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Nov 11, 2015

India's Satellite GSAT-15 Launched Successfully

GSAT-15, India's latest communications satellite, was launched successfully by the European Ariane 5 VA-227 launch Vehicle.
The 3164 kg GSAT-15 carries communication transponders in Ku-band and a GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) payload operating in L1 and L5 bands.

Nov 07, 2015

Scientists developed 3-D printing method to make embryonic stem cells

Scientists from China and United States have developed a 3-D printing method to produce highly uniform ‘blocks’ of embryonic stem cells.
The method was developed by the researchers from Beijing based Tsinghua University (China) and Philadelphia based Drexel University (US).
The new method used extrusion-deposition based 3-D printing technology to produce a grid-like 3-D (three dimensional) cell structure to grow embryoid body.

Nov 05, 2015

Massive Galaxy Cluster Spotted

Astronomers have discovered a giant cluster of galaxies in a very remote part of the universe that is touted as the most massive structure yet found at such great distance.
The galaxy cluster is located 8.5 billion light-years away.

Nov 01, 2015

Microsoft and Outlook Online Add Skype Voice

Microsoft has announced that it is planning Skype integration directly into Office Online and Outlook.com which will allow the users to communicate by voice and video with their contacts while working on a document.
According to The Next Web, this will make it easier to communicate when actively making modifications to a file. But, if the users do choose to use messages, then Skype will connect their message history to the document, so the users can pick up from where they left off last time they opened a document.

Oct 30, 2015

New Milky Way Component Discovered

A team of astronomers has discovered a previously unknown component of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, a thin disc of young stars in the central region of the galaxy buried behind thick clouds of dust.
The centre of the Milky Way galaxy, a region previously thought to consist of vast numbers of old stars actually has young stars, the study showed.

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