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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - May 2015

May 2015

Aug 27, 2015

Remarkable Images of Ceres

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has delivered the closest-yet views of the dwarf planet Ceres.
The latest pictures provided by Dawn show the small world's features in unprecedented detail, including Ceres' tall, conical mountain, crater formation features and narrow, braided fractures.
Dawn takes 11 days to capture and return images of Ceres.
Dawn is the first mission to visit a dwarf planet, and the first to orbit two distinct solar system targets. It orbited protoplanet Vesta for 14 months in 2011 and 2012, and arrived at Ceres on March 6, 2015.

Aug 25, 2015

Neurons that Help us Form Habits Discovered

Researchers have discovered neurons in the brain that weigh, costs and benefits to drive formation of habits.
Researchers found that habit formation, at least in primates, is driven by neurons that represent the cost of a habit, as well as the reward.
Previous work has discovered clear beginning and ending signals in the brain when habits are performed.

Aug 22, 2015

Bizarre Bat with Longest Tongue Discovered in Bolivian Park

The groundbreaking Bolivian scientific expedition, Identidad Madidi, has found a bizarre bat along with a new species of big-headed or robber frog (Oreobates sp. nov.) from the Craugastoridae family in Madidi National Park.
The researchers found the bizarre tube-lipped nectar bat (Anoura fistulata) -- the first record of this species in the park.
It has the longest tongue in relation to its size of any mammal -- stretching 8.5 cm to reach into the deepest flowers.

US Scientists Grew Replica of Human Brain in a Laboratory

Scientists from United States (US) have successfully grown a replica of a human brain in a laboratory dish.
This medical breakthrough research was undertaken team of researchers from Ohio State University led by Professor Rene Anand.

Aug 21, 2015

Planet three Times Large than Jupiter Discovered

An astronomer Maritza Soto has discovered a planet three times as large as Jupiter orbiting a red giant star larger than the Sun and located some 290 million light years from Earth.
Last November, Soto, 25, discovered the planet now bearing the designation HD110014b.
The discovery of planets orbiting red giant stars is rare, with only five such planets located around stars of that kind to date.

Aug 20, 2015

Japan Cargo Ship Embarks on ISC

An unmanned cargo ship blasted off from southern Japan with food, water and gear needed to keep the research station and its crew functioning.
It will take the capsule five days to reach the station.
In addition to refilling the station’s pantries, HTV carries spacesuit gear, water filters, a galley and science instruments, including a telescope to measure cosmic rays, particles with the highest energy in the universe.

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