Russia to build its own space station The Russian Federal Agency which is also known as Roscosmos is planning to build its own space station by 2024. The move comes in as the current international space station is supposed to end its operation by 2024. Launched in 1998 as a joint venture between American agency NASA and the Russian Roscosmos, the main aim of the International space station was to act as a laboratory in lower earth orbit to be used for exploratory missions to the Moon, Mars and other asteroids. Currently, it is being mainly operated by the US, Canada, Germany, Japan and Russia.
Russia to build its own space station
The Russian Federal Agency which is also known as Roscosmos is planning to build its own space station by 2024. The move comes in as the current international space station is supposed to end its operation by 2024. Launched in 1998 as a joint venture between American agency NASA and the Russian Roscosmos, the main aim of the International space station was to act as a laboratory in lower earth orbit to be used for exploratory missions to the Moon, Mars and other asteroids. Currently, it is being mainly operated by the US, Canada, Germany, Japan and Russia.
Russia, on the other hand, has said it will support the ISS till 2024, but after then it will unlock its modules and construct its own base. Russia also plans to send manned missions to space till 2030, and as such wants it sole control station over the horizon. Also, the principal difference from the currently operating International Space Station will be the new Russian station’s high-altitude orbit with a 64. Arctic shelf seas. From 8-degree inclination, which would make up to 90 percent of the Russian territory visible from on board, including the ISS, which has an orbit inclination of 51.6 degrees, no more than five percent of the Russian territory is currently visible. Russia is currently the only nation capable of getting astronauts to and from the ISS via its Soyuz rockets, following the disbanding of NASA’s space shuttle programme.
World War explosives could cure diabetes
Researchers at Yale University have proposed that a chemical used in the First World War could cure type 2 Diabetes. The chemical which is called DNP (2,4 dinitrophenol) was used in industries by the French army to produced weapons. This chemical was mixed with picric acid. The workers who got exposed to this chemical began to sweat, suffer high temperatures and lose weight. Scientists at Stanford University also observed that DNP was responsible for increasing metabolism rates up to 50 percent and resulted in burning up of fat and carbohydrates. In 1930s pills were out in the market which contained DNP to control weight but were declared unsafe as a man died due to consumption. Russian army also used DNP to keep their soldiers warm but later discontinued the use due to weight loss.
Now scientists at Yale have discovered a diluted version of the chemical which is almost 100 times weaker than the original and can be used to reverse type2 diabetes. The study has been so far conducted on mice in the lab but scientists are keen to start a human trial.
“A low-dose infusion of DNP that was 100-fold lower than toxic levels significantly reduced blood glucose and insulin concentrations in a rodent model of Type 2 diabetes,” said lead author Dr Gerald Shulman.
The Food Standard Agency cannot ban this chemical as it’s not used as a medicine, but mainly in pesticides. They also state that consumption might cause nausea, vomiting, restlessness, flushed skin, sweating, dizziness, headaches, rapid respiration and irregular heartbeat, possibly leading to coma and death.
Geeky Glees
Range Extenders: kill the
Wi-Fi dead spots with Netgear EX-7000
Wi-Fi Range Extenders are devices that look similar to your standard internet broadband routers but, in fact, act as an extension to your current setup. So if you are not receiving optimum Wi-Fi speeds and signal in the corners of your home these gadgets are the solutions to all your problems. They basically pick up the existing Wi-Fi network and boost the signal throughout your premises. They are easily available and are compatible with all router provided by local ISPs. 
Recently Netgear launched its new Wi-Fi Range Extender which promises to be one of the top end range extender from the company to date. It’s called the Nighthawk AC1900 or the EX7000 and is the most powerful range extender so far. It’s hard to ignore its large black housing with three external antennas for optimum performance. It operates on dual band that is 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz and is set on the industry Wi-Fi standard of 802.11ac. It has speeds of up to 1300 Mbps on 5.0 GHz and 600 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz band. It has five gigabit Ethernet ports so you can connect your smart televisions, PVR boxes and gaming consoles and can also acts like a wireless bridge. It has a USB 3.0 port so files can be shared over the network or a USB printer over the network and supports DLNA for streaming media. It has range of up to 10000 square feet.
What can be expected from
Apple this March!
Apple is holding an event just few days from now and is expected to release its new range of products. According to Industry experts the products expected to be unravelled could be the following.
Apple IPad Pro
Apple is expected to introduce a bigger version of the world bestselling tablet namely the Apple Pro. It is expected to be 12 inches in size and would be a direct answer to Microsoft surface tablet series without the OS X operating system. Apple insists that it won’t be bringing its OS X operating system to the tablet and will continue using IOs on its mobile devices.
The Apple Watch
After the launch of the Galaxy Gear smart watch from arch rivals Samsung and other device manufacturers Apple was destined to set foot into the smart wearables. The Apple watch which is expected to launch this April will be available in three different hardware categories namely Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport and Apple Watch Edition. All these watches are different in pricing and most importantly their use.
New Mac Book Air
Apple is set to launch its new 12-inch MacBook which will allegedly sport a fan less design, a newly designed track, touch ID sensor for Apple Pay and a single type C USB port for both charging the laptop and data syncing.
Apple is also expected to launch its Apply Pay services, new products regarding the Apple store, sneak peak of IOS 9 also a music streaming service based on Beats music.
