Space-based ‘petrol station’ to be built in UK

Aerospace manufacturer Thales Alenia Space – which maintains a presence in the UK – will construct a chemical refuelling station, to be launched in 2027, to support Nasa’s Lunar Gateway.  The Lunar Gateway is a planned space station which will orbit the moon and serve as a hub for communications, experimentation and as a stepping … Read more

Origin of mysterious fast radio bursts from the Milky Way revealed

The origin of mysterious fast radio bursts (FRB) emanating from our own galaxy has been solved by Nasa scientists.  FRBs are intermittent radio waves emanating from a distant object in space and are often so bright that they can be visible across much of the nearby universe. Their unique nature has led scientists to speculate on the … Read more

Manufacturing for both local and global markets

The manufacturing industry can play a significant role in the vision of making India self reliant or ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’. This can happen if manufacturing units raise the bar of production and make products for both the local and global markets.  The pandemic has nudged us from the familiar world of the physical to that … Read more

2020 hindsight: lessons learnt the hard way

When revolutions take place, things happen quickly. The year of Covid-19 is likely to be an example of how sudden pressure can lead to massive changes, and not necessarily all for the worse once all the consequences are taken into account. The pandemic and associated lockdowns have provided a wake-up call for the world in … Read more

Excess heat from steelworks could be stored and reused with new material

Researchers are looking at how waste heat can be captured from the steelmaking process and reused or even moved to another location.  A team involving scientists from Swansea University and Tata Steel are focusing on a thermochemical heat storage material developed at the University’s SPECIFIC Innovation & Knowledge Centre. Currently, heavy industries can release up … Read more

How to Install caffeine in Ubuntu

Imagine you are watching something on YouTube or reading a news article and suddenly Ubuntu locks your screen, I know that is very annoying. It happens with many of us, so Caffeine is the tool that will help you block the Ubuntu lock screen or screensaver. Install caffeine by entering the following commands in the … Read more

How to Install SimpleScreenRecorder

SimpleScreenRecorder is available in Ubuntu Software Centre in most of the recent Ubuntu releases. But somehow if you don’t find it there you can run following command in Terminal to install this screen video recorder. $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marten-baert/simplescreenrecorder $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder

How to install Franz Messenger App in Ubuntu

Franz is your messaging app for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Telegram and many many more. Follow the below steps to install Franz Messenger App in Ubuntu 18.04: root@mangesh:~$ sudo apt-get update root@mangesh:~$ wget https://github.com/meetfranz/franz-app/releases/download/4.0.4/Franz-linux-x64-4.0.4.tgz root@mangesh:~$ mkdir franz root@mangesh:~$ tar -xzvf Franz-linux-x64–4.0.4.tgz -C franz/ root@mangesh:~$ cd franz/ root@mangesh:~/franz$ ls root@mangesh:~/franz$ ./Franz