from worsening heatwaves. A 2000 member group ramped efforts to curb planet heating emissions in Switzerland.  

Oct.  27, 2020 11:35 IST: 3.3 magnitude was experienced in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district on the morning. Mild earthquake at Seoni in M.P., tremors also felt in Nagpur. The earthquake was recorded at 4.10 a.m. in Seoni with its epicentre at a depth of 15 km. The tremors was also felt in Nagpur, located about 96 km from Seoni. 

Oct. 27, 2020 07:59 AS IST: Mild earthquake of 3.3 magnitude jolts Maharashtra's Nagpur. The earthquake occurred 96km north-northeast of Nagpur on Tuesday morning. The termors of the earthquake were felt at around. 04:10:50 IST, Lat: 21.92 and Long: 79.50, Depth: 15 Km. 

Oct. 28, 2020: 

Fig.7 Colorful Jupiter outbursts NASA spacecraft

Oct. 28, 2020: A NASA spacecraft circling Jupiter has captured the planet's colorful electrical outbursts — sprites and elves — for the first time.  Jupiter's atmosphere produces lightning-like electrical outbursts called transient luminous events. On Earth, these colorful lights occur during thunderstorms, when lightning strikes produce red tendrils called sprites or glowing disks called elves high above the clouds.

Oct. 28, 2020: Using advanced synchrotron radiation-based X-ray microscopy equipment, researchers investigated the red and black ink present in the 12 samples. papyri fragments are taken from the Tebtunis temple library and the inks that have both lead-based and iron-based compounds. Sine Larsen, a Chemistry professor at UCPH and co-author of this study, informed that while iron-based elements are found in red inks, lead-based compounds are present in both the inks. It is established that Egyptians must have discovered the drying properties of the lead-based compounds 1,400 years earlier than Europeans. The report says that it has been established earlier that in Egypt, inks were used as early as 3200 BC to write text. Black ink was used to write the body while red ink was used as a highlighter, marking heading and keywords.

Oct. 28, 2020: Earth 8: Methane bursts caused by Siberian heat wave. "In areas inside the Arctic Circle, they have had temperatures over 100 degrees. Never has that happened in history before." There's over 7,000 of these that have been identified in Siberia and over 400 of them that are looked at as in imminent danger of eruption. The good news none are near a city or town," Abbott said. As more of these methane bursts occur, they will release more greenhouse gases. "As the Earth warms it causes more things to cause more warming and you get a cascading effect where one thing leads to another," Abbott said. "Warmth will only continue to grow in amount and magnitude over time."

Oct. 28, 2020: 

Fig.8 A 2.5 megapixel photo 

He recently completed the project and the result is this 2.5 gigapixel photo mosaic composed of 12,816 individual photos. From PetaPixel, which has a good writeup of the project, a taste of the challenges involved with constructing this image. It took a total of 23 hours to provide an astrometric solution for all 200 panels and then an additional 19 hours to merge into the gradient merge mosaic tool.”

Oct. 28, 2020: 

Fig.9  Ancient Maya water purification system.

Ancient Maya water purification system 'would still work today'. The ancient Maya people of Mesoamerica developed one of the world's oldest water purification systems — and it would still work today — a study has found. Experts from the US discovered evidence of the system — dating back to more than 2,000 years ago — in Corriental reservoir in the city of Tikal, northern Guatemala.

Oct. 28, 2020: Earth 8: Methane bursts caused by Siberian heat wave. "In areas inside the Arctic Circle, they have had temperatures over 100 degrees. Never has that happened in history before." There's over 7,000 of these that have been identified in Siberia and over 400 of them that are looked at as in imminent danger of eruption. The good news none are near a city or town," Abbott said. As more of these methane bursts occur, they will release more greenhouse gases. "As the Earth warms it causes more things to cause more warming and you get a cascading effect where one thing leads to another," Abbott said. "Warmth will only continue to grow in amount and magnitude over time. 

Oct. 28, 2020 an hour ago at 7:16 PM: Cyclopropenylidene's discovery in Titan's thick atmosphere is surprising because the molecule can easily react with other molecules it comes into contact with and form different species. "When I realised I was looking at cyclopropenylidene, my first thought was, 'Well, this is really unexpected," said planetart scientist Conar Nixon. His team's findings were published in the Astronomical Journal. Closed-look molecules like Cyclopropenylidene form the backbone rungs for the nucleobases of DNA -- the molecule that carries genetic instructions in all living things -- and RNA -- a macromolecule present in all biological cells.

Oct 28, 2020, 06.52 PM(IST): 'Fireball' meteorite in Michigan found to have extraterrestrial compounds.  Scientists have discovered that 'Fireball' meteorite that fell to Earth in January 2018 has a rich inventory of extraterrestrial organic compounds, that is, compounds that formed in outer space. The meteorite is 12 million-year-old and was collected soon after it fell on Earth in 2018. Scientists were able to obtain a piece of the fallen meteorite relatively quickly before it got contaminated by conditions prevalent on the Earth. The meteorite lit up the sky as it fell on Earth on January 16, 2018. 

Oct. 29, 2020:

                                     Fig.10a Photo 2114 29 Oct 2020 at 07:12 PM

                                     Fig.10b Photo 2115 29 Oct 2020 at 07:15                                                                                                                                                 Fig.10c Photo 2116 29 Oct 2020 at 07:16 PM

     

Fig.10d Photo 2117 29 Oct 2020 at 07:18 PM.

                                     Fig.10e Photo 2118 29 Oct 2020 at 07:19 PM

                                      Fig.10f  Photo 2119 29 Oct 2020 at 07:25 PM                 

                                      Fig.10g Photo 2120 29 Oct 2020 at 07:26 PM             

                                     Fig.10h Photo 2121 on 29 Oct 2020 at 07:27 PM

Fig.10I Photo 2122 on 29 Oct. 2020 at 08:24 PM

Fig.10g. The Pleiades, Uranus, Mars, Moon and Tourus on East.

 On Thursday night into Friday morning, Oct. 29 to 30, 2020, the bright planet Mars will appear near the nearly full waxing Moon. As evening twilight ends (at 7:09 p.m. EDT for the Washington, D.C. area), the Moon will appear about 17 degrees above the eastern horizon, with Mars appearing above the Moon. The Moon and Mars will share the same right ascension, with the Moon passing 2°58' to the south of Mars. The Moon will be 13 days old. At around the same time, the two objects will also make a close approach, technically called an appulse. From Visakhapatnam, the pair will be visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:42 (IST) as the dusk sky fades, 18° above your eastern horizon. They will then reach their highest point in the sky at 22:28, 77° above your southern horizon. They will continue to be observable until around 04:04, when they sink below 7° above your western horizon. The Moon will be at mag -12.5 in the constellation Cetus, and Mars at mag -2.2 in the neighbouring constellation of Pisces.

                                            Fig.11a Photo 2127 30 Oct at 02:19 AM

                                             Fig.11b  Photo 2128 30 Oct at 02 20 AM

                                     Fig.11c Photo 2127 on 30 Oct 2020 at 02:10 AM

                                      Fig.11d Photo 2126 on 30 Oct 2020 at 02:18 AM

                                      Fig.11e  Photo 2125 on 30 Oct. 2020 at 02:18 AM.    

                                       Fig.11f Photo 2124 on 30 Oct 2020 at 02:17 AM.

Fig.11g Photo 2123 on 30 Oct. 2020 at 02:16 AM.

Oct. 29, 2020: According to a study published by the Planetary Science Journal on Monday, asteroid '16 Psyche’ is located roughly 370 million kilometres (230 million miles) from the Earth and measures 226 kilometres across (140 miles), which is roughly about the size of West Virginia. However, the most interesting feature about the asteroid is not its size but its make. Unlike other asteroids which are made up of either rocks or ice, Psyche is almost entirely made of metals. Researchers used the ultraviolet spectrum data collected by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on the Hubble Telescope during two observations made in 2017. Relying on the data, they deduced that Psyche’s surface could be pure iron. However, they also recognised that presence of iron composition as small as 10 percent could dominate ultraviolet reports. Psyche is believed to be the dead core of a planet that might have failed during its formative stages or it could also be the result of many violent space collisions.

Oct, 29. 2020: Gravitational waves from 39 cosmic events recorded by LIGO, VIRGO in the last six months. As per the researchers, the catalogue contains events whose sources were black hole binary mergers as well as events that could have originated from neutron stars (dead or dying stars), neutron star-black hole binaries, or binary black holes. The idea of gravitational waves was first proposed by Albert Einstein, who proposed that when two planetary bodies orbit each other, it can cause a ripple in space, which in turn would spread out like ripples in a pond. Scientists call these gravitational waves.

Oct. 29, 2020:A New Method to Measure Optical Absorption in Semiconductor Crystals. TOHOKU UNIVERSITY: 

Oct. 30, 2020: 58 minutes ago: Strong Aegean Sea earthquake topples buildings in Turkey's Izmir; 6.9 magnitude quake shakes Greece too.  Friday's earthquake was centred in the Aegean at a depth of 16,5 km (10.3 miles). The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, with an epicentre 13 km (8 miles) north northeast of the Greek island of Samos. 20 buildings collapsed. The city is the third biggest in Turkey with about 4.5 million residents. Turkey’s interior minister tweeted six buildings in Izmir were destroyed. Turkey and Greece reported aftershocks. The quake was also felt in Bulgaria.

Fig.12a  WP_2020 10/30/ 07 50 PM

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Fig.13a WP_20201031_002  MARS at 7 10 PM today 31 Oct 2020

with student grating 15000 lines/inch 400 lines/mm Precesion Inst. Co. Delhi.

Fig.13b WP_20201031_003 MARS 31 Oct 2020 at around 7 10 PM 

with student grating 15000 lines/inch 400 lines/mm Precesion Inst. Co. Delhi.

Oct. 31, 2020: 

                 

Fig.14a Blue Moon from Internet.

Fig.14b Photo 2130 on 31 Oct 2020 at 07:53 PM

Fig.14c Photo 2131 on 31 Oct 2020 at 07:56 PM

Fig.14d Photo 2132 on 31 Oct 2020 at 07:56 PM

Fig. 14e Photo 2134 on 31 Oct. 2020 at 07:59 PM

Fig.14f Photo 2135 on 31 Oct. 2020 at 07:59 PM.  

And this year’s Blue moon is extra special as it’s extra rare to have this full-moon on Halloween night! The last time this happened was in 1955. It will also be visible globally, another rare event. The 1955 Blue moon on Halloween wasn’t visible in Western hemisphere countries like the USA. While the Blue moon on October 31 will be bright, white and silvery, there still might be a chance for a blueish tint in certain atmospheric conditions. Be ready to view it any time after 8:15 pm IST.

Oct. 31, 2020: Some tribes consider shooting stars to be fallen soldiers or discarded stars. Then, other tribes strongly believe that a shaft kept in a water bath will stand erect as long as the eclipse is on and will fall once it is over. They believe the direction in which it falls decides whether the eclipse is good or bad.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT: 

The author is indebted to Late Prof. K. R. Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D.Sc. (London) for stimulating encouragement to publish my articles on Science & Technology. He is also grateful to Late Mrs. Peramma Rangadhama Rao for her admiration and support for the publication of my articles. When her son Dr K V N Rao (Ill) had been to USA, she expected a possible trip to visit USA (not materialized) and always observed the 4th  July, the day of US independence.