AJAY PAUL
NASA launches open source web site
NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the US, has launched code.nasa.gov, a web site that will serve as the central source of information about the agency's open source projects. The site, which is still in early alpha, is intended to help unify and expand NASA's open source activities.
Along with an overview of NASA's open source projects, such as the interactive 3D world viewer World Wind Java. To help NASA employees release more software as open source, the site also has a Guide page that provides instructions and how-tos for developing and publishing open source software. Planned for the second phase of development, and not yet implemented, is a forum for site users to discuss open source projects and find out how they can contribute to a NASA project.
The third phase will focus on tools and mechanisms, including version control, issue tracking and documentation. During that phase NASA will "create and host a tool, service, and process chain to further lower the burden to going open".
VIVEK KANISSERY
A new discovery by the scientists of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS), Rajasthan have found out ways to stop the formation of a protein which helps in the creation of a gut barrier in the malaria carrier mosquito, Anopheles. By stopping the formation of gut barrier, the immune system of the mosquito starts recognizing the malaria parasite and the immune system kills the parasite resulting in the stoppage of the life cycle of the parasite. Findings of a study by Dr Sanjiv Kumar and Dr Lalita Gupta of BITS Pilani which has been published in the latest issue of the journal, Science, indicate that the growth of malaria can be effectively blocked by stopping the formation of a specific type of protein called Immunomodulatory Peroxidase (IMPer) in the mosquito gut. The proteins actually help in the creation of a gut barrier which prevents the direct interaction between the mosquito immune system and the foreign antigens found in the blood. The study by Dr Kumar and Dr Gupta found that the formation of IMPer can be stopped by advanced methodology called Gene Silencing. The scientists state that stopping of the formation of the barrier will result in the recognition of the parasite by the mosquito's immune system,their killing and thereby stopping of the parasite's life cycle...
VIVEK KANISSERY
A new discovery by the scientists of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS), Rajasthan have found out ways to stop the formation of a protein which helps in the creation of a gut barrier in the malaria carrier mosquito, Anopheles. By stopping the formation of gut barrier, the immune system of the mosquito starts recognizing the malaria parasite and the immune system kills the parasite resulting in the stoppage of the life cycle of the parasite. Findings of a study by Dr Sanjiv Kumar and Dr Lalita Gupta of BITS Pilani which has been published in the latest issue of the journal, Science, indicate that the growth of malaria can be effectively blocked by stopping the formation of a specific type of protein called Immunomodulatory Peroxidase (IMPer) in the mosquito gut. The proteins actually help in the creation of a gut barrier which prevents the direct interaction between the mosquito immune system and the foreign antigens found in the blood. The study by Dr Kumar and Dr Gupta found that the formation of IMPer can be stopped by advanced methodology called Gene Silencing. The scientists state that stopping of the formation of the barrier will result in the recognition of the parasite by the mosquito's immune system,their killing and thereby stopping of the parasite's life cycle...
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