trusciencetrutechnology@blogspot.com Volume 2020, Issue No. 12, Dated: Dec. 1a ca-15, 2020 Time: 07:05:25 AM
Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana, M.Sc.(Math. Phys.), M.Sc. (Nucl. Phys.), Ph D.(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
The trial for "Make in India" solutions with minimum to no requirement of submitting documents for 5G, Infosys, Rolls-Royce Form Strategic Partnership for Aerospace Engineering in India, Japanese space agency retrieves a capsule dropped by Hayabusa2 in Woomera, That gene called EPAS1 comes from Denisovans, 1,60,000 years ago humans of Tibet, the Juukan Gorge caves in Pilbara had shown evidence of continuous human habitation since the last Ice Age, This strange exoplanet behaves like 'Planet Nine', azobenzene, which is capable of absorbing light, UK PM hails India's progress in solar energy sector during climate summit, Kashmiri girl revives candle making culture in Srinagar.
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Nov. 30, 2020:
The fuel being tested on Hydroville, a 16-passenger shuttle moving between Kruibeke and Antwerp, is hydrogen. Hydroville launched three years ago as the world’s first hydrogen-powered passenger vessel. Its hybrid engine allows it to run on both hydrogen and diesel.
Dec. 01, 2020: "5G coverage will be built out to the extent that 1 billion people will live in 5G coverage areas by the end of 2020 worldwide," Patrick Cerwall, head of strategic marketing insights at Ericsson was quoted by CNet as saying in an interview. First, the availability of low-cost smartphones with 5G capabilities. With some 5G smartphones costing as little as $200 to $300, the availability of 5G-enabled devices is driving the growth of 5G. Second, many countries are choosing to make the availability of 5G infrastructure a strategic technology goal with government support.
Dec 01, 2020 11:23 AM IST: 3.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Haridwar in Uttarakhand. The earthquake was centered 22km WNW of Haridwar, Uttarakhand at a depth of 10 km, 09:41:50 IST, Lat: 30.03 & Long: 77.95. The experts said such seismic activity has been reported from Haridwar after almost 40 years.
Dec. 01, 2020: According to CSIRO, the mapping took a mere 300 hours as compared to the previous years and decades-long surveys. The data has been released in the public domain to facilitate exploration and analysis from scientists across the globe. The once impossible feat was made possible by the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (Askap). It is a collection of 36 dish antennas and they work together to take panoramas of the sky.
Dec. 01, 2020: 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Russia''s Sovetskaya Gavan. An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter Scale hit Russia`s Sovetskaya Gavan on Tuesday.The tremors were felt at 22:54:34 UTC (4:24 am IST),88 km south-southeast of Sovetskaya Gavan in Russia.
Dec. 02, 2020 at 14:44: Four killed by lightning strikes in Mozambique. Also, a rainstorm accompanied by strong winds left a trail of destruction in southern Mozambique. Reports say those killed by the lightning strikes include an elderly woman and a toddler. One person was injured and some houses were set alight,
Dec. 02, 2020: J&K:
Fig.2 Tonga Rally in Sopore, Srinagar.
BJP holds tonga rally in Sopore for first time in 30 years. It’s the first time in three decades that Sopore, the native town of separatist leader Syed Ali Soper that once remained a hotbed for militancy witnessed the first-ever tonga rally of Bhartiya Janta Party. The BJP Sopore unit organised the Rally in Mazbugh area of the town and tongas were decorated with BJP's flags. Party leaders and supporters roamed around the town amid tight security.
Dec.02, 2020: While answering his question, the accused tried to snatch her gold chain. Being alert, the victim pushed the thief aside and offered stiff resistance. She also held the gold chain tightly making it difficult for the thief to snatch and escape. Tisgaonkar also raised an alarm after which a young boy came to her rescue and tried to catch the chain snatcher. The thief fell down from his bike and fled the spot. He was joined by three others who gave the accused a hot chase. However, the thief escaped under the cover of darkness but before that, he had thrown his helmet in their direction. The incident took place around 8pm on Sunday, when Tisgaonkar was taking an evening stroll in the area.
Dec. 02, 2020 at 6:40 PM: Infosys, Rolls-Royce Form Strategic Partnership for Aerospace Engineering in India. Rolls-Royce will continue to engage in complex engineering activities and R&D in India in partnership with Infosys Corporates.
Dec. 03, 2020: Photoksar, A Remote Village In Ladakh Gets Electricity For First Time Since Independence. A village resident, whose joy knew no bounds, said the electricity supply will help his children do well in their studies. "We are very happy now that we finally have electricity in our village. Now our children can study well and progress in life."
Dec 04, 2020 1:51 AM IST: Brahmaputra Bridge will link Bhutan with Vietnam. The longest bridge over the Brahmaputra, which has been cleared for construction will become the lynchpin of a giant trans-Asian corridor that will connect landlocked Bhutan and Northeast India, with Dan Nang in Vietnam.
Dec. 04, 2020:
Amazing 12,500 Year Old Paintings Discovered, Deep Inside The Amazon Rainforests. Researchers have discovered eight-mile-long prehistoric rock art in the Amazonian rainforest, dating back to roughly 12,500 years ago.
Dec. 04, 2020: The telecom operators are demanding that the 5G trials should be conducted at the earliest and spectrum for the same should be granted for a minimum one year. The operators have also sought import duty waiver on the 5G trial equipment while asking for flexibility to conduct trials in any location within the circle as per allocated spectrum. It has been demanded that no equipment/application vendor should be restricted for conducting the lab trial and operators should have the flexibility to conduct the trial for "Make in India" solutions with minimum to no requirement of submitting documents to department of telecommunications (DoT). DoT had notified guidelines for conducting 5G trials. As per the rules, a uniform fee of Rs 5,000 has been fixed for the trial licence. The validity of the licence will range between three months to two years, depending on the purpose for which the trial is being conducted. As per the guidelines, the quantum of the spectrum that can be allocated depends on its necessity and demonstration of technological capabilities. For example, typical values may be up to 100 megahertz in 3.5 GHz (gigahertz) band, 400 MHz in 26 GHz band and other potential millimetre bands, the guidelines said.
Dec. 04, 2020: Earthquake in Uttarakhand today: 2.6 magnitude temblor shakes Pithoragarh. Earthquake in Uttarakhand today: An earthquake of magnitude 2.6 on the Richter scale occurred in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand on Friday. The quake hit Pithoragarh at 3:10 am today,
Dec. 04, 2020 at 4:30 am: Japan spacecraft approaches Earth to drop asteroid samples. The spacecraft left the asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million km (180 million miles) away, a year ago. The capsule is to be released 220,000 km (136,700 miles) away in space and land in a remote, sparsely populated area of Woomera, Australia, on Sunday. In the early hours of Sunday, the capsule, protected by a heat shield, will briefly turn into a fireball as it reenters the atmosphere 120 km (75 miles) above Earth. At about 10 km (6 miles) above ground, a parachute will open to slow its fall and beacon signals will be transmitted to indicate its location. JAXA staff have set up satellite dishes at several locations in the target area to receive the signals, while also preparing marine radar, drones and helicopters to assist in the search and retrieval of the pan-shaped capsule, 40 centimeters (15 inches) in diameter.
Dec. 04, 2020: Newly developed molecular system makes possible the efficient conversion of even weak visible light from sunlight and indoor LEDs into ultraviolet light. KYUSHU UNIVERSITY. Increase the number of these high-energy rays to power photocatalysts that enable a variety of useful reactions from producing hydrogen for use in fuel-cell vehicles to purifying indoor environments. The combination of TIPS-naphthalene and Ir(C6)2(acac) successfully achieved the highest upconversion efficiency of 20.5% under high-intensity light.
Dec 06, 2020 11:04 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 4th India Mobile Congress which is scheduled to start from December 8, according to industry body COAI.
Dec. 07, 2020: Shiva and Shakti union resulted in creation of the Universe according to Sankarachrya first verse in the Saundaryalahir. The tantric text Kamakalavavilas that mithuna is mutual enjoyment of two bindus of red and white colour who are Shiva and Shakti and cause of creation.
Dec. 07, 2020:
Asteroids are believed have been formed at the dawn of Solar system, the space craft launched in 2014 from Japan Tanegashima space center journeyed for four years to asteroid Ryugu, where the sample collected and headed home in 2019. A member of of the Japanese space agency retrieves a capsule dropped by Hayabusa2 in Woomera, sothern Australia on Sunday.
Dec. 08, 2020: Mercury fluctuates from season’s lowest 17.8° to 35.5°C within 9 hrs. At 8.30am, Santacruz weather observatory, representative of the suburbs and Mumbai, recorded a minimum temperature of 17.8C, a degree Celsius below normal, which was the lowest minimum temperature so far this season. At 5.30pm, the maximum temperature was recorded at 35.5C, almost 3C above normal.
Special smell of stone:
"I can't believe I have the opportunity to see the original, physical residue of the early stageof our solar system. I immediately noticed the distinctive jet black color and the outer side of the light brown. It was coloured by the passage through the atmosphere. It also has a special smell, which is difficult to describe in words," he says. One of the Americans has dealt with Josua to buy it at a price. The stone was sold as Jared's intermediary.
Dec. 09, 2029: Ancient tools and DNA discovered in a Tibetan cave shed unprecedented light on humans' most enigmatic ancestor, the Denisovans. The findings show that Denisovans adapted to living in a high-altitude, low-oxygen environment about 120,000 years before modern humans in the region did. Modern-day Tibetans may have inherited some of those genetic adaptations. Last year, scientists unearthed a 160,000-year-old jawbone in the same cave. The new findings suggest the jawbone belonged to a Denisovan, too. Forty years ago, a Tibetan monk wandered into the holy Baishiya Karst Cave and stumbled across a jawbone. Those genetic traits may help Sherpas weather high altitudes. Their bodies don't make that extra hemoglobin. Instead, their DNA contains a gene called EPAS1, which prevents that blood-thickening process. That gene comes from Denisovans.
Dec. 09, 2020: Odd Radio Circles:
A new high powered telescope in the Australian outback has led astronomers to an intriguing new discovery. "Odd radio circles" or ORCs have never been seen before and have left scientists baffled.
Dec. 09, 2020: How trees communicate with one another using a complex subterranean system of fungi and roots. A forest ecology professor's work studying the social life of trees triggered a wave of new research about plants.
Dec 10, 2020: A huge eruption on the sun could interfere with power grids and GPS this week. The aurora may appear from Pennsylvania to Oregon. An eruption on the sun's surface has sent plasma and magnetically charged particles speeding towards Earth a CME on Monday. That coronal mass ejection is forecast to reach our planet late Wednesday as a solar storm that could interfere with radio, GPS, and power grids. The aurora borealis could appear from Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon as solar particles interact with the atmosphere. Across the northern regions of Earth, GPS and radio might act glitchy on Thursday, and the northern lights could creep down into Iowa. The storm may continue at a moderate level on Friday.
Dec. 10, 2020: STL has already started working with IIT-Chennai, Saankhya Labs of Bengaluru, VVDN Technologies in Gurgaon and has collaborated with them for launching products. According to Agarwal, 5G has a strong software component and this is India's strength. Moreover, the country was already developing these technologies for global companies and now they can direct that capabilities for making that in India.
Dec. 10, 2020: 10 hours ago: Mining giant Rio Tinto must rebuild a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal cave system it blew up in May, an Australian parliamentary inquiry has said. The Juukan Gorge caves in Western Australia were destroyed as part of an iron ore exploration project. In a report released on Wednesday, the inquiry blasted Rio Tinto's "inexcusable" act, and said they should compensate the traditional owners. Rio Tinto repeated its apology and pledged to change its practices. Earlier this year several senior figures at the company, including Chief Executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques, resigned over the incident, following a backlash from shareholders and the public. Before their destruction, the Juukan Gorge caves in Pilbara had shown evidence of continuous human habitation since the last Ice Age.
Dec. 10, 2020 at 07:39 PM: Satellite-based Narrowband-IoT now a reality in India. BSNL, in partnership with Skylotech India, on Thursday announced a breakthrough in satellite-based NB-IoT (Narrowband-Internet of Things), in pursuance of Prime Minister Narendra Modis vision of a Digital India — starting with fishermen, farmers, and construction, mining and logistics enterprises. With this solution, India will now have access to a ubiquitous fabric of connectivity for millions of yet unconnected machines, sensors and industrial IoT devices. A small, smart, incredibly rugged box, the Skylo ‘User Terminal’ interfaces with sensors and transmits data to the Skylo Network and into people’s hands. The accompanying data platform provides an immersive and visual experience for industry-specific applications on mobile or desktop. It gives the users the ability to take immediate and appropriate action, no matter where they are. This new digital machine connectivity layer will serve as a complement to smartphone-centric mobile and Wi-Fi networks, and covers India’s full geography to bring online new applications for the first time.
Dec. 10, 2020: A Delhi Eatery is Serving Wholesome Thalis At Just 1 Rupee To Thousands Every Day. an eatery in Delhi has taken the noble initiative to feed a wholesome meal to the needy at just Rs 1 per plate. Located in Nangloi, Shyam Rasoi serves a full lunch thali to people queuing up from 11 AM to 1 PM.
Dec. 10, 2020 at 16:39: The country India, was already developing the 5G technologies for global companies it claims. While one country has already launched a satellite to cater the needs of 6G. It is anticipated that India would pursue the 6G technology as well, along with the 5G. Country needs to be abreast and claiming the 5G technology by 2022 after six months is not a big or proud announcement. The state governments and the petty political parties, are indulging in 19th Century ring arounds and don't have any future outlook or even dream of the Technology progress. It is unfortunate that the people are behind the hoodwinks of the so called state governments. When will the petty politicians of state governments realize the Scientific and Technological advances of the world? KLN.
Dec. 11, 2020 at Five hours ago: Earthquake of 6.2 Magnitude Strikes off Taiwan's Coast, No Immediate Damage Reported. The quake struck off the island's east coast at a depth of 74 km at 9:19 pm local time (1319 GMT), according to the USGS. Residents in the capital Taipei reported shaking buildings, with local media reporting the quake was felt across the island.
Dec. 11, 2020: Nearly Half of Droughts in India May Have Been Influenced by North Atlantic Air Currents, Finds Study. But 10 out of 23 droughts that India faced in the past century have occurred during years when El Nio was absent. What, then, could have caused these droughts? The IISc study said that these droughts were a consequence of a sudden and steep drop in rainfall in late August. This drop was linked to an atmospheric disturbance in the midlatitude region over the North Atlantic Ocean, creating a pattern of atmospheric currents that swoop in over the subcontinent and "derail" the monsoon.
Dec. 11, 2020 eight hours ago: International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has recognised India''s NavIC as a component of the World-Wide Radio Navigation System (WWRNS), Indian Space Research Organisation said on Tuesday. The system that offers services like terrestrial and marine navigation, disaster management, vehicle tracking and fleet management, navigation aide for hikers and travellers, visual and voice navigation for drivers, was named ''NavIC'' (Navigation with Indian Constellation) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Dec. 11, 2020:
Scientists demonstrate laser direct mapping of attosecond electron dynamics.
Dec 11 2020 14:48 IST Fri: This strange exoplanet behaves like 'Planet Nine'. NASA and European Space Agency's Hubble Space Telescope has helped astronomers identify a strange planet outside our solar system that behaves like the long-sought "Planet Nine". The exoplanet called "HD106906 b" occupies an unlikely orbit around a double star 336 light-years away. This raises all sorts of questions about how HD 106906 b ended up so far out on such an inclined orbit."
Dec. 12, 2020: Dolmen of Guadalperal, Extremadura, Spain. This 7,000-year-old megalithic monument in Spain’s Extremadura region is particularly intriguing because it only recently reappeared, after being submerged for decades beneath a reservoir. Around 100 ancient stones, thought to have been used as a ceremonial tomb, are arranged in an oval shape. While the site was excavated in the 1920s, it was later flooded after a dam was built. The dolmen was revealed in summer 2019 after a period of drought. Carnac Stones, Brittany, France. The Carnac Stones or Carnac Alignments in northern France is the largest megalithic site ever found. Built by pre-Celtic inhabitants of Brittany between 5000 and 2000 BC, nearly 3,000 ancient menhirs stand in rows while other types of megaliths are arranged in clusters. The main group has 12 converging rows of standing stones, stretching over half a mile (1km) with the remains of a stone circle at either end. Shrouded in mystery, local legend refers to them as a stone army while historians believe the site was of great ceremonial and religious significance to its creators. Deer stones, Mongolia, Vast and ancient deer stone monuments are scattered across the central Asian steppe, built by Mongolian Bronze Age nomadic pastoralists along with ceremonial or burial mounds (khirigsuurs). The large and imposing stones, which often feature elaborate carvings of flying deer, can be arranged in groups or lone monoliths. Small circles of stone boulders have also been found around khirigsuur in the Altai Mountains, a fertile region for archaeologists studying Bronze Age hunters and herders.Stone Circles at Odry, Poland. Deep in a thick forest in central Poland, the Iron Age rings of Odry are a beautiful oddity. No one is certain exactly when or why they were built and they have long been shrouded in local legends and witchcraft, but four of the stone circles are connected to solstices. With at least 602 Neolithic burial sites and Europe’s second largest collection of circles, it's a significant site for historians studying the Wielbark culture in Pomerania, a historic region that covers parts of Poland and eastern Germany.Wassu Stone Circle, Gambia. Surprisingly little is known about the origins of the large groups of stone circles that are scattered around Senegal and the Gambia. The vast sacred landscape, created over more than 1,500 years, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Stone Circles of Senegambia. It encompasses four large groups of stone circles, including the 11 ancient stone circles of Wassu which are found around the Central River Region of Gambia. Constructed by an ancient African culture, Wassu has the tallest stones and some burial remains.Sine Ngayene, Senegal. Another awe-inspiring example of this west African megalithic tradition is Senegal’s Sine Ngayene. The extraordinary complex is the largest of the four groups in the UNESCO property. It has 52 circles of standing stones, including one that forms a double circle. You can also see the quarry from where the mighty monoliths were painstakingly extracted. The site also includes numerous burial mounds, suggesting they have a funerary function.Rujm el-Hiri, Golan Heights. A bird’s-eye view gives you the best sense of the scale and ambition of this ancient megalith monument that lies in the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights. Consisting of a large circle of basalt rocks and four smaller concentric circles, the site was only discovered in 1967 by Israeli archaeologists after the territory was captured from Syria. It’s been dated to 3000 BC but exactly who built it and why is unknown.Maryhill Stonehenge Memorial, Washington, USA. It might not be ancient but this full-scale replica of Stonehenge in Maryhill, Washington is an impressive site. Set just east of the Maryhill Museum of Art, it was built by the museum’s founder Sam Hill in 1918 to commemorate 14 servicemen of Klickitat County. It was the nation’s first First World War memorial and every year a remembrance ceremony is held on the anniversary of the death of each of the men. Hill’s ashes are in a crypt housed just below the memorial.
Dec. 12, 2020: Aerosols in Indo-Gangetic plain responsible for high rainfall in Himalayan foothills. Scientists have found that aerosols like black carbon and dust, which makes the Indo-Gangetic Plain one of the most polluted regions of the world, have led to increased incidents of high rainfall events in the foothills of the Himalayan Region.
Dec. 12, 2020: International NGO Khalsa Aid has set up a foot massage centre at the borders in order to ensure that the farmers, many of them elderly, stay healthy and fit. Around 25 machines have been set up inside a tent and the farmers were invited for a ten minute session each.
December 12, 2020 10:30 PM: Physicists Prove Anyons Exist, a Third Type of Particle in the Universe. Physicists give us an early view of a third kingdom of quasiparticles that only arise in two dimensions. First predicted by theorists in the early 1980s, these particle-like objects only arise in realms confined to two dimensions, and then only under certain circumstances — like at temperatures near absolute zero and in the presence of a strong magnetic field. Anyons are different. If one moves around another, their collective quantum state shifts. It might require three or even five or more revolutions before the anyons return to their original state. This slight shift in the wave acts like a kind of memory of the trip. This property makes them appealing objects for quantum computers, which depend on quantum states that are notoriously fragile and prone to errors. Anyons suggest a more robust way to store data.
Dec. 13, 2020:
Fig. 8. Scientists find spider webs formed
inside space station.
Scientists Find Spiders Forming Webs Inside Space Station, In Zero-Gravity Space. And now, in a research conducted on the International Space Station, researchers have discovered that they are able to make their webs regardless of the existence of gravity. However, in microgravity, they saw one of the spiders actually make symmetrical webs with hubs positioned closer to the centre now. We were very fortunate that the lamps were attached at the top of the chamber and not on various sides. Otherwise, we would not have been able to discover the effect of light on the symmetry of webs in zero gravity.”
Dec. 13, 2020: New material can store solar energy for months... and even years!The material that would allow such a momentous feat to become reality is called “metal-organic framework” or MOF. In this, carbon-based molecules form structures and link themselves to metal ions. MOFs are highly porous, which means that they attack and create composite material in collaboration with other small molecules. Scientists added the molecules of the compound - azobenzene, which is capable of absorbing light. On average, the composite material was able to store energy emanating from ultraviolet light for at least four months at room temperature. After this, it was able to release it again.
Dec. 14, 2020: UK PM hails India's progress in solar energy sector during climate summit. Speaking at a virtual climate summit, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the “incredible things” being done by India in the solar energy sector.
Dec. 14, 2020: Kashmiri girl revives candle making culture in Srinagar. She has made candles of dynamic colours and multiple designs till date. Her designs and customized candles have attracted buyers in large numbers. She is receiving great response from people across the valley and has also received compliments and appreciation from them. People ordered candles on occasion of festivals, wedding ceremonies and birthdays.
Dec 15, 2020, 17:53 IST: Researchers use ancient Japanese art of origami to solve space travel challenge. The researchers have developed an origami-inspired, folded plastic fuel bladder that doesn’t crack at super cold temperatures and could someday be used to store and pump fuel.
Dec. 15, 2020 / 06:34 PM IST: Indian entrepreneurs have once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to shape future of technology globally. Accelerating internet adoption has increased the need for tech-enabled tools in developing countries, which Indian market is well-placed to serve
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. She told me that the Meteorides that fall on the Earth carry with them the human life ingrediants. 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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