Samsung Galaxy S10+ Benchmarks Show Exynos 9820 Variant Slower Than Snapdragon 855

Like the previous generation Galaxy S smartphones, the new Samsung Galaxy S10 phones will also be offered in two processor variants – one with Exynos 9820 SoC and the other with Snapdragon 855 SoC. The consumers in India will get the Exynos 9820 SoC variant of the Samsung Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+ and Galaxy S10e. Despite being flagship SoCs, these include two different processors, so there are going to be some obvious performance differences between the two. Now, a publication has published the benchmarks for both processor variants of the official Galaxy S10+ units, which show that Exynos 9820 version performing poorly compared to the Snapdragon 855 version.

According to a report in AnandTech, which was able to get its hands on both Snapdragon 855 and Exynos 9820-powered variants of the Samsung Galaxy S10+, the Exynos 9820 shows significant improvements over the last year's Exynos 9810 and Snapdragon 845, however it falls short of Snapdragon 855 as well as Huawei's HiSilicon Kirin 980.

The Snapdragon 855-powered Galaxy S10+ unit performed better in both PCMark Work 2.0 and Speedometer 2.0 benchmarks. The AnandTech report adds that Samsung has been able to significantly optimise the Snapdragon 855 for the Galaxy S10₹ 66,900 phones as the Samsung phone's performance is much better than the performance of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 Reference Device. Also, the publication notes that Samsung seems to be fixed the scheduler slowness issue that was present in previous generations of the Exynos processors.

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New device can detect cancer in just a drop of blood

New device can detect cancer in just a drop of blood

Some types of cancer, such as ovarian cancer, tend to remain undetected until they are too advanced for treatment to be effective. Now, an innovative tool may be able to detect cancer easily, quickly, and in minuscule amounts of blood.

The device, which is called a "3-D-nano patterned microfluidic chip," could successfully detect cancer markers in the tiniest drop of blood or in a component of the blood called plasma.In a bid to find a simple, effective way of identifying hard-to-diagnose cancer researchers from the University of Kansas (KU) in Lawrence and the KU Cancer Center and KU Medical Center in Kansas City have now developed an ultra sensitive cancer-detecting device.

Lead author Yong Zeng, an associate professor of chemistry at KU, and his team describe how the novel tool works in a paper that the journalNature Biomedical Engineering has published.

This device, the scientists explain, identifies and diagnoses cancer by "filtering" for exosomes, which are tiny vesicles that some eukaryotic cells produce.

In the case of cancer cells, exosomes contain biological information that can direct tumor growth and spread.

"Historically, people thought exosomes were like 'trash bags' that cells could use to dump unwanted cellular contents," Zeng explains. "But, in the past decade," he adds, "scientists realized they were quite useful for sending messages to recipient cells and communicating molecular information important in many biological functions.

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National War Memorial

National War Memorial (India)

The National War Memorial (राष्ट्रीय समर स्मारक) is a monument constructed by the Government of India in the vicinity of the India Gate, New Delhi, to honour its Armed Forces.

A War Museum will be also constructed in the adjoining Princess Park area. The proposed National War Museum and the National War Memorial will be connected by a subway. The War Memorial and Museum are expected to cost ₹500 crore (US$ 70 million). 

The memorial is made around the existing chhatri (canopy) near India Gate. The memorial wall is flushed with the ground and in harmony with existing aesthetics. Names of martyrs killed in wars in 1947–48, 1961 (Goa), 1962 (China), 1965, 1971, 1987 (Siachen), 1987-88 (Sri Lanka), 1999 (Kargil), and other operations such as Operation Rakshak, is inscribed on the memorial walls.

The Princess Park, is a 14-acres area north of India Gate, with barrack-type accommodation, built during World War II which since 1947 has served as family accommodation for mid level armed forces officers posted in Service Headquarters in New Delhi.

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NASA asteroid WARNING

NASA asteroid WARNING: Radars track 1.2KM asteroid for possible COLLISION in December 2019

A COLOSSAL asteroid measuring almost one mile in diameter could potentially veer off-course and slam into Earth as early as December 28, 2019, NASA has warned.

NASA has predicted 31 potential dates between 2019 and 2101, on which the asteroid threatens to hit the Earth. The closest impact date, which also happens to be the most likely date of cataclysm, falls on December 28, 2019. The asteroid, dubbed Asteroid 2010 GD37, is next most likely to crash into Earth on December 21, 2093. The asteroid also threatens to hit Earth in December 2022, December 2024 and December 2027.

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Enemies Alert: ISRO to Launch Defence Satellite in March For DRDO

 
The ISRO will also be launching two more defence satellites sometime in July/August with its new rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV).

In a special mission in March, the Indian space agency will launch an electronic intelligence satellite Emisat for the DRDO, 28 third party satellites and also demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with a new variant of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, said a top official. The exact date has not been specified yet.

"It is a special mission for us. We will be using a PSLV rocket with four strap-on motors. Further, for the first time we will be trying to orbit the rocket at three different altitudes," K. Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) told IANS. "The main passenger for the PSLV rocket will be the defence intelligence satellite Emisat belonging to Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). 

"The satellite weighs about 420 kg. The 28 satellites belonging to our customers would cumulatively weigh about 250 kg," Sivan said. The DRDO's Emisat is an electronic intelligence satellite, he added. The ISRO will also be launching two more defence satellites sometime in July/August with its new rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV).

In January, the space agency launched a defence imaging satellite Microsat R for the DRDO. Sivan said, after launching Emisat at an altitude of 763 km, the rocket will be brought down to put into orbit the 28 satellites at an altitude of 504 km. "Following that the rocket will be brought down further to 485 km where the fourth stage will turn into a payload platform carrying three experimental payloads -- one developed by the students of Indian Institute of Space Science and Tecnology, besides ISRO's own technology demonstrator and a Hamsat," Sivan said.

The PSLV is a four-stage engine expendable rocket with alternating solid and liquid fuel. In its normal configuration, the rocket will have six strap-on motors hugging the rocket's first stage. On January 24, the ISRO flew a PSLV with two strap-on motors while in March it will have four strap-on motors. The Indian space agency also has two more PSLV variants viz Core Alone (without any strap-on motors) and PSLV-XL a larger rocket. The ISRO selects the kind of rocket to be used based on the weight of satellites it carries.

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