Researchers in Australia claim they have recorded the fastest ever internet data speed.
A team from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities logged a data speed of 44.2 terabits per second (Tbps).
At that speed, users could download more than 1,000 high-definition movies in less than a second.
According to Ofcom, the average UK broadband speed currently is around 64 megabits per second (Mbps) - a fraction of that recorded in the recent study.
May 19, 2020
Researchers Found a New Species Fungi Named Troglomyces Twitteri
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen's Natural History Museum of Denmark discovered new species of parasitic fungus via Twitter.
The newly discovered fungus was named "Troglomyces twitteri", after Twitter.
The discovery was made by the biologist and associate professor Ana Sofia Reboleira of the National Natural History Museum.
She stumbled upon a photo of a North American millipede shared by US colleague Derek Hennen of Virginia Tech on Twitter in 2018.
The researcher spotted a few tiny dots on the North American millipede.
Exoplanet Climate 'Decoder' Aids Search For Life
After examining a dozen types of suns and a roster of planet surfaces, Cornell University astronomers have developed a practical model -- an environmental color "decoder" -- to tease out climate clues for potentially habitable exoplanets in galaxies far away.
Madden and Kaltenegger are co-authors of "How Surfaces Shape the Climate of Habitable Exoplanets," released May 18 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
May 18, 2020
New Super-Earth with 617-Day Year Discovered
The discovery of a new, so-called "super-Earth" has just been announced by researchers, and it's about four times the mass of our home planet.
The discovery of the super-Earth was made thanks to an astronomical phenomenon known as gravitational microlensing.
And while the planet probably isn't habitable, that phenomenon is still an incredible manifestation of Einstein's general theory of relativity.
The discovery of the new super-Earth, dubbed OGLE-2018-BLG-0677, was outlined in a paper recently published in The Astronomical Journal.
The researchers involved with the study, including lead authors Dr. Antonio Herrera Martin and Associate Professor Michael Albrow, both at the University of Canterbury (UC) in New Zealand, made their discovery using a network of telescopes from across the globe.
ISRO to Tap Startups to Build Local Tech for Gaganyaan
India's space agency will tap startups to develop food and medicines for astronauts, better tools to access machines in a spacecraft and green engines for its maiden humanspace flight Gaganyaan-1.
It will also potentially help them build products and solutions that they can exploit commercially.
Isro identified a set of 17 technologies that it invited researchers to develop locally at lower costs for use in its Gaganyaan missions.
ISRO to Tap Startups to Build Local Tech for Gaganyaan
India's space agency will tap startups to develop food and medicines for astronauts, better tools to access machines in a spacecraft and green engines for its maiden humanspace flight Gaganyaan-1.
It will also potentially help them build products and solutions that they can exploit commercially.
Isro identified a set of 17 technologies that it invited researchers to develop locally at lower costs for use in its Gaganyaan missions.
May 17, 2020
ARCI Scientists Develop Next-Generation Biodegradable Metal Implants
Scientists at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) and Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram both autonomous institutes under the Department of Science & Technology (DST) have jointly developed new generation Iron-Manganese based alloys for biodegradable metal implants for use in humans.
Biodegradable materials (Fe, Mg, Zn, and polymer), which can participate in the healing process and then degrade gradually by maintaining the mechanical integrity without leaving any implant residues in the human body are better alternatives to currently used metallic implants which remain permanently in the human body and can cause long-term side effects like systemic toxicity, chronic inflammation, and thrombosis.
May 16, 2020
DST INSPIRE Develops Lightweight Carbon Foam That can Replace Lead Batteries
INSPIRE under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India has developed porous carbon materials that have the potential to replace the lead grid in lead-acid batteries.
The carbon foam was developed by Dr. Rajeev Kumar from CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal, a recipient of the INSPIRE Faculty Award.
The carbon foams are non-toxic, easy to fabricate, affordable, and insoluble in water.
CERT-In Warns of Mobile Banking Android Malware 'EventBot
A mobile banking malware called "EventBot", which steals personal financial information, may affect Android phone users in India, the federal cyber-security agency has said in an advisory.
The CERT-In has issued a caution, saying the Trojan virus may "masquerade as a legitimate application such as Microsoft Word, Adobe flash and others using third-party application downloading sites to infiltrate into victim device".
A Trojan is a virus or malware that cheats a victim to stealthily attack its computer or phone-operating system.
JNCASR Develop Injectable Silk Fibroin-based Hydrogel for Sustained Insulin Delivery
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) has developed an injectable Silk fibroin-based hydrogel for sustained insulin delivery in diabetic patients.
The injectable Silk fibroin-based hydrogel is developed using the biocompatible additives, The injectable SF hydrogel (iSFH) can ease insulin delivery in diabetic patients.
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