Monday, November 30, 2020

Nov.16-30, 2020: Researchers convert optical radiation into so-called surface plasmon-polaritons, People in India were they able to communicate with the people of Sapta Rishi, The compound being called petrovite or Na10CaCu2(SO4)8, glycine and other amino acids form in interstellar clouds, successfully reversed the biological aging, When water touched the grass leaf circles like a needle of the watch, IIT Guwahati Develops Space Optical Communication Using Light Beams, harvesting unseen ultraviolet light that’s present no matter the weather, the wife of Vasistha to secure the graceful eye sight of the newly married lady, Indian-led research team brings quantum internet closer to reality, Mahabalipuram India Sunken ancient ruins were the stuff of legend.

                         trusciencetrutechnology@blogspot.com                       Volume 2020, Issue No. 11a,  Dated: Nov. 16-30, 2020 Time: 05:29:25 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 i1989 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
Researchers convert optical radiation into so-called surface plasmon-polaritons, The compound being called petrovite or Na10CaCu2(SO4)8 , glycine and other amino acids form in interstellar clouds, successfully reversed the biological aging, When water touched the grass leaf circles like a needle of the watch, IIT Guwahati Develops Space Optical Communication Using Light Beams, harvesting unseen ultraviolet light that’s present no matter the weather, the wife of Vasistha to secure the graceful eye sight of the newly married lady, People in India were they able to communicate with the people of Sapta Rishi, Indian-led research team brings quantum internet closer to reality, Mahabalipuram India Sunken ancient ruins were the stuff of legend.  
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Nov. 16, 2020: The moment the video was shared, Twitter was flooded with admiration for the boy. Many called him a "soldier in making", "Cute soldier" and "Future soldier". Namgyal is a son of a school teacher and frequently visits ITBP camp in the Chushul area of Ladakh. The enthusiastic kid saluting with 'high josh' was randomly clicked by an ITBP Officer on the morning of October 8.
                                Fig.1 Eclipsed Sun with amazing circles in Zimbhave.
Nov. 16, 2020 06:49 PM: 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Philippines today hit at a depth of 33 km, 29 km southeast of the town of San Agustin. 
Nov. 16, 2020: India’s 5G plans can gain traction under Biden-Harris leadership. Early September 2020, India, Israel, and the United States initiated a collaboration in developmental area, and in the next generation of emerging technologies, including a transparent, open, reliable and secure 5G communication network. The three nations want to deliver the promise of 5G in a way that is open, interoperable, reliable, and secure. India believes that partnering with the US gives the country an added and accelerated edge to take the spectrum to trials.
Nov. 16, 2020: Fire at Oil India's Assam well extinguished after nearly six months. State-run explorer Oil India Ltd said on Monday a deadly fire at its well in eastern India that that started raging nearly six months ago has been "doused completely."The company had brought in experts from Singapore-based company Alert to control the blow-out.
Nov.16, 2020: Physicists from MIPT and Vladimir State University, Russia, have achieved a nearly 90% efficiency converting light energy into surface waves on graphene. They relied on a laser-like energy conversion scheme and collective resonances. The paper came out in Laser & Photonics Reviews. Manipulating light at the nanoscale is a task crucial for being able to create ultracompact devices for optical energy conversion and storage. To localize light on such a small scale, researchers convert optical radiation into so-called surface plasmon-polaritons.
Nov. 17, 2020: The new research looked at “dark chemistry”, or the ways that new kinds of materials can form without energetic radiation. They were able to simulate the conditions that govern chemistry in space, before the stars and planets that today surround us are formed, and there are instead dense interstellar clouds that will eventually go on to form those more solid objects. Scientists found that even within those clouds, glycine – the simplest amino acid and an important building block for life – can form. Other amino acids can probably form under those conditions too. Researchers have now found that glycine and other amino acids form in interstellar clouds much before they transform into new stars and planets. 
Nov. 17, 2020: The special particle can exist around a pair of black holes just like how an electron exists around a pair of hydrogen atoms. It is the first time when the existence of a so-called “gravitational molecule” has ever been explained. Specific types of fields, called scalar fields can exist around binary black holes.
Nov. 17, 2020: at 5:35PM: Stars that lack metal in their composition are assumed to be among the most ancient in existence, and recent research has found that some of them travel in previously unpredicted patterns. The scientist further says that they have studied 475 of such objects and found that about 11 percent of those orbit in an almost flat plane that is the Milky Way's disc. The space objects follow a nearly circular path which is very similar to the Sun. This unexpected discovery has now forced astronomers to rethink some of our basic ideas.
Nov. 17, 2020 06:51 PM: 
Fig.2 mobile ironing cart with solar panels
TN schoolgirl wins Children's Climate Prize for designing solar-powered ironing cart. Vinisha Umashankar has also been shortlisted for the Prime Minister of India’s Rashtriya Bal Shakti Puraskar 2021, the highest civilian award in India for students under the age of 18. Vinisha will receive the prize of 100,000 Swedish krona (Rs 8.64 lakh approximately), diploma, and medal from the Sweden-based Children's Climate Foundation on Wednesday at a digital event attended by Isabella Lövin, Swedish Minister for Environment and Climate and Deputy Prime Minister. I designed a mobile ironing cart with solar panels as its roof, which is connected to a 100 Ah battery. A 12 volt 100 Ah battery needs about 1200 watts of power to be fully charged. The solar panels will produce 250 watts of power per hour. All it takes is five hours of bright sunshine to fully charge the battery, which in turn will power the steam iron box for six hours.
Nov. 17, 2020: 
                                                          Fig.3 Spintronics
Controlling magnetization direction of magnetite at room temperature. The team fabricated an all-solid reduction-oxidation ("redox") transistor containing a thin film of Fe3O4 on magnesium oxide and a lithium silicate electrolyte doped with zirconium (Fig. 1). The insertion of lithium ions in the solid electrolyte made it possible to achieve rotation of the magnetization angle at room temperature and significantly change the electron carrier density.
Nov. 17, 2020 18:20 IST: 
Fig.3  Erra Matti Dibalu.
Saving the precious geo-heritage sites of Visakhapatnam. The natural arch, for instance, is likely to date back to the period after the last Ice Age around 10,000 years ago and is similar to the natural rock arch of Silathoranam in the Tirumala Hills. We are pushing to get recognition of a geo park for Visakhapatnam consisting of Erra Matti Dibbalu (red sand dunes), natural rock formations at Mangamaripeta, million-years-old Borra Caves and volcanic ash deposits said to have originated from the volcanic eruption of Toba in Indonesia 73,000 years ago near Araku. Every monsoon the sediments are washed away, turning the sea a bright red.
Nov. 18, 2020: AliveCor has forayed in India with the launch a pocket sized, personal ECG device that allows recording medical grade ECGs on a smartphone in 30 seconds. The device is approved by the USFDA and uses AI and machine learning to detect three most common arrhythmias-atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, and tachycardia - with 98 percent sensitivity and 97 percent specificity.
Nov. 18, 2020: The most bizarre phenomena science still can't explain. Strange phenomena abound; in our bodies, on our planet and in the universe at large, some mysterious processes defy explanation. From the deepest enigmas of time and space, to otherworldly places on Earth, to the mysteries at the heart of human existence, here are some of the bizarre phenomena that science can’t yet fully explain.
Nov. 18, 2020: BSNL Unions Accuse Govt of Creating Roadblocks in Company's 4G Service, Call for Strike on Nov 26. 
Nov. 18, 2020: Temperatures in some places held by the Indian Army can dip to minus 40 degrees Celsius, with the super high-altitude areas also likely to receive several feet of snow (30 to 40 feet) during the peak of winters. Apart from smart camps with integrated facilities which have been built over the years, additional state-of-the-art habitat with arrangements for electricity, water, heating facilities, health and hygiene has been created to accommodate frontline troops. The troops are not lacking anything and prepared to take on any challenge. 
Nov. 18, 2020: Elon Musk’s SpaceX may bring high-speed Starlink satellite broadband to India by 2021. SpaceX has suggested that the Indian government should consider allowing satellite-based broadband technologies to operate in India by updating policies. 
Nov. 18, 2020: Newly Discovered Mineral 'Petrovit' Can Be Used to Power Renewable Batteries. The compound being called petrovite, or Na10CaCu2(SO4)8 in chemical nomenclature, is a blue, globular aggregate of tabular crystals with gaseous inclusions. The mineral is made up of oxygen atoms, sodium sulphur and copper, forming a porous framework. It's inner voids connect with each other via channels which act like very narrow tunnels where sodium atoms can travel freely. The mineral was found in the volcanic landscape situated in the far east of Russia, atop the Tolbachik volcano in the Kamchatka Peninsula. The volcano is particularly popular because of its volatile history. The ‘Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption’ in 1975- 1976 was followed by a smaller eruption in 2012-2013 in two of the most significant eruptions associated with Tolbachik. The first eruption left a wide area surrounding the volcano bare where scientists later discovered fumarole deposits and several unknown minerals. According to the data, as many as 130 minerals have been first discovered at the site of the Tolbachik volcano, with petrovite being the latest. Now that the mineral was finally studied, it shows a new kind of molecular structure, as per the study. Stanislav Filatov from St Petersburg University, who is also the lead researcher and crystallographer, said in a press release that the "copper atom in the crystal structure of petrovite has an unusual and very rare coordination of seven oxygen atoms".  The newly-discovered crystal structure bears resemblance to another mineral called the saranchinaite, which was also found at Tolbachik a few years ago. Petrovite's molecular framework consists of oxygen atoms, sodium sulphur and copper is also porous in nature. This chemical structure allows the sulphur ions to move in and out of the structure easily. Hence, scientists believe petrovite can be used to invent new ways of developing cathodes for use in batteries and electrical devices.
Fig. 4  Hot water  in Red color, well in Ranastalam in Srikakulum Town.
Nov. 19, 2020: Ratheesh developed the simmimg skilss of marine mammal, propelling himself in water with his hands and legs tied. On wednesday he crossed the 1-0km stretch across Thiruvananthapuram Shoranur Canal, it took him five hours and 10 minutes to complete the challenge. He is a life guard on Kollam Beach training himself in Arabian Sea since 2002. 
Nov. 19, 2020 at 4:20 pm: 
Fig.5 meteor-fireball-tasmania-csiro. 
Watch This Flaming Meteor Caught on Camera Near Tasmania. The video captured it at 9:21pm AEDT while the ship was roughly 100km south off the Tasmanian coast. According to the crew, the meteor was bright green and broke up in the sky. 
Nov. 10, 2020: Josua Hutagalung,
Fig. 6 Meteorite in Indonesia sold for 
over one million pounds. 
 in Indonesia's Sumatra and became a millionaire after he sold the meteorite for over 1 million pounds, which roughly converts into Rs 9.8 crore. Hutagalung was working outside his home when the meteorite crashed the tin roof of his house in August. The meteorite reportedly weighed 2.1 kg and looks like a normal rock. "The sound was so loud that parts of the house were shaking too. And after I searched, I saw that the tin roof of the house had broken. When I lifted it, the stone was still warm." Josua also shared the photos on his Facebook profile where the pictures got a flurry of likes.
Nov. 19, 2020: Plastic for Posterity: Karnataka Gets its First House Made of Recycled Waste. One such idea has been realised in Karnataka, where the first eco-friendly house has been constructed by recycled plastic. Karnataka's first eco-friendly house is made out of 1,500 kg of hard-to-recycle plastic waste.Located at Pacchanady, the house costs Rs 4.5 lakhs, a way less price for what a regular house would cost. It is saving both money and the environment. The reports also mentions that around 60 panels were made out of plastic waste in the making of this house and each panel is made out of 25 kg plastic.
Nov.19, 2020: Researchers describe previously unknown mechanism for inducing electron emission in highly oriented pyrolitic graphite. 
Nov. 20, 2020: The archaeologists discovered around a monument  five urns speculated to be from Bronze Age. Two digs at Beaulieu Estate led to these discoveries. The hazelnut shell is a ‘charred remain’ and the archaeologists placed it in the Mesolithic period with the help of radiocarbon dating at 5736 - 5643 BC.
Nov. 20, 2020: Speaking books made available by Tirupati Devasthanam on Bhagavat Gita and Hanuman Chalisa on Thursday, 19 Nov. They come with a portable talking pen designed by a New Delhi company, with Gitam audio available in Hindi, English and Sanskrit languages. 
Nov. 20, 2020: The hiking and cross-country skiing around Kiruna, a town 90 miles north of the Arctic Circle, are terrific, but the highlight for us is the four-hour dogsled expedition.A hot cauldron-cooked soup - and glogg (Swedish mulled wine) - is waiting in the cosy, wooden cabin.
Nov. 20, 2020: 
Fig. 7 An Ancient Hindu Temple in 
Northeastern Pakistan discovered by an Italian.
A Hindu Temple believed to have been constructed 1300 years ago discovered by Pakistan and Italian at a mountain in Swath district is of God Vishnu built during Hindu Shahi period. The Hindu Shahis or Kabul Shahis (850-1026CE) was a Hindu Dynasty that ruled Kabul Valley (Eastern).
Nov. 21, 2020: Scientists claim to have successfully reversed the biological aging process in a group of elderly adults. In a first of a kind study, researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Shamir Medical Center used a form of oxygen therapy to reverse two key indicators of biological aging: Telomere length and senescent cells accumulation.  As the human body gets older, it experiences the shortening of telomeres – the protective caps found at the end of chromosomes – and an increase in old, malfunctioning senescent cells.
Nov. 21, 2020: Earthquake in India today: 2.8 magnitude quake hits Senapati region in Manipur. The earthquake hit at the depth of 10 km and tremors were felt at 0654 hours today. "Earthquake of Magnitude:2.8, Occurred on 21-11-2020, 14:20:26 IST, Lat: 23.53 & Long: 94.19, Depth: 10 Km. 
Nov. 21, 2020: Watch As A Meteor Flies Across The Sky In Texas Leaving Onlookers Amazed. A bright meteor illuminated the night sky over southern Texas during the much-anticipated Leonid meteor shower.
Nov. 21, 2020: 
Fig.8 Glowing Mushrooms.
Mystery of Meghalaya’s glowing mushrooms.A mushroom documentation project in the forests of Northeast India has revealed not only 600 varieties of fungi, but also led to a new discovery: a bioluminescent.Roridomyces phyllostachydis — was first sighted on a wet August night near a stream in Meghalaya’s Mawlynnong in East Khasi Hills district and later at Krang Shuri in West Jaintia Hills district. It is now one among the 97 known species of bioluminescent fungi in the world.It is now one among the 97 known species of bioluminescent fungi in the world. 
Nov. 21, 2020 at 11.11 AM: Scientists create diamonds in minutes, first time in lab without added heat. they used high pressure "equivalent of 640 African elephants on the tip of one ballet shoe" to create two types of diamonds: the kind found on an engagement ring and Lonsdaleite, a type of diamond found in nature at the site of meteorite impacts.
Fig.9a  Karthika Masam outing possibly in November
1943 before the birth of Vijaya Vani 
Fig.9b  Karthika Masam outing possibly in November 1943
before the birth of Dr. Vijaya Vani and Earlier Vani.
Leela, Vani, Mother, Kistappa, Amarnath, Bobji, Simham, Lalitha.
Fig.9c Earlier Vani who was between Leela and Bobji
died in 1943 before the birth of Dr.Vijaya Vani in 1944.
Her demise was an unspecified case of accidental food poisoning.
Fig.9d Family Photo in 1943 with the old Vani prior to
birth of Dr. K. Vijaya Vani of USA born in 1944 while
Earlier Vani aged 9 years old died young.

Nov. 22, 2020:

 
                                  Fig.10 The grass that moves like a watch needle
both clockwise and anticlockwise.
When water touched the grass leaf circles like a needle of the watch. When dropped in lake water it moves like a living sole. When dipped in hot petrol it moves like the watch needle. It is a pigneedle when dipped in alcohol, Amlam, water this strsand of grass moves in clockwise and anti clockwise in warm water. Tiny specks of needles around it when seen in a microscope, when water touched they spread out like a peakcock tail. The inventor also discovered a beans like small plant, when they kept that beans like plant in a room they found that the mosquitoes got stuck to the plant. his phone number is 9849541674 and article wriiten by Malathi her phone number is 9492046621.  
Nov. 23, 2020: Two earthquakes jolt Madhya Pradesh's Seoni within 5 hours, tremors felt in region. Two earthquakes of 4.3 and 2.7 magnitudes were experienced in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district on Sunday (November 21). An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude was recorded at 1.45 am with its epicentre at a depth of 10 km near Seoni city, earthquake of magnitude 2.7 was recorded at 6.23 am at the same place.
Nov 23, 2020 5:55 pm IST:
Fig.11 Space Optical Communication with light beams.
IIT Guwahati Develops Space Optical Communication Using Light Beams. In free-space communication, an IIT Guwahati statement says, data in the form of voice, text or image is transmitted using light wirelessly rather than through optical fibres and it represents the next generation of communications technology.  “In our work, the transmission station modulates the phase profile of a laser beam that carries the data, in terms of the strengths of a few Zernike modes. In the process we also enhance the information content per modulation cycle of the laser beam.”The research team has demonstrated the distortion-free transmission of text messages and images over a distance of one kilometre even in the presence of turbulence during a stormy weather. “In addition to eliminating errors in communication, our system is also insulated from hacking and interloping, because the receiver decodes the transmitted beam by measuring the phase and not the power of the light beam, with prior knowledge about the strength and types of Zernike modes used, which make it more secure than wired and other conventional wireless forms of communication”. 
Nov. 23, 2020:  
Fig.12:  IIT Madras developed solar powered craft.
IIT Madras researchers develop solar-powered survey craft for ports and inland waterways. The survey craft was developed by a research team at the National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC) at IIT Madras, which is in the process of commercializing this technology. 
Nov. 23, 2020 at 8:02 PM: Bioluminescence makes Kumta Beach turn radiant blue. The bioluminescent glow spotted at various beaches in Kumta, Gokarna and Karwar after sunset untill sunrise. Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism. The waves looked glowing in a bluish colour. Bioluminescence occurs widely in marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some fungi, microorganisms, including some bioluminescent bacteria and terrestrial invertebrates such as fireflies.
Nov. 24, 2020: 
                                      Fig.13.  Pink flowering plant in 
Avala Pandi.
Spread over a vast area in Kozhikode's Avala Pandi near Perambra, an invasive aquatic plant, this pink flowering plant, which belongs to the family of Cabomba furcata, has attracted widespread interests among social media users. It is locally known as 'mullan payal'.
Languages in The world Dying: 
1.Parji/Duruwa: One of the least threatened languages on the list is Parji, also known as Duruwa. The language is spoken by around 50,000 people in the Dhurwa tribe, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. 2. Mayo: Just over 32,000 people speak Mayo, spoken by the Mexican people of Mayo. The language is spoken in the state of Sonora.
Sirmauri: Around 31,000 people speak Sirmauri, which originates from Himachal Pradesh in northern India. 3.Tidikelt: Tidikelt is spoken in the province of Tamanrasset in Algeria. There are around 30,000 speakers of this language. 4. Gadaba: There are over 26,000 speakers of this language, tied to the Gadaba people, who originate from eastern India. 5. Koraga: The Koraga language is spoken in Indian states such as Kerala, Karnataka, and Dakshina Kannada. There are around 16,000 speakers.
Yakkha: Over 14,000 people speak the Yakkha language, like in the Dhankuta district of Nepal. 6. Bangani: It's reported that there are around 12,000 Bangani speakers. Some scholars have described Bangani as a dialect of the Garhwali language, while others argue its unique enough to be its own language. 7. Lamgang/Lamkang: Lamgang, or Lamkang, is spoken by approximately 10,000 people. It's described as originating from Manipur, India, but is also spoken in Burma.8. Argobba: 8,000 people have been associated with the Argobba language, partly spoken in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. 9. Awa Pit/Cuaiquer: This language is spoken by the Awa-Kwaiker people, who reside in north Ecuador and south Colombia. There are around 7,500 reported speakers.San Francisco. 10. del Mar Huave/Huave: Spoken by indigenous people living in Oaxaca, Mexico, the Huave language has around 6,900 speakers. 11.Sawkna/Sokna: The Sokna language is reportedly spoken by around 6,000 people. Among other places, Sokna is spoken in northeastern Libya.12. Anung/Anong: Anong is a Sino-Tibetan language, spoken by the Nung people in China and Burma. There are around 5,000 speakers.13. Pu: Pu is another Sino-Tibetan language with around 5,000 speakers. It is spoken by the Puxian people, originating from China. 14. Baghati: Baghati is also known as Mahasu Pahari, and is spoken in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. There are around 4,000 reported speakers. 15. Shwai: The Shwai language is spoken by approximately 3,500 people. It's a language tied to the former territory of Kordofan, Sudan. 16. Ko/Fungor: Nearly 2,700 people speak this endangered language, which has also been traced back to Kordofan, Sudan. 17. Seward Peninsula Inupiaq: The Inupiaq language counts over 2,100 people as its speakers. People speak it in the Seward Peninsula. 18. Tchumbuli/Akan: The Akan language is reportedly spoken by 1,800 people, and is spoken in African nations like Benin. 19.Sanenyo/Chowra: Around 1,300 people speak Sanenyo, also known as the Chaura language. It's native to Chorwa Island. 20. Toda/Dravidian: Toda is traced back to the Toda people. About 1,000 speak the language in the Nilgiri Hills of south India. 21. Waiwai: The Cariban language is native to northern Brazil, as well as Guyana and Suriname. It's reported around 750 people speak it. 22. Akum: Around 600 people speak Akum, around Cameroon and Nigeria. 23. Majera: Majera is a minor Afro-Asiatic language, native to Chad and Cameroon. There are 500 noted speakers. 24. Cobiana/Kobiana/Buy: The Kobiana language counts 400 people as its speakers, native to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. 25. Bakole:Bakole is spoken by around about 300 people, and has its roots in southern Cameroon. 26. Birri:Birri is nearly extinct, but is apparently still spoken in the Central African Republic. There are 200 reported speakers. 27. Waimajã/Bará: Just 100 people speak the Waimajã language, also known as Bará. The language is spoken along the rivers of Colombia, like Yapu and Colorado. 28. Wintu-Nomlaki:Apparently just one person speaks Wintu-Nomlaki, a language traditionally spoken by native inhabitants of Sacramento Valley in California.
Nov. 16, 2020: These solar panels don’t need the sun to produce energy. a new invention has found a way to work around the inconsistency of solar energy by harvesting unseen ultraviolet light that’s present no matter the weather. It could soon be turning the windows and walls of buildings into a rich new source of electricity. The concept is called AuREUS (which stands for Aurora Renewable Energy and UV Sequestration), and it was invented by Carvey Ehren Maigue, an electrical engineering student in the Philippines. It involves a combination of organic luminescent particles that absorb UV light and convert it to visible light, and a solar film that then converts that visible light into energy. “It’s similar to how we breathe in oxygen and we exhale carbon dioxide,” Maigue says. “It takes in ultraviolet light, and then after some time it would shed it as visible light.” Produced in the form of a resin similar to what’s used in bulletproof glass, this light-harvesting technology can be used to create windows, walls, or any other part of a building’s exterior, evolving the traditional rooftop solar array. The invention was recently selected as a winner of the first James Dyson Sustainability Award, which comes with a $35,000 prize.
Nov. 16, 2020: Earthquake: Magnitude 3.5 quake strikes near Loma Linda was reported 1:28 a.m. In the last 10 days, there have been no earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby. An average of 234 earthquakes with magnitudes between 3.0 and 4.0 occur per year in California and Nevada, according to a recent three year data sample.
Nov. 25, 2020: The image showed vast shadows stretching from the centre of the galaxy as though something is blocking the bright light from within. It was similar to how bright beams from the Sun below the horizon and clouds or mountains only partially block its light, known as crepuscular rays. Astronomers believe that the shadows from IC 5063 could be something very similar, but on a gigantic scale as the rays reach at least 36,000 light-years in each direction. According to LiveScience, IC 5063 is a Seyfert galaxy, which means it has an active nucleus. The supermassive black hole at its centre is guzzling down material from a dense accretion disc and torus of dust and gas around it.
Nov. 26, 2020: Indian-origin MP of New Zealand takes the oath in Sanskrit, creates history. Dr Gaurav Sharma, a Member of Parliament for Hamilton West, created history by becoming the first parliamentarian of Indian origin taking an oath in Sanskrit in New Zealand, and second political leader in the world to take an oath in Sanskrit on foreign land. Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy.
Nov. 26, 2020: An indigenous tribe did eat with the Pilgrims in 1621 and sign a treaty with the colonists that had settled on their shores -- an act of survival rather one of goodwill and friendship. But the relationship would eventually break down, decimating the tribe's population and whittling away its land.In 2015, the federal government declared it would place about 300 acres of land in Massachusetts into trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, turning it into a reservation -- a victory after decades of trying to reclaim land.
Nov. 26, 2020: From 5.30 AM today to next day 7:30 AM on Friday the day according to Indian mythology is important. On this day Lord Vishnu resides with Tulasi plant as a husband. 
Nov. 26, 2020: The French ambassador in India, Emmanuel Lenain, visited the Gorakhnath temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur on Thursday, 26th. He participated in religious rituals and prayers organised on the temple premises. During his hour-long stay, he learned about the temple, visited the cow shelter on the premises and fed jaggery to the cows.
Nov. 26, 2020: First-ever CNG-powered JCB digger launched in India: Flexible fuel, cleaner emissions. JCB India recently launched a CNG-powered digger in the country. This is the first-ever Backhoe Loader which can run on Compressed Natural Gas, based on JCB’s very popular 3DX DFi. The Loader is dual fuel, this new machine can operate on CNG and diesel simultaneously using the HCCI (Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition) technology. Customers in remote regions can sustain work if CNG is unavailable, running their JCB on diesel.
Nov. 26, 2020: Object with Brahmi Inscription of Ashokan Period Found in Telangana's Manjira Valley. Archaeologists discovered a terracotta object containing Brahmi inscription written in Prakrit language and in characters of the 3rd century B.C, on the shores of River Manjira in Medak district of Telangana state. Three more Buddhist inscriptions were found in a rock shelter on the banks of the Manjeera in the village of Nagasanpalli, about a km from where the terracotta shell was found. These inscriptions were also written in the Brahmi script of the natural language of the 1st century BC and 1st century AD. One of the inscriptions reads 'Hey Namo Buddha', another inscription reads 'Damma' (Dharma), and the third inscription reads 'Hey Jama'. Archaeological excavations at the caves have uncovered traces of tools used by the aborigines during the last part of the Neolithic Age (12,000 years ago).​
Nov. 26, 2020: The usual "liquid" state of water that we are all familiar with corresponds to liquid water at normal temperatures (approximately 25 centigrade). However, the paper shows that water at low temperatures (approximately -63 centigrade) exists in two different liquid states, a low-density liquid at low pressures and a high-density liquid at high pressures. These two liquids have noticeably different properties and differ by 20% in density. The results imply that at appropriate conditions, water should exist as two immiscible liquids separated by a thin interface similar to the coexistence of oil and water.
Nov. 27, 2020: Swedish town is shocked when sky keeps turning purpleIn Gislov, a small town just a 10-minute east of Trelleborg, the tomato farm operators have started using a new energy-saving LED light system which glows purple.  The glow falling on the plants is said to be good for them and the system itself is supposed to extend the growing season. Residents from Gislov to Trelleborg have complained about the bright lights which they say shine into their homes at night. 
Nov. 27, 2020: 
Fig.14. The Sapta Rishi with Indian Names.
In Rushikonda there were seven wells which were representative of the seven stars in the sky. Indian names of stars of Sapta Rishi: Bhirgu, Vasishta, Angiras the three and the four Atri, Kratu, Pulaha and Pulastya Clockwise. Vasisthta had a companion close star termed as his wife and married people in India are compulasarily are asked to identify the stars and note the wife of Vasistha to secure the graceful eye sight of the newly married lady. Possibly date back to when Indian Continent was a part of the African Continent. The wells were recently destroyed and in my childhood I have visited them, in Rishikonda Beach. May be one well is still surviving. People in India were they able to communicate with the people of Sapta Rishi, the puja they do with water four times a day, is it a source of communication? Do the human forms exist in the Seven Stars? It is very intriguing to know the Technology of the ancient times is it by word? The mantras they use and the consecutive contact with distant humans is very fascinating. 
Nov. 27, 2020: SCIENTISTS DECIPHER THE SUN’S NUCLEAR FUSION FOR THE FIRST TIME. The publication of the journal ‘Nature’ of Thursday reveals that our star performs what’s called the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen (CNO) fusion cycle, a process that involves heavier elements than what scientists expected for a star of the Sun’s size. This new investigation, nonetheless, went directly to the source by catching neutrinos. 
Nov. 28, 2020: Hubble data solves mystery of missing dark matter in a galaxy 45 million light years away. An international team of astronomers have unveiled the mystery of the missing dark matter in galaxy NGC 1052-DF4, located about 45 million light years from Earth. Using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the astronomers found that the gravitational forces from the giant, neighbouring galaxy NGC 1035 may have stripped the dark matter from NGC 1052-DF4. Dark matter was present in NGC 1052-DF4 through and beyond its formation, but was evaporated through the effects of tidal disruption. After the dark matter, the outer stellar component of the galaxy is now starting to suffer the disruption mechanism too. In time, the galaxy will be cannibalised by the large system around NGC 1035, with at least some of their starts floating free in deep space,
Nov 29, 2020, 05:06 IST: The Times of India News: Indian-led research team brings quantum internet closer to reality.   For the first time, a group of scientists has found a scalable process, connecting eight devices on a quantum network in Bristol. “This is the largest entanglement-based quantum communication network. Multinodal networks like this have not been built before,” said Siddarth Joshi from the University of Bristol’s Quantum Engineering Technology lab, who led the study with a team of 15 under the UK National Quantum Communications Hub project. “We have been able to show this on a city-wide scale. Joshi and his team figured there could be a workaround — wavelength multiplexing. “You take light, you split light based on its colour (i.e. wavelength) so you now have many entangled states. You distribute the various wavelengths to various users. You do this simultaneously and everyone can talk to everyone else.” Multiplexing' system splits light particles that carry information to multiple users  secure online communications that can't be penetrated by cyber attacks. The University of Bristol's 'multiplexing' system splits light particles that carry information to multiple internet users from a single central source. Researchers have demonstrated the technology – which employs the odd effects of quantum entanglement – on optical fibres in different locations across Bristol. 
Fig.15. 
A close-up of the equipment to maintain quantum entanglement
 - when two particles become inextricably linked. 
The quantum physics experiment has demonstrated an important step
 towards quantum cryptography between many users, an essential 
requirement for a secure quantum internet.
Nov, 30, 2020: Mahabalipuram, India. Sunken ancient ruins were the stuff of legend in southeast India. Until a sunken town was unearthed at the shore of Mahabalipuram, also known as Mamallapuram. Eyewitnesses claimed to have spotted boulders and walls as the tide receded immediately before the devastating tsunami that hit much of Asia in December 2004. Excavations revealed they had been right – and what they saw was actually the remains of an ancient port city.
Nov. 30. 2020: 
                                                 Fig.16 Fire Ball in Japan.
Almost as bright as full moon’: Mysterious fireball lights up sky over Japan.  According to reports, the fireball was so bright that it could be seen through closed curtains. The fireball momentarily lit up the sky at 1:34 am (local time) on Sunday. A social media user said that it seemed the ‘entire sky was lit up. Some eyewitnesses claimed that it made a ‘rumbling noise.’ The fireball was later identified as a meteor after fragments were found in neighboring Narashino, Chiba district. Both the fragments were analysed and isotopes of aluminum, sodium, and manganese were detected. 
Nov. 30, 2020: Lifestyle Myth Burst: Two-third of Indians are either diabetic or pre-diabetic. On the contrary, Hyderabad (45%) followed by Vijaywada (43%) appears to be most aware. The survey shows that only a small fraction of Indians (10%) knows that hardening of arteries fell under the umbrella of heart diseases. 
Nov. 30, 2020: 
Fig.17 Mumbai Juhu beach shows blue tide,
due to microscopic marine plants.
Why is Mumbai's Juhu Beach Glowing Blue at Night? People Are Amazed to Witness This Stunning PhenomenonYou get to see the surreal influence of the blue tides due to phytoplanktons which are microscopic marine plants. When this bioluminescent marine life called Noctiluca scintillans get disturbed by the sea waves, a molecule called luciferin that is present in their body reacts to the oxygen molecules present in water and produces light energy within this organism's body. When multiple organisms undergo this chemical reaction at a time, you witness a sight to behold.
Nov 30, 2020: Nainital (Uttarakhand), A bridge for reptiles may sound uncanny but the Uttarakhand Forest Department has built a first-of-its-kind elevated eco-bridge across a busy highway in Ramnagar forest division so that reptiles trying to cross over are not crushed under traffic.
Nov. 30, 2020: A biologist, botanist, physicist, author and an inventor Jagdish Chandra Bose was a man who had donned many hats in his life. Born in 1858, in the district Mymensingh of the Bengal Presidency (present day Bangladesh), Bose was known most significantly for his research on radio development. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a New York-based international body, even called him the ‘Father of Radio Science’ since the science behind radio technology was first explained by Bose. On his 162nd birth anniversary on 30 November, ThePrint looks at the polymath, his achievements and how he went on to establish the Bose Institute in 1917. 
 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.  

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