ALMA telescope finds 15 extremely dark galaxies unidentified until now!!!

      With the help of ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array), scientists have observed the "Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey Field" in the direction of the constellation Cetus, and succeeded in identifying 15 extremely dark galaxies which had been previously unknown.  In addition, they also successfully measured the number density of galaxies with 10 times less luminosity than ones previously observed with the conventional millimeter instruments.  Based on the observations with ALMA telescope, the research team led by Bunyo Hatsukade, a postdoc researcher, and Kouji Ohta, a professor, both from the...

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Georgia Institute of Technology Develops Superhydrophobic Paper For Inexpensive Diagnostic Use

Superhydrophobic Paper Taking inspiration from the water repelling qualities of lotus leaves researchers Lester Li, Victor Breedveld and Dennis Hess of Georgia Institute of Technology have come up with a superhydrophobic paper that has been proven to repel most liquids and oils. The paper is made from standard softwood and hardwood fibers. The fibers then undergo the standard manufacturing process where the cellulose in them in broken down into smaller parts by mechanical grinding. In the conventional way the paper is pressed in presence of water, but while making this paper the water is removed and butanol is added instead. Butanol...

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Curiosity Rover Bumps Into Pebbles On Mars, Landscape Might Have Been Shaped By Water

 Marsrocks With NASA trying really hard from quite a few years to find water on the surface of Mars, they have been collecting real good proof over the years. To add another evidence to the lot, Curiosity, the Rover sent by NASA on Mars, came across pebbles near the Gale Crater. Pebbles are usually formed when they are eroded by wind or water, and these pebbles seemed pretty close to the ones formed due to water, the same way as on Earth. Pebbles roll and bump onto other pebbles and settle at places, eventually forming their well rounded edges. Wind couldn't be the reason behind them since these pebbles seemed too big, about 1.5 inches...

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Windows 8.1 detailed: 12 key changes coming in the Windows 8 update!!!

1. Lock screen slideshow"As people started using Windows 8, we found that people were using their Lock screens to show pictures of their families," Leblond says. So in Windows 8.1, you can turn your PC or tablet into a picture frame by making your Lock screen a slide show of your pictures - either locally on the device or photos from Microsoft SkyDrive. "We also added the ability to take pictures with the built-in camera right from the Lock screen without having to log in."2. More backgroundsWindows 8.1 offers more colours and backgrounds for the Start screen - including some with motion. You can also choose your desktop background as...

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Did our first glimpse of Metro Office apps just appear in Microsoft's Windows 8.1 pics?

Microsoft let many cats out of myriad bags in its whopping 1,817-word reveal of Windows 8.1 yesterday, but it's what the company didn't talk about that's almost more intriguing. Mixed in among all the chatter was a curious screenshot of the Windows 8.1 Start screen, and tucked away in amongst its Live Tiles were four eye-opening squares. Folks, I think we just got our first look at modern-style Office apps. Or at least their Live Tiles. Modern Office apps   Check out the image above, from Microsoft’s own Windows 8.1 blog post. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote all make an appearance, positioned there next to the SkyDrive app....

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இந்தியாவின் வளர்ச்சிக்குரிய தங்கச்சாவி சூரிய மின்சாரம்!

ஆசியாவிலேயே மாபெரும் சூரிய மின் சக்திப் பண்ணை 5,000 ஏக்கர் கரட்டுநிலத்தில் “”சாரங்க பூங்கா” என்ற பெயரில் குஜராத்தில் பதான் மாவட்டத்தில் அமைந்துள்ளது. 500 மில்லியன் வாட் (மி.வா.) மின் உற்பத்தி, இதர மாவட்டங்களில் 105 மி.வா., ஒட்டுமொத்தமாக குஜராத்தில் 605 மி.வா. என்பது ஒட்டுமொத்த இந்திய சூரிய மின் உற்பத்தியில் மூன்றில் இரண்டு பங்கு.ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் குஜராத் மாநிலத்தில் 30 லட்சம் வாட் மாசற்ற மின்சக்தி, சூரியஒளி மூலம் பெறப்பட்டு 10 லட்சம் வீடுகளுக்கு வழங்கப்படுகிறது.ஆண்டுதோறும் சுமார் 10 லட்சம் டன் அளவில் “கார்பன்-டை-ஆக்சைடு’ புகை, ஓசோன் மண்டலத்தை அடையாமல் பாதுகாக்கப்பட்டு அதற்குரிய “கார்பன் கிரெடிட்’ பெற்றுவர முயன்று வருகிறது.குஜராத்தின் தலைநகரமான...

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லிட்டருக்கு 300 கி.மீ., வரை செல்லும் புது கார் தயார் – மும்பை மாணவர்களின் சாதனை!

இன்றைய நிலையில் தங்கமும் பெட்ரோலும்தான் விலை அதிகரித்துக் கொண்டே போகிறது. இதில் பெட்ரோல் விலையை சமாளிக்கும் விதத்தில் லிட்டருக்கு 300 கி.மீ., வரை செல்லும் புதிய வகை காரை தயாரித்து மும்பை மாணவர்கள் சாதனை படைத்துள்ளனர். இன்றும் கூட பெட்ரோலியப் பொருட்களின் தொடர் விலையேற்றத்தால் கார் விற்பனை படு மந்தமாக இருப்பதாக சமீபத்திய ஆய்வறிக்கை ஒன்று தெரிவிக்கிறது. இதற்கிடையில்தான், மும்பை சோமானியா கல்லூரி மாணவர்கள் சிலர் லிட்டருக்கு 300 கி.மீ., செல்லும் கார் ஒன்றை தயாரித்துள்ளனர். முன்புறம் இரண்டு சக்கரங்களுடனும் பின்புறம் ஒரு சக்கரத்துடனும் ரேஸ் கார் போன்று இருக்கும் இந்த காரின் பெயர் ஜூகாட். சோமானியா கல்லூரியில் உள்ள நூலகத்தில் ஜூகாட் இன்னொவேஷன்...

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Hands on with the new Razer Blade, a gaming Ultrabook thinner than a Macbook Air!

Razer's latest Ultrabook is a wake-up call. It's a warning shot across the bow of Apple, Samsung and other manufacturers of premium thin-and-light laptops. And its message is clear: "Look at me."  Look at how a gaming laptop that's thinner, lighter and more powerful than a Macbook Air can be built and marketed to consumers. The new Razer Blade is a piece of premium hardware with an equally premium price tag. And it's also an expensive wager that people will pay $1,800 or more for a Windows 8 Ultrabook designed explicitly for PC gaming—all while the PC market is hemorrhaging money.  The Razer Blade is the thinnest, lightest...

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Asus crams 4K resolution into a 31.5-inch Ultra HD monitor!!!

Just in time for the Windows 8.1 debut and its hinted-at 4K resolution support, Asus is announcing a professional-grade (read: not cheap) Ultra HD LCD monitor. The company will show the PQ321 Ultra HD, a 31.5-inch 4K Ultra HD monitor featuring a maximum resolution of 3840 by 2160 at Computex in Taipei, which starts Tuesday. The unit has a 16:9 aspect ratio, 176-degreee wide viewing angle, DisplayPort, dual HDMI inputs, and built-in 2W stereo speakers. More pixels (per inch) Asus said it used Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (IGZO) for the active layer of the PQ321’s LCD panel instead of the standard amorphous silicon for LCD displays. Because...

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How to reduce your office printing costs!!!

HP's ultra-fast 60ppm inkjet has low running costs of 2.0p and 5.3p for ISO black and colour pages Get any two business people talking about printing and within minutes they'll be bemoaning ink and paper costs. The price of the printer is a one-off and soon slips into the mists of office history, but constant replenishment of consumables keeps reminding you of the true cost of printing. It's a cost you can't avoid completely and is directly proportional to the number of documents you print. But there are things you can do to mitigate the costs, some of which are free and others cost little. There are a number of features built into...

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Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 business laptops! -10

Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 From £2,400 The Panasonic ToughBook is a bit of an anomaly on this list. It's not sleek or light, doesn't boast an HD display and still runs Windows 7, albeit the professional version. But it's tough as the proverbial coffin nail and if your work involves spending any considerable amount of time outside, it's the only logical choice. The 10.1-inch display will rotate and fold down creating, effectively, a tablet that measures 51mm thick and weighs 2.3kg. Panasonic hasn't changed the ToughBook's chassis since it revealed the machine back in 2007 and it remains water and dust proof as well as shock resistant....

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Asus VivoBook S400C business laptops! - 9

Asus VivoBook S400C From £454 It was a difficult choice to include the VivoBook S400Cover Asus' more powerful Zenbook U500 but ultimately the former's balance of performance and price won out. The 14.1-inch S400C features a full capacitive touchscreen, albeit with only a 1,366 x 7.68 resolution. The dual-core Intel Core i3 processor and 4GB RAM don't offer much in performance terms and other machines on this list will easily outstrip the S400C when it comes to raw power. However, you get a generous 500GB of hard drive storage and all the requisite ports including USB, VGA, Ethernet, HDMI and an SD Card reader. What's more, the VivoBook...

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Toshiba Satellite U940 business laptops!- 8

Toshiba Satellite U940 £599 The Toshiba Satellite U940 is one of the few business laptops on this list that doesn't feature a touchscreen. That helps to keep the price down to sub-£600 and means that if you don't particularly want or need a touchscreen in a new laptop, it could be worth exploring. It's also worth pointing out that at 1,366 x 768, the 14-inch screen will only manage 720p HD playback. However, what you do get is some pretty reasonable performance considering the price. The Satellite U940 comes with an Intel Core i5 processor (which can be scaled down to an i3 if you want to keep costs down further) with 6GB RAM. There's...

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Acer Aspire S7 business laptops! - 7

Acer Aspire S7 From £899 Acer's Ultrabooks have been steadily getting better and its most recent, the Aspire S7, stands as an excellent choice for a business machine away from the office. The Full HD 13.3-inch touchscreen is bright with exceptional clarity and the use of a middling Intel Core i5-3317U processor and 4GB RAM allows it to stay shy of the £1,000 mark. The Aspire S7 is extremely portable at only 1.3kg and measures only 11.9mm thick. It's one of the best looking Ultrabooks here as well, with a white Gorilla Glass 2 chassis, soft backlit keyboard and large integrated trackpad. Ports are pretty scarce due to the size, but you're...

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch business laptops!- 6

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch From £1,455 The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is Lenovo's flagship business laptop and now the Chinese company has improved the model by adding a touchscreen to run with Windows 8. This has the effect of bulking up the chassis slightly to 21mm thick and 151kg in weight, but it's as durable as ever and the carbon fibre casing can easily withstand a knock or two. Power users won't be disappointed as Lenovo will let you choose either an i5 or i7 processor with up to 8GB RAM and a 180GB SSD. The 14-inch display is a ten finger multitouch screen with HD+ resolution and anti-glare coating that means you can work in brightly...

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Samsung Series 9 NP900X3D business laptops! - 5

Samsung Series 9 NP900X3D From £850 Designed for portability over everything else, the Samsung Series 9 NP900X3D is a stunning piece of craftsmanship that will suit you well if you're constantly travelling for work. The chassis is only 13.2mm deep at its thickest point and at 1.13kg you can almost forget you're carrying it. Samsung has fitted the latest Series 9 with a 13.3-inch 1,600 x 900 display that uses SuperBright technology to light the screen at 400nit. An integrated light sensor regulates the brightness of the display and the backlit keyboard depending on the ambient light. If you're regularly taking the red eye flight to New...

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Dell Inspiron 15z business laptops! - 4

Dell Inspiron 15z From £659 Dell's Inspiron series has served us well over the years, and the company has now updated its Inspiron 15z model with Windows 8 and a 720p touchscreen. It strikes a reasonable balance between affordability and performance and the option to customise your order gives you even more freedom when buying. The price we've quoted gets you an Intel Core i3-3217U processor running at 1.8GHz and backed with a more than capable 6GB of RAM. There's also 500GB of storage space accompanied by a 32GB mSATA SSD that's responsible for booting Windows 8 as fast as possible. The Inspiron 15z also features the DVD optical drive...

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HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook business laptops! - 3

HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook £250  At first glance, Chromebooks might not hold much appeal, as they essentially require an internet connection to work. However, many Google apps can now be configured to work offline, and if you're simply looking for a cheap way to get some emails done on the train or check the next day's presentation at home then this is an excellent way of doing so. The HP Pavilion 14 uses a 1.1GHz dual-core Intel Celeron 847 processor and comes with a 14-inch screen at the standard 1,366 x 768 resolution. It weighs 1.8kg and, like other Chromebooks, is constructed from plastic to keep the costs down. However,...

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MacBook Pro with Retina Display business laptops! - 2

MacBook Pro with Retina Display   From £1,999If you're a creative designer or work in the graphics industry then the MacBook Pro is going to be near the top of your list for a work-based laptop; but the staggering graphical power and screen resolution is matched by the astronomical price. The top specification arrives with a 2.7-inch quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and 16GB of DDR3 RAM and 512GB of flash storage. Graphics are supplied by an Nvidia GeForce GT650M with 1GB of dedicated video memory that backs up the Intel HD Graphics 4000 integrated chip. Apple has included both Thunderbolt and DVI digital video output that lets...

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Sony Vaio Duo 11 business laptops! - 1

Sony Vaio Duo 11   £1,149The only hybrid device on our list, the Sony Vaio Duo 11 is an exceptionally powerful sliding Ultrabook that doubles as a full featured Windows 8 tablet. One of its highlights is an 11.6-inch full HD IPS touchscreen display, which also provides also the main navigation method as there's no touchpad, merely an optical nubbin stuck into the keyboard. If you're looking for portability this is going to be of interest, although we have to point out that at 1.3kg, the Duo 11 is about the same weight as a standard laptop. However, the tapered edges and classic Vaio styling mean it's certainly a looker and won't...

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Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 Price In India, Features And Specs Listed!

                               Lenovo's Ultrabook Convertible, aptly christened IdeaPad Yoga 13, has been rolled out in India recently for over Rs 1,03,775/- with all its aluminium unibody awesomeness. With Windows 8 Pro OS to spine it, the tablet-to-laptop (and vice versa) convertible boasts a full HD 13.3 inch IPS LCD capacitive display with 10-finger multi-touch technology which revolves 360 degrees that offers user a freedom to browse anything any way with just a single touch on the screen. The 360 degree Flip and Fold design...

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Apple iPhone Sales Grow By 400% In India; iPod Touch Becomes Cheaper!!

                The immensely successful, Steve-Jobs inspired Apple product 'the iPhone' is making it big in India. Thanks to the EMI as well as cash back schemes offered, Apple India's monthly iPhone sales have risen by 300% to 400% over the last few months. To quote the numbers, the iPhone sales are now nearing 400,000 units per month in India (analysts at Credit Suisse share). That is huge. How is this news significant, you ask? Well, it is the fact that the budget-driven, low-end feature phone prone audience in India no more seems to be perceiving the iPhone as...

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8K Ultra HD Camera & H.265 Encoder Developed!

             Engineers at NHK are developing an 8K Ultra HD television and the broadcasts are expected to begin in Japan in 2016. The camera head required is being jointly developed with Astrodesign and the initial prototypes are much compact and lightweight; with total weight approximately about 2 Kg. The engineering team has been successful in packing a 33MP image sensor and all the surrounding driving circuits inside a 10cm x 10cm box. The image sensor itself is just 25mm diagonally, which allowed the lens to be made compact as well. The lens is particularly used in digital...

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