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NASA’s ‘chemical laptop’ to search for alien life
Washington: In a bid to find concrete evidence of life outside Earth, NASA is developing a ‘chemical laptop’—the first portable, miniaturised laboratory built to detect both amino acids and fatty acids on other worlds. The device being developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California analyses samples for materials associated with life. “If this instrument were to be sent to space, it would be the most sensitive device of its kind to leave Earth, and the first to be able to look for both amino acids and fattyacids,” said Jessica Creamer, a NASA postdoctoral fellow based at JPL. Like a tricorder from “Star Trek,” the Chemical Laptop is a miniaturised on-the-go laboratory, which researchers hope to send one day to another planetary body such as Mars or Europa.
It is roughly the size of a regular computing laptop, but much thicker to make room for chemical analysis components inside. But unlike a tricorder, it has to ingest a sample to analyse it, NASA said. “Our device is a chemical analyser that can be reprogrammed like a laptop to perform different functions,” said Fernanda Mora, a JPL technologist who is developing the instrument with JPL’s Peter Willis, the project’s principal investigator. “As on a regular laptop, we have different apps for different analyses like amino acids and fatty acids,” said Mora. Amino acids are building blocks of proteins, while fatty acids are key components of cell membranes. Both are essential to life, but can also be found in non-life sources. Amino acids come in two types: Left-handed and right-handed. Like the left and right hands of a person, these amino acids are mirror images of each other but contain the same components. Some scientists hypothesise that life on Earth evolved to use just left-handed amino acids because that standard was adopted early in life’s history.
It is possible that life on other worlds might use the right-handed kind. “If a test found a 50-50 mixture of left-handed and right-handed amino acids, we could conclude that the sample was probably not of biological origin,” Creamer said. “But if we were to find an excess of either left or right, that would be the golden ticket. That would be the best evidence so far that life exists on other planets,” she said. When the laptop is set to look for fatty acids, scientists are most interested in the length of the acids’ carbon chain. This is an indication of what organisms are or were present. The battery-powered Chemical Laptop needs a liquid sample to analyse, which is more difficult to obtain on a planetary body such as Mars.
Prabhas, the Successor of Those Heroes for Folklores!
While NTR and ANR wee ruling the roost of their career in Tollywood as number one heroes, Kantha Rao caught hold of folklore entertainers as a hero. He lapped up every opportunity in that genre in the combo of director Vithalacharya. Many great folklore films such as ‘Guruvunu Minchina Sishyudu’, ‘Sahasrasirashchedha Apoorva Chintamani’, ‘Jwaladweepa Rahasyam’, ‘Bangaru Thimmaraju’ etc. were done by Kantha Rao as a lead star. That’s why he was fondly called ‘Kathi Kantharao’ by his fans. Vithalacharya found another hero to make folklore films during 70s and the hero was none other than hero and character actor Narasimha Raju. He was seen as a hero in movies such as ‘Jaganmohini’, ‘Navamohini’ and a couple of more films. Eventually, Narasimharaju was considered the one and only successor of Kantha Rao in the genre of folklore entertainers.
After a huge gap of 40 years, one more hero seems to have replaced Kantha Rao and Narasimha Raju for doing folklore entertainers regularly. And he is our Young Rebel Star Prabhas. Prabhas and Rajamouli combo’s ‘Baahubali’ was already released and the sequel of the movie ‘Baahubali 2’ is under pre production. It cannot be denied that the combo of Prabhas and Rajamouli might team up for ‘Baahubali 3’ or other fantasy entertainers to be directed by Rajamouili. An interesting co-incidence between Kantha Rao and Prabhas is that both the heroes were bound to work in the combo of their respective directors and could not make use of other opportunities due to their agreements and bonds with their directors.
Amala Paul and Manchu Vishnu for ‘Saradaa’
Captivating beauty Amala Paul’ debut in Tollywood was made with Naga Chaitanyan’s ‘Bejawada’. Later, the hot actress was seen in ‘Siddharth’s ‘Love Failure’. However, the dazzling beauty shot to fame with Mega Power Star Ram Charan’s ‘Naayak’ and Stylish Star Allu Arjun’s ‘Iddarammayilatho’.
And now, the Malayalam actress has signed for an interesting project being starred by Manchu Vishnu.The movie has been titled ‘Saradaa’. Karthik Reddy is directing this comedy entertainer while Palli Keshav Rao and D Kumar are producing the movie. Anup Rubens scores the music of the movie.
Manchu Vishnu is running in a lean phase of his career at the moment with a string of flops. His ‘Saradaa’ is expected to be another hit in his career after ‘Denikaina Ready’.
Huge Relief For Rajamouli’s Father In Legal Case
One of the senior most and the highly successful writers in Tollywood, KV Vijayendra Prasad, had been finally relieved from the 4-year long cheque bounce case. It is well known that Chengala Venkatrao, the ex-MLA of the Payakaraopet constituency in Visakhapatnam district filed a case against the senior writer in the Yalamanchili court.
Yesterday, the justice at the AJFCM Court has nullified the case, much to the relief of Rajamouli’s father. Chengala Venkatrao, the producer of Balayya’s Samarasimha Reddy and NTR’s Narasimhudu, filed the case after the cheque for 30 lakhs given to him by Rajamouli’s father bounced in Andhra Bank on May 16th 2011.
Arguments have been going on for the last 4 years and following the petitioner’s counsel failing to provide necessarily proofs to show Vijayendra Prasad guilty, the judge has finally cancelled the case. Yesterday, the senior writer attended the court’s final hearing along with his lawyers.
Nandi Awards in Telangana Called As…
The government of Telangana is seriously mulling over rechristening Nandi Awards, the state government awards considered as the highest awards in the fields of Cinema, Theater, Television. If reports are to be believed, several names are being considered for the prestigious awards. Names such as ‘Golconda Awards’, ‘Charminar Awards’, ‘Kakathiya Awards’, ‘Veena Awards’ are recommended by intellectuals from various categories and the government is considering these names.
Buzz is that one among these would be finalised. Veering towards cash prize, Telangana government apparently wants to give more than what government of AP is giving. Presently, the cash prize by AP government is pegged at Rs 14.99 Lakh.
It needs to be seen whether government of AP continues at same value or will it hike. Depending on AP’s cash prize, TS government will decided its cash prize. Named after granite bull at Lepakshi, cultural and historical symbol of Telugus, the practice of giving Nandi Awards is first initiated in 1964 in undivided state of AP.
Nandi Awards are presented in four categories: Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Copper. A variant, Nandi Natakotsavam Awards for Theater is also given every year by the government for social, mythological and poetic dramas. Telugu Cinema, Television fraternity is curiously awaiting on how both state governments going to present the awards. Let’s wait and watch.
Kanika to Surprise Ragavendra Rao’s wife
Kanika Dhillon, if the name doesn’t ring a bell, she is the Daughter in law of Darshkendra K Ragavendra Rao but that’s not her only identity, she is also the story writer for the much awaited movie ‘Size Zero’. This infact could bring Prakash Kovelamudi (Her husband) the long missing luck of a commercial success his way.
Kanika Dhillion is not only wishing success for her husband in form of Size zero, she also wants to surprise her mother in law, K.Ragavendra Rao’s wife Sarala one fine morning by talking Telugu. So far the mother and daughter in law duo have been conversing either through sign Language or Kanika it seems takes help of Google translator to decipher her mother in law’s dialogues with her.
Kanika says it’s her mother in law that cooks her fav food at home and helps her pick the right jewellery and clothes for the functions. ‘She makes something kind of a dosa but not dosa that tastes amazing she reveals about relishing Dibba rotte.
She also with all admiration for her MIL says she (Ragavendra Rao’s wife) always is ready to make me an other delicacy if I don’t like what’s on the table’. So we wish for Kanika’s fine morning to arrive soon and she could surprise her loving Mother in law.
Manchu Manoj Shourya First Look With Regina
Manchu Manoj is most energetic and aggressive actor from prestigious Tollywood family. He strives to offer something new and innovative with each flick. Despite his hard work isn’t getting enough recognition in the form of commercial success, good to see Manoj going forward with his versatile work hoping for best to happen.
After marriage with Pranathi Reddy, here comes Manoj for first time before audience with ‘Shourya’ movie in direction of Dasarath. This is second time Manoj and Dasarath have teamed up with earlier film ‘Sri’ remaining an average. Away from his regular rugged look, Manoj is looking quite astonishing and suave in a corporate suit with female partner Regina Cassindra as usual glowing in smile.
Dasarath does not want to miss this second chance of working with Manoj and he is damn sure on target with a family-feel-good-romantic-thrilling-entertainer on hand. As of now, the message is cool… ‘Shourya’ is looking so decent.
AP Emerging as a Solar Energy Hub
Stating that Green Energy is the only way forward to a sustainable world, AP CM Chandrababu Naidu said that the truncated state of Andhra Pradesh is soon emerging as Solar Energy Hub. “I see Green Energy as the only way forward to a sustainable world. As part of our greening efforts, we are planning to implement a comprehensive action plan to make Andhra Pradesh a Renewable Energy Hub,” said Naidu in a post on his social-networking page.
Expounding on the plan, Naidu said, “As part of this plan, we are targeting 5,000 MW of solar power and 4,000 MW wind power by 2019. This, I believe, will help us meet the twin objectives of energy security and clean energy.” Setting the record straight, Naidu said that the solar and wind policies in AP have been structured such that renewable energy sector will get boost.
He also said that a special task force is going to be constituted for expediting renewable energy projects. Mr Naidu is predicting that there will be great demand for solar power in India in coming years and capacity go up by 3,645 MW in 2016. “I’m confident that Andhra Pradesh will become a crucial player in this segment.
Foreign players are now coming forward to invest in this sector in our state,” said Naidu. AP Government has inked an MoU with China’s Xi’an LONGi Silicon Materials Corp for setting up of a solar module and cell manufacturing plant at Sri City SEZ. Earlier, it also signed another MoU with China’s Trina Solar to construct a photovoltaic cell production plant, at Atchutapuram SEZ in Visakhapatnam district, which will be built in two phases and provide 3,500 jobs.
Currently, AP shares 10 per cent of the country’s target for solar power. Mr Naidu is expecting that more than 50 percent of India’s manufacturing capacity (of solar power) will be set up in Andhra Pradesh by 2019 by making Andhra Pradesh rise as a Solar Hub in the world.
Chaithu Is Not ‘Majnu’!
Malayalam Blockbuster ‘Premam’ movie will soon be remade in Telugu with Naga Chaitanya. The title of the movie was earlier considered as ‘Majnu’ which is also a super hit film’s title of King Nagarjuna.
Latest reports from film nagar reveal that the production team is not interesting in ‘Majnu’ title of the movie. They are contemplating to change the title of the movie as ‘Premam’, the original version’s title of the movie. The makers feel ‘Premam’ would be an apt title for this romantic entertainer. However, the word conveys no meaning in Telugu. It remains to be seen whether the makers opt for the same title or do they prefer another title for the movie.
Stunning beauty Shruti Haasan has recently signed for ‘Premam’s remake while Anupama Parameswaran will be seen as another heroine of the film. Chandu Mondeti of ‘Karthikeya’ fame will direct this movie. The movie’s regular shoot will kick start from December 1.
The Romantic Balayya Babu!
With age, it looks like Balakrishna is becoming younger and younger posing a competition to current generation heroes. With an unmatchable dialogue rendering and timing of powerful punch dialogues, no other hero can take up his position. Off late, Balayya is even proving to be equally competent in romancing the heroines as we have seen him in ‘Lion’ with Trisha and now with Anjali in ‘Dictator.’
Above is one of the pictures released in fresh from ‘Dictator’ and one may not have any cross questions because Balakrishna and Anjali appears to have made a perfect pair. As per the reports, their romantic chemistry has worked out exceptionally in the film and Fans are going to have superb time watching them together. Anjali, the talented actress is faring well both on performance and glamour bases is hoping for a biggest break of career with ‘Dictator.’
Till the time we get more updates on ‘Dictator’ audio and movie release dates, Nandamuri Fans can have their mini meals with these pictures. Enjoy the romantic side of Balayya Babu.
Mega Fans Mega Planning for Ram Charan’s Birthday
Megastar Chiranjeevi’s 60th birthday and Shashtipoorthi celebrations were recently organized by mega fans for week long in a ‘Nabhootho’ (never seen) manner among the fans of heroes. The grand success of the celebrations has now prompted mega fans to take up another crucial assignment.
Mega Power Star Ram Charan’s birthday falls on 27th of March. Even before 5 months the day is arrived, mega fans turned out to be the men in action. They planned to organize blood donation camps and other charitable events in the cities like Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Amaravati, Muscat and Dubai.
Mega fans president Swami Naidu and other fans have recently met Tamil Nadu’s governor K Rosaiah and Maharashtra governor Vidyasagar Rao and invited them to open the blood donation camps. They are also planning to invite the PMs of Muscat and Dubai, ministers of West Virginia and Atlanta and governors of AP, Telangana and Karnataka. Mega fans have released a press note stating the details of the event and this was published by all the leading cine weeklies. ” It’s going to be an unprecedented event in the history of Tollywood such that we’ll show the power of mega fans,” said the heads of mega fans association.
Pranavi, Raghu Master Entering Into Wed Lock
Birds of a feather flock together. So are the people from same field or same tastes or same interests will be attracted in no time. Here is one such happy news as successful female playback singer Pranavi and wonderful dance choreographer Raghu Master are soon to get married. As per reports, Pranavi and Raghu are in love from some time. Finally, they have decided to make the relation official with wedding.
Anchor Jhansi revealed the news to media and public at ‘Abbayitho Ammayi’ audio function held recently. Raghu is although in dance field from many years, one song of ‘Idedo Bagunde Cheli’ from ‘Mirchi’ bought him into limelight and offers continuously poured before him from then on. Later Raghu Master also participated in few dance shows as a Judge growing so popular with Telugu audience.
Let us congratulate and also wish all the best to Pranavi and Raghu Master very much in advance.
