NASA launches TDRS satellite

NASA launched an unmanned Atlas V rocket carrying the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). It is a communication satellite to stay in touch with its space station astronauts and relay more Hubble telescope images.
This is the 11th TDRS satellite to be launched by NASA. The space agency uses the orbiting network to communicate with astronauts living on the International Space Station.
NASA needs at least 7 TDRS satellites working in orbit at any one time. This launch will make eight

Scientists create first digital atlas of brain

Scientists at Berkeley Lab have created the world’s first genome-wide digital atlas of gene enhancers in the brain, the switches that tell genes when and where they need to be switched on or off. This atlas completely documents the cerebrum, the region of the brain that is vital for cognition, motor functions and emotion identifies and locates thousands of gene-regulating elements which are the underlying causes of neurological disorders.
What are Gene Enhancers?
Gene Enhancers are short pieces of DNA in the human genome. They are not actual genes, so they do not give rise to proteins. They are switches that tell the actual genes when to become switch on and produce a protein. Each cell type in our body has different sets of these enhancers switched on or off, and collectively they help to organize the activities of our 20,000 genes in each single cell.
How will it help?
It will assist scientists to further their understanding how individual genes are regulated during development of the brain and how genetic mutations may impact human neurological disorders.


Microsoft takes Office to the cloud 
Now, people can subscribe to Office 365 as a service in the Internet cloud, obviating the need to buy the popular productivity software on a disk.
How would it benefit users?
This service would allow the customers to use the suite of programs for documents, spreadsheets, presentations and other tasks on as many as five devices. Customers can subscribe to Office 365 at the cost of $100 a year. Documents or other files created using Office programs can be saved at Microsoft’s online SkyDrive with storage space advanced to 27 gigabytes for subscribers.

Scientists discover 10 million year old star still creating planets

Scientists have discovered a 10-million-year old star named TW Hydrae located 176 light years far from Earth may still be giving birth to new planets. 
As per NASA, the disk of material around the star may be massive enough to create even more planets than we have in our own solar system. 
The findings were made using the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Telescope.

                                                          By Roshan Gour