LIPI Develop Rice Resistant dry and Unpalatable Gogo

KOMPAS.com -Breakthrough to create superior rice varieties continue to be developed by Indonesia Institute of Science (LIPI). One of the results of the development of superior rice varieties is LIPI gogo are resistant to drought.

This step is undertaken in order to boost production capacity by utilizing the national grain dry land. Rice will produce throughout the year without having deterred in dry weather. The expectation is the national food security will continue to be maintained.

Trial and Evaluator Team Rib Varieties (TP2V) Directorate of Horticulture on December 27, the Ministry of Agriculture approved the proposed release of the furrow's 2011 padi gogo 79971 IR-B-191-B-B-B and IR 79771-227-B-B development results Dr. Enung Mulyaningshih, m. Si of Biotechnology Research Center Researcher LIPI to be superior varieties of rice.

After two years of testing done at 17 different locations around Indonesia, two strains of rice were set to be a gogo LIPI rice varieties are superior strains of rice along with the Great Hall of the rice plant Research and Ministry of Agriculture University of Jenderal Soedirman.

"Gogo rice Strains with a strain of LIPI compete Mataram University, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Bogor agricultural University, Great Hall and Research Ministry of agriculture rice crops," bright Enung.

Gogo rice strains LIPI findings this average is capable of producing grain as much as 8.4 tonnes per hectare. These results are far better than the previous superior varieties i.e. There Patenggang and Batutegi. In addition, two strains of rice also tolerant LIPI gogo drought, disease blas (diseases caused Boletus) and aluminum toxicity. According to, the three things that Enung is a big problem for padi gogo.

Trace back, search superior rice varieties resistant to dry are in fact the provision to deal with global warming. Be advised, before there was a superior rice varieties that farmers still gogo rely upon regular cropping of rice.

Farmers still planting gogo reluctantly because of its productivity and low selling price. Plus more, rice has less flavor gogo tasty. After the emergence of superior varieties, farmers started switch to the expected type of rice to gogo ramped.

Biotechnology Research Center of LIPI researchers, Dr. Satya Nugroho, sets forth that it uses an approach by looking at the genes of rice that can adapt to dry conditions to find a superior and tolerant rice taste good. Genes are manipulated to make varieties that are more tolerant to drought.

With the conventional way, the creation of a new superior varieties over a cross to the fastest time of 10 years for it is the process of backcross (married with one of its parent category). It took several generations to ensure superior properties only, not the nature of the move is not beneficial.

Applications of biotechnology will speed up the process of getting superior varieties. If the candidate genes already at hand, can directly to padi diintroduksikan without the need to remove a backcross unwelcome.

"One year can already live field test and multilokasi," he said.

Use of these aircraft, Sabang Until Merauke Just 1 hour

LOS ANGELES, KOMPAS.com -A Thunderbirds-style hipersonik jet aircraft developed for long-distance military aviation in the future. Bernma aircraft X-51A WaveRider was using a revolutionary machine can traverse a distance can make it to Sabang Merauke in under 1 hour.

On Tuesday (14/8/2012) today, the aircraft was tested. The aircraft will be flown from Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, California, with bomber wing. Later, the jet will be released from a height of 15,24 km near Cape Point Mugu.

Once released, the engine will start working in the aircraft and made the move up to 4.5 Mach airliner or 5513 km/h in a few seconds. If all goes well, the plane can move up to speed or Mach 6 7350 km/h and ride height is reached 21,34 miles.

This mission will last for 300 seconds, the longest aircraft flight experienced by the aircraft. After that the aircraft would "ditabrakkan" into the sea and there are no plans to salvage the aircraft violently.

Hipersonik aircraft development project was funded by NASA and the Pentagon. Expected, the aircraft could be used for military purposes in the future. According to Globalsecurity.org, funds needed reaches 89 million pounds.

Why was the plane that fast? There is a secret. Screamjet this is the plane because the aircraft was not airbreathing carrying fuel and oxygen, but rather just carry the fuel in the form of hydrogen and ' interesting ' oxygen is needed to burn it in the atmosphere.

The air going into the front of mesih and hydrogen will be injected into the airflow. Compressed Gas causing temperature rises and combustion occurs. This resulted in a boost which allows jet travelling at high speeds.

The development of this aircraft in line with the development of future aircraft, supersonic aircraft with a speed of more than 5 times the speed of sound. Supersonic development as well as the evolution of aircraft-driven propeller to jet aircraft.

Robert Mercier, Deputy technology system at high speed in Air Force Research laboratorydi Ohio was quoted as saying the Daily Mail today said, "since the wright Brothers, we continue to strive to develop the plane better and faster. Hipersonik is one of the potential in flight. "

Currently, the fastest passenger aircraft is the Cessna Citation X is capable of reaching speeds of 1126 km/h or 0.9 Mach, although only 7 passenger hauling. Another plane is the Falcon 7 x 1102 speed km/h as well as Gulfstream G550 with 1086 speed km/h.

3D map of the universe is the biggest Load of 400,000 Galaxy

Miguel a. Aragn Scientists develop maps 3D universe that currently contains 400,000 galaxies.

MASSACHUSETTS, KOMPAS.com — scientists develop a three-dimensional map of the universe's greatest ever, containing information on the most detail about spacecraft with 400,000 galaxies.

Maps are created as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS III) it contains almost a million galaxies targeted to approximately 12 billion light years from Earth and is capable of measuring the distance of antargalaksi.

"The survey this time is the greatest mission ever conducted and volumes more than tripled from the previous record," said Daniel Eisenstein, astronomers from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

"Our Target is to map one-quarter of the entire sky and we get a new one," he added as quoted by the National Geographic, Thursday (9/8/2012).

Map making using data obtained from the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico. Eisenstein and his colleagues hope to understand about dark energy, the force that caused the universe continues to expand.

He says, with a map of the Galaxy in the 3D image, the effect of dark energy that changed the universe throughout its history reveals.

Based on the analysis of the scientists, the distance between galaxies in the cluster map in accordance with the model of the universe that include dark energy as one of its components.

By accurately measuring, Eisenstein and his partner can map the galaxy cluster as wide as hundreds of thousands of light years away. Measurement results give instructions that the universe at the beginning of its formation.

In the early days of the birth of the universe, the density of matter that make up the Galaxy currently uneven. Due to the effects of gravity, the material with high density will join other high density material.

Over time, the grouping based on the apparent density, forming a cluster pattern seen astronomers today.

"This pattern is the trace directly from what happened in the first seconds of the Big Bang. We are conducting a survey of the modern universe therefore save fossil record occurred in the past, "Eisenstein said.

GAIKINDO: One Million Units Is Impossible!

It delivered Sudirman, Chairman of Maman Rusdi GAIKINDO in between the release of Astra Holiday Care in Sunter, North Jakarta, this afternoon (13/82012). "It seems impossible if touched 1 million units. We are still referring to the same target revision, 875.000 units this year, "stated Sudirman.

The car market has not yet been explained, could have been predicted as a result of an increase in credit that began June DP 2012. Lonjakkan requests are still happening in June and July due ahead of the Idul Fitri.

"The impact of rising DP the first stage (June 2012) is indeed not too visible. But will independently if Sharia also raised credit, "beber Sudirman.

Sudirman, the Government does not expect too quickly took the decision to raise credit. DP Gradual increase of choice could be the proper option so that the market is not too volatile. Sudirman, the market would have predicted the impact if the Government establishes Islamic credit card hikes DP.

Oops, The Motorcycle Industry In Indonesia Threatened LAYOFFS

Jakarta, KompasOtomotif -back Government Plans to raise money (DP) base of the credit of the motor vehicle on Islamic banking and financial institutions must suppresses national automotive industry more and more, particularly motorcycles. The reason, current banking or leasing of Sharia be an alternative for consumers to be burdened DP lower than BI and Ministry of finance Decree of 25 percent to 30 percent on conventional financing.

Johannes Loman, Deputy I Motorcycle Industry Association Indonesia (AISI) says, the Government should more wisely in setting DP credit Sharia. To avoid the "shock" a gradual increase in effort, need to be considered as one of the options that are rational.

"The worst threat indeed (JOB CUTS). But, not to think in that direction, we will also be trying as much as possible to not do, AISI has also appealed to its members to abstain, "comments Loman in Sunter, North Jakarta, Monday (14/8/2012).

Explained, market conditions without waivers will force consumers to delay purchases of motorcycles, including small industries that use it as a primary transport. It takes time, at least three to six months until finally the consumer could receive an increase in DP.

"Later it will touch a new balance point. But for small entrepreneurs who use motorcycles as transportation of course will still buy, depending on the urgency, "beber Loman.

6 million units

With the rise of Shariah-compliant credit option, then DP market national motorcycle back to touch the lowest point to the endangered level 6 million units plummeted 32.5 per cent, down from predictions earlier this year 8.9 million units. Delay the purchase of new bikes will happen, especially for the segments below.

"The most severe market will touch 6-6.3 million units. The first half plus the total market has reached July 4.32 million units, the possibility could also be a 6.5 million-6.8 million units, "continued Loman.

Black Soybean Resistant To Dry-Old Genjah

KOMPAS.com -Government Indonesia has pulled off 73 varieties of soybeans in superior 94 years, since 1918 until 2012. Seven different varieties that are among the more soy black.

Black soy is an important commodity. The use of black soybean as raw soy sauce enhances the quality of soy sauce's color into black and Brown menbambah levels of nutrients.

Soybeans also contain black high anthosianin serves as an antioxidant, is said to have anticancer and preventing cardiovascular disease.

In addition to raw materials overseas, soy sauce, soy is processed into a variety of black food such as burgers and ice-cream.

In Indonesia, the weakness of varieties belonging to the black is none released varieties mature genjah (less than 80 days).

Related terms, Basic Research incentive program (2010 and 2011) the Ministry for research and technology, has produced two varieties of black soybean, candidate W9837 x Cikuray-66 and W9837 x 100 h -236.

W9837-strain x Cikuray capable of producing seeds up to 66 3.15 tonnes/ha (an average of 2.88 tons/ha), the age of genjah (75 days), soy sauce yield reached 888%, and produce high quality soy sauce.

Thus, the results of the W9837 x Cikuray-66 higher compared with the results of the latest black soybean varieties of seed that is Detam 1 (2.66 t/ha) and Mallika (2.46 t/ha).

Meanwhile, the harvest W9837 -236 strain x 100 h average reach 2.54 t/ha, higher than seed varieties are drought tolerant, Mallika on reproductive phase, was genjah, pest-resistant suction pods and leaves of rust and could produce soy sauce by category.

Strain W9837 x-66 and Cikuray W9837 x 100 h -236 has been suggested to the team Evaluator and Rib Varieties (TP2V) the Ministry of agriculture to be removed first black soybean varieties of superior in Indonesia which was genjah.

Each of these strains will be named DETAM 3 and DETAM 4 PRIDA PRIDA (Detam = black soybeans; Prida = Riser Incentive Program Basics).

In an era of climate change, black soybean varieties mature genjah strategic value. This type is more tolerant to drought and pests through escape (escape) mechanism as well as increase the pertanaman index (IP).

Human Ancestors Apparently Diverse

F. Spoor Fossil skull was discovered in 1972 in kenya, referring to the species of human ancestors, Homo rudolfensis.

NAIROBI, KOMPAS.com — Findings confirm the existence of the fossil skull of new species Homo rudolfensis and suggests that the ancestors of humans proved to be diverse.

The fossil was discovered in Koobi Fora, a desert region of Northern Kenya. Fossil key that indicates the existence of H is lower jaw fossils rudolfensis fossils of ancient humans that chicks face.

"This Fossil has a flat face, you could make a straight line from the eye to the incisors of fossils," says Fred Spoor of the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, which involved research, was quoted as saying Thursday Livescience, (8/8/2012).

"These Fossils have characteristics that are different, really shows something new. I'm sure we don't just look at the variation in a species, "added Meave Leakey, palaentolog Turkana Basin Institute in Nairobi.

H. rudolfensis was first described based on fossil skull found in 1972 in Kenya, KNM-ER 1470, called.

At that time, it has been known species H and h. sapiens that habilis also ancestors of humans. H. rudolfensis was considered different because it has a size larger than h. habilis.

Alas, that was found is not part of the face and jaw. Thus, palaentolog is still difficult stated that it was indeed H rudolfensis fossils.

Fossil findings this time make the scientists more convinced that H does exist, life rudolfensis along H habilis and h. sapiens.

However, confidence is not 100 percent. Lower jaw fossil KNM-ER code 1802 had the upper part of the mouth are more circular, the characteristics of which are owned by h. rudolfensis.

Scientists predict, these fossils belong to the species h. habilis. However, until the fossils were discovered, scientists h. habilis also could not believe. It could be, it is also a property of fossil species.

As reported in Nature, on Wednesday last week, this discovery suggests that the ancestors of the human variety, coexist at 1.7 to 2 million years ago.

During this time, it is understood that human evolution progresses like a straight line, a species of extinct ancestors is replaced one more new species. Through this research revealed that it is possible that more than one ancestor species alive at the same time and competing with each other. That win, he existed and was able to survive.