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By M R N Murthy & H S Savithri
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Many years ago, in the 1990s, we at the Molecular Biophysics Unit and the Department of Biochemistry of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, determined the three-dimensional structures of two plant viruses. We are the only group working on structure of viruses in India so far. Only about a dozen laboratories across the world have deciphered the complete structure of viruses.
More recently, we used our underst

Reliance LYF Earth 1 runs Android 5.1 Lollipop and has a 3500 mAh battery.
Reliance’s LFY brand of smartphones have been spotted online on the Reliance Digital website. The three smartphones are: LYF Earth 1, LYF Water 1 and LYF Water 2. Reliance has priced the phones between Rs 14,690 and Rs 25,800.
Reliance LYF Earth 1 is the most expensive of the three smartphones, and is priced at Rs 28,800. The company is however giving away the smartphone at a discounted price of Rs 23,990 as a part

Twitter said it has increased its report reviewing teams to react faster.
Twitter has suspended over 125,000 accounts, most of them linked to the Islamic State militant group, “for threatening or promoting terrorist acts” even as handles of India-centric terrorist organisations and individuals on the micro-blogging site remain untouched.
In a blog, the US-based firm said, “As the nature of the terrorist threat has changed, so has our ongoing work in this area. Since the middle

As per the test report, none of telecom operators showed improvement in call drops in Mumbai, Pune and Bhubaneswar.
Disputing Trai’s data that found mobile operators having failed on call-drop tests, the companies today said their figures tell an opposite story and asked the telecom regulator to withdraw its test reports.
The operators argued that Trai’s data, which were published on the regulator’s website yesterday, do not portray the actual performance of their networks and

Direct-to-home (DTH) players like Tata Sky and Videocon d2h are bringing internet browsing applications on their Set Top Box, which will enable subscribers to browse and interact on certain apps.
Direct-to-home (DTH) players like Tata Sky and Videocon d2h are bringing internet browsing applications on their Set Top Box, which will enable subscribers to browse and interact on certain apps.
Read MoreWatching movies, DTH services to get costlier from July 20 in DelhiIs mobile a new TV screen?Harya

In an attempt to bring tweets to more people across the globe, micro blogging site Twitter is planning to introduce an algorithmic timeline like Facebook as soon as next week, a media report said. (Reuters) In an attempt to bring tweets to more people across the globe, micro blogging site Twitter is planning to introduce an algorithmic timeline like Facebook as soon as next week, a media report said.
The timeline will reorder tweets based on what Twitter’s algorithm thinks people most wan

HTC Desire 626 Dual SIM is powered by 1.7 GHz Octa-Core processor coupled with 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card.
HTC Desire 626 Dual SIM smartphone at Rs 14,990 with 4G has been launched in India. The Desire 626 Dual SIM features a 5-inch HD display (720 x 1280p). It runs Android with HTC Sense.
HTC Desire 626 Dual SIM is powered by 1.7 GHz Octa-Core processor coupled with 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. The smartphone features a two-tone

HTC Desire 626 Dual SIM is powered by 1.7 GHz Octa-Core processor coupled with 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card.
HTC Desire 626 Dual SIM smartphone at Rs 14,990 with 4G has been launched in India. The Desire 626 Dual SIM features a 5-inch HD display (720 x 1280p). It runs Android with HTC Sense.
HTC Desire 626 Dual SIM is powered by 1.7 GHz Octa-Core processor coupled with 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. The smartphone features a two-tone

Should I buy the Apple iPad Pro or the Microsoft Surface Pro 4? We help you decide make the decision.
Should I buy the Apple iPad Pro or the Microsoft Surface Pro 4? There are lot of people nursing this question in their mind these days. And since I have literally lived with both the devices for a few weeks, it’s time to help you make that decision. I won’t tell you which one is better, because it is tough to really replace one with the other, but here are the pro and cons of both t

Should I buy the Apple iPad Pro or the Microsoft Surface Pro 4? We help you decide make the decision.
Should I buy the Apple iPad Pro or the Microsoft Surface Pro 4? There are lot of people nursing this question in their mind these days. And since I have literally lived with both the devices for a few weeks, it’s time to help you make that decision. I won’t tell you which one is better, because it is tough to really replace one with the other, but here are the pro and cons of both t

Le Eco’s budget phone the Le 1s will be up for grabs again at the next Flipkart flash sale on February 9.
Le Eco’s budget phone the Le 1s will be up for grabs again at the next Flipkart flash sale on February 9. The phone has generated considerable interest for offering great value for money for customers.
Specs of the Le 1s are: 5.5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) display encased in an aviation grade aluminium unibody design, 13-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front cam

Le Eco’s budget phone the Le 1s will be up for grabs again at the next Flipkart flash sale on February 9.
Le Eco’s budget phone the Le 1s will be up for grabs again at the next Flipkart flash sale on February 9. The phone has generated considerable interest for offering great value for money for customers.
Specs of the Le 1s are: 5.5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) display encased in an aviation grade aluminium unibody design, 13-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front cam

Reliance LYF Earth 1 runs Android 5.1 Lollipop and has a 3500 mAh battery.
Reliance’s LFY brand of smartphones have been spotted online on the Reliance Digital website. The three smartphones are: LYF Earth 1, LYF Water 1 and LYF Water 2. Reliance has priced the phones between Rs 14,690 and Rs 25,800.
Reliance LYF Earth 1 is the most expensive of the three smartphones, and is priced at Rs 28,800. The company is however giving away the smartphone at a discounted price of Rs 23,990 as a part

Twitter is planning to introduce an algorithmic timeline like Fabebook as soon as next week, a media report said. (Source: Twitter) In an attempt to bring tweets to more people across the globe, micro blogging site Twitter is planning to introduce an algorithmic timeline like Fabebook as soon as next week, a media report said.
The timeline will reorder tweets based on what Twitter’s algorithm thinks people most want to see, BuzzFeed reported on Saturday.
“Before today, you could see

Should I buy the Apple iPad Pro or the Microsoft Surface Pro 4? We help you decide make the decision.
Should I buy the Apple iPad Pro or the Microsoft Surface Pro 4? There are lot of people nursing this question in their mind these days. And since I have literally lived with both the devices for a few weeks, it’s time to help you make that decision. I won’t tell you which one is better, because it is tough to really replace one with the other, but here are the pro and cons of both t

HTC Desire 626 Dual SIM is powered by 1.7 GHz Octa-Core processor coupled with 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card.
HTC announced the launch of its 4G-enabled Desire 626 Dual SIM smartphone at Rs 14,990. The Desire 626 Dual SIM features a 5-inch HD display (720 x 1280p). It runs Android with HTC Sense.
“Our customers are gradually looking for stylish 4G LTE enabled smartphones with faster processors, network speeds and outstanding battery life. They are creating and

Max Braun built the device because he wanted his bathroom mirror to be like the “future we were promised in the movies”. (Twitter) A Google engineer has developed a smart Android-powered bathroom mirror which automatically displays the latest updates on date, time and weather, and lets you do voice searches on Google, a media report said.
Max Braun, a software engineer with the multinational technology company, used a two-way mirror, a controller board, a display panel, components,

Le Eco’s budget phone the Le 1s will be up for grabs again at the next Flipkart flash sale on February 9.
Le Eco’s budget phone the Le 1s will be up for grabs again at the next Flipkart flash sale on February 9. The phone has generated considerable interest for offering great value for money for customers.
Given the Rs 10,999 price the phone has value for money specifications, inlcuding a 5.5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) display encased in an aviation grade aluminium unibod

IT infrastructure services company NxtGen Datacenter & Cloud Technologies, is targeting to sign-in at least 5,000 virtual conferencing rooms for its pay-as-you-use video conferencing service VCEverywhere, as it aims to make video conferencing more affordable to small and large companies by paying monthly subscription rather than investing in such equipment’s.
On Friday, the Bengaluru-based start-up launched its VCEverywhere, a video conferencing service using cloud technology, that ena