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- Hubble Watches Exploding Star Fade Into Oblivion
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured the quick, fading celebrity status of a supernova, the self-detonation of a star. The type of supernova seen in this sequence originated from a burned-out star — a white dwarf located in a close binary system — that is accreting material from its companion star. Read More.
2. Features and Specifications of OPPO A73, Capture the Real You
Some of the features of OPPO A73 are; better display, smooth curves, realistic pictures and natural selfies, faster surfing, better gaming experience, and more. Read More.
3. New Range of Nokia Smart TVs
Nokia has announced a new set of Smart TVs which will be available soon on Flipkart. The sound and the quality of the visuals is as realistic as possible. The sound has minimal distortion. Read More.
4. IFA : HONOR unveils new smart watches and high performance laptop
Huawei-owned tech brand HONOR has unveiled its latest products at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. Among the offerings are new smart watches for sports lovers and a high performance laptop. Smartphone brand Honor is set to expand its wearable portfolio in India with two new smartwatches Watch ES and Watch GS Pro in India on October 8. Read More
5.Features and Specifications of Motorola's foldable Razr 5G, launched in India for Rs 1.25 lakh
Motorola launched the clamshell smartphone 'Motorola Razr 5G' as an enhanced and powerful successor of the earlier generation Razr in India for 1,24,999. Read More.
6. Novel testing platform designed for breast cancer cells
A Purdue University team has developed a novel testing platform to evaluate how breast cancer cells respond to the recurrent stretching that occurs in the lungs during breathing. The technology is designed to better understand the effects that the local tissue has on metastatic breast cancer to study how metastases grow in new tissue. Read More.
7.Instagram to have new features as announced on its birthday
With Instagram's birthday on Oct 6, Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram announced there will be some major changes in the coming months such as tabs for Reels and Shopping, etc. Read More.
8.Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded for 'genome scissors'
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the development of a method for genome editing. Read More.
9. Nvidia outlines 'Age of AI', unveils next-gen data centre chips
Heralding a new age of artificial intelligence (AI), graphics giant Nvidia has introduced next-gen chips for networking, storage and security, along with major announcements in data centres, edge AI, collaboration tools and healthcare. Read More.
10.Features and specifications of Microsoft's Surface Laptop Go, new Surface Pro X variant
Microsoft expanded its laptop portfolio with Surface Laptop Go, new updates to Surface Pro X and new accessories that are available for pre-order in select markets and will be available for purchase starting October 13. Read More.
11. A bandage with magnetic nanofibres that kills skin cancer cells with heat
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a non-invasive bandage made with magnetic nanofibres to treat skin cancer by administering heat to the tumour cells. Read More.
12. Nobel Prizes 2020
For the study of black hole, the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to as one half to Roger Penrose" and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez. 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the development of a method for genome editing. The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus. Watch the Video.
13. Study of black holes wins Nobel Prize in physics
The Royal Swedish Academy is going to give the 2020 Nobel prize in Physics to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez. The prestigious award comes with a gold medal and prize money of 10 million Swedish kronor (more than USD 1.1 million), courtesy of a bequest left 124 years ago by the prize's creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. The amount was increased recently to adjust for inflation. Read More.
14. US-UK trio win Nobel Prize for Medicine
The 2020 Nobel Prize for Medicine has been awarded jointly to Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M Rice “for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus. The Nobel Committee noted that the trio's work identified a major source of blood-borne hepatitis that couldn't be explained by the previously discovered hepatitis A and B viruses. Their work, dating back to the 1970s and 1980s, has helped saved millions of lives, it said. Read More.
15.#MilesMoralesPS5 and #MilesMoralesPS4 have Gone Gold
Insomniac Games announced that #MilesMoralesPS5 and #MilesMoralesPS4 have Gone Gold and will be sneaking into the hearts of game lovers globally on November 12th!. Read More.
