Tag: Science and technology

Lifestyle diseases were earlier prevalent among the affluent section of the society. Now it is proportionately prevailing among all economic sections and is a “new-normal” disease. What are lifestyle diseases? Lifestyle diseases characterize those diseases whose occurrence is primarily based on the daily habits of people and are a result of an inappropriate relationship of … Continue reading Lifestyle diseases

President Droupadi Murmu who will embark on an Assam visit from Thursday, will make a sortie on the Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force Station on April 8. Later at Guwahati, she will flag off the Mount Kanchenjunga Expedition-2023 The aircraft is tailor-made for Indian specifications and integrates Indian systems and … Continue reading Sukhoi 30 MKI

British government recently said that it would provide Ukraine with armour-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium.Though they aren’t considered nuclear weapons, they emit low levels of radiation and can cause severe diseases

Source: BBC An emerging fungus called Candida auris is spreading rapidly and geographically, according to a warning from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

About Bio computers:Bio computers are computing devices that use biological components such as DNA, proteins, and cells to perform computational tasks. Biocomputers use the properties of biological systems to perform computations, such as molecular recognition, self-assembly, and amplification.

Evolution of GPT:2018: OpenAI introduced the first version of GPT2019: OpenAI launched GPT-2, a more advanced version.2020: Beta version of ChatGPT, a chatbot that uses the GPT-3 language model to generate responses to user queries.GPT-3 was capable of generating text that was virtually indistinguishable from text written by humans.2021: ChatGPT-3.5 (more user-friendly and had improved … Continue reading ChatGPT

For the first time in the world the Chennai-based National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) is working at making Low-Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD) technology process free of emissions.An initiative of providing potable water in six islands of Lakshadweep.

The President of India presented the President’s Colour to INS Dronacharya in KochiAbout INS Dronacharaya It is the gunnery school of the Indian Navy. It is located in Kochi, Kerala. It is responsible for training 820 officers and 2100 ratings per year in small-arms, naval missiles, artillery, radar and defensive countermeasures

Source: THIt is an AI system that could predict the structure of almost every protein catalogued by science, which could lead to breakthroughs in discovering medicines. It has been developed by DeepMind, a subsidiary of Alphabet

The Indian armed forces are set to deploy a new homegrown system called Vayulink, which will help commanders identify friendly forces in a joint battlespace. Vayulink can avert Budgam-like fratricide, give real-time data

The Indian Space Research Organisation brought down a satellite in a controlled manner after its end of life, for the first time recently.About Megha Tropoiques satellite-The weather satellite Megha Tropiques-1, which was developed as a joint mission by Indian and French space agencies, entered the atmosphere after the final two manoeuvres recently and burnt up … Continue reading Megha Tropoiques

About the Lunar time zoneObjective: To streamline contact among the various countries and entities, public and private, that are coordinating trips to and around the moon.Significance: The idea of timekeeping on the moon is important because it shows the international development of the moon.In future, the Martian time zone might be developed along the lines … Continue reading Lunar time zone

What is the Real-Time Train Information System (RTIS) project?Aim: To enable real-time tracking of train movements with the assistance of satellite imagery.Working of the project: Under the project, the Centre for Railway Information Systems(CRIS) has collaborated with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for live tracking of train movements.

Scientists have detected barium in the upper atmosphere of two giant exoplanets for the first time. What is Barium? It is two and a half times heavier than iron and is the heaviest-ever detected element. Barium salts are used in fireworks to generate green lights. Where was this detected? WASP-76b (640 light-years away from the … Continue reading Barium in exoplanet

Scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have mapped out the global distribution of sodium on the Moon’s surface. Sodium is the only element apart from potassium that can be observed through telescopes in the lunar atmosphere (its exosphere). Methodology used: They used the CLASS instrument (Chandrayaan-2 large area soft X-ray spectrometer) carried by … Continue reading Sodium survey in moon by ISRO

Long Range Radio (LoRa) Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT, an Institute under the RBI) has developed a new low-cost financial network to take banking to remote areas. About LoRa LoRa technology is a wireless modulation technique in the physical layer, allowing long-range communication using a chirp spread spectrum IDRBT is the … Continue reading LoRa

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to chemists Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless from the U.S., and Morten Meldal from Denmark, for their work in the field of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry. What is click chemistry? In simple terms, click chemistry is a functional field where molecules snap together … Continue reading Click chemistry

The Centre on Monday launched indigenously-developed AVGAS 100 LL, a special aviation fuel meant for piston engine aircraft and unmanned ariel vehicles. The fuel has been developed by Indian Oil Corporation. About AVGAS 100LL: Avgas or aviation gasoline is an aviation fuel that powers spark-ignited combustion engines in aircraft. It is different from conventional gasoline … Continue reading AVGAS 100LL

India is pushing tech giants to make smartphones compatible with India’s NavIC navigation system Issues: Companies are worried that it will increase the hardware and software costsMost of the models for next year’s launch have already been designed and tested. Russia has sought to mandate the inclusion of its own GLONASS system in smartphones sold … Continue reading NavIC compatible smartphone

Study of Coffee-ring effect when applied to the drying of biologically relevant fluids like blood can help diagnose anaemic and hyperlipidaemic conditions. What is the Coffee-Ring Effect? It occurs when a drop of spilt coffee dries up, the outermost edge of the dried drop is a little darker than the centre, forming a darker ‘ring’. … Continue reading Coffee ring effect

According to a new study, a pre-existing moon named ‘Chrysalis’ likely left Saturn with its bright rings and extreme tilt. What are the key findings of the study? Rings: Four planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus — are known to have rings. Saturn’s rings, composed of water ice particles ranging from micrometres to tens of … Continue reading Chrysalis moon

The new feature has been added by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to protect withdrawals through the Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) system against fraud. About the new feature- A new liveness detection feature for fingerprint authentications as part of the Aadhaar-enabled payment system to prevent people from successfully carrying out biometric spoof attacks as a … Continue reading AEPS update

Apple Inc, an American multinational technology company has come up without a physical SIM slot or an eSIM in order to access mobile networks. What is eSIM? eSIMs were first established a decade ago in 2012. It is an embedded SIM. It essentially has the same hardware of a regular SIM card chip but now … Continue reading eSim

What Causes Dry Eyes? Sometimes, there's a lack of balance in your tear-flow system. Or your air conditioner, heater, or other things around you could dry out your tear film. Other causes include: The natural aging process, especially menopause Side effects of certain drugs like antihistamines Diseases that affect your ability to make tears, like Sjogren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, and … Continue reading Dry eye disease ( 15 Sept)

Comedian Raju Srivastava, a popular face in the entertainment industry, has passed away. Srivastava has been on a ventilator since August 10 after he collapsed while running on a treadmill. Srivastava's health condition remained unchanged since that day despite having an angioplasty procedure. What is Angioplasty? The term "angioplasty" means using a balloon to stretch … Continue reading Angioplasty

Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) has successfully demonstrated the new technology with Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD).  This could aid the cost-effective recovery of spent rocket stages and safely land payloads on other planets. What is an Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator(IAD)?  Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator or IAD is a technique used to decelerate an object plunging down through the atmosphere.

In a unique and first-of-its-kind initiative, the Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India, has undertaken to set up India’s first-ever “Night Sky Sanctuary(Dark Sky Reserve)” in Ladakh The proposed Dark Sky Reserve will be located at Hanle in Ladakh as a part of Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary.It will boost Astro tourism in India and … Continue reading Night sky sanctuary

IIT-Guwahati will be the first IIT in the country to have a Centre for Advanced Research on Diagnostics in Cancer (C-CARD). The MoU between the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati and Karkinos Healthcare Private Limited (KHPL) for research collaboration was signed on the 29th Foundation Day of IIT Guwahati on September 1. The primary aim of … Continue reading Centre of cancer diagnostics in IIT Ghy

A study has found that hydration dynamics of proteins play a pivotal role in the aggregation of several proteins which is a preliminary step toward various neurodegenerative diseases What is Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation(LLPS)? Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation(LLPS) is a self-aggregated system. It is an intermediate step during the formation of stable protein aggregates.   This process plays an important … Continue reading Hydration of proteins

India is procuring 24 MH-60 Romeo(MH-60R) helicopters by 2025 as part of a Rs 15,000-crore deal with the US government. As part of this deal, the Indian Navy has received two MH-60 R multirole helicopters from the United States at Cochin International Airport. MH-60R is an all-weather helicopter manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation They are … Continue reading MH 60 helicopters

Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) has produced the 1st instance of the utilisation of resources in a planet’s atmosphere to meet human needs  About MOXIE It was sent by NASA on the Perseverence and made by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It works like a tree, splitting carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere to … Continue reading Moxie

Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh announced the scientific completion of Cervavac, India’s first indigenously developed quadrivalent human papillomavirus (qHPV) vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer. India accounts for about a fifth of the global burden of cervical cancer, with 1.23 lakh cases (One lakh twenty-three thousand) and around 67,000 deaths per year.

Project Dastaan India’s violent and devastating partition in 1947 displaced some 15 million people and left at least a million dead. So many families fled for their lives, never to return to the villages, towns and cities they had once called home. But now, they can revisit those very places – the houses they left … Continue reading Project Dastaan

India’s first 3D-printed post office is slated to come up in Bengaluru, Karnataka and will cost around one-fourth of the amount spent on a traditional building. The new post office building in Cambridge Layout in Halasuru, Bengaluru will be built using 3D printing and is likely to be completed within the next month. The Post Office building is being constructed by Larsen … Continue reading 3d print post office

Spectrographic Investigation of Nebular Gas (SING) Project is a collaboration between the Indian Institute of Astronomy (IIA) and the Russian Academy of science for designing payload for China’s Tiangong Space station. Concern: Tension between India has China has caste a concern about the future of the project. A spectrograph is an instrument that separates incoming … Continue reading SING project

Russia-Ukraine war has exacerbated  ( shortage already existed after COVID induced shutdown) the chip crisis as the supply of key ingredients such as Palladium and Neon has been affected. Russia controls 44% of global palladium Ukraine supplies 70% of neon supplies

Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy successfully flight tested the indigenously developed Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. The VL-SRSAM system has been designed to strike high-speed airborne targets at the range of 40 to 50 km and … Continue reading VL SRSAM

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) have developed an ultrasound-assisted fermentation method to produce a safe sugar substitute, called ‘xylitol,’ from sugarcane waste. With increasing awareness of the adverse effects of white sugar (sucrose), not only for patients with diabetes but also for general health, there has been a rise in the consumption … Continue reading Xylitol

On Anna Mani's 104th birth anniversary, Google paid tribute to the renowned physicist and meteorologist via a creative doodle on August 23. Known as the 'Weather Woman of India', Anna Mani was born on August 23 in 1918 in Kerala (known as Travancore then). Her life's work as a physicist and meteorologist made it possible … Continue reading Anna Mani

Scientists from Japan suggest that water and organic materials might have been brought to our planet from the outer edges of the solar system.The scientists made the hypothesis after analysing samples from the asteroid Ryugu, collected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa-2 probe, which had brought 5.4 grams of rocks and dust from … Continue reading Hayabusa 2

Nipun mines are indigenously designed and developed anti-personnel mines termed by the DRDO as ‘soft target blast munition’. These mines are meant to act as the first line of defence against infiltrators and enemy infantry. Developed by: Armament Research and Development Establishment, a Pune-based DRDO facility, and Indian industry. Note: Anti-personnel mines are meant to … Continue reading Nipun Mines

For the first time, researchers in Sweden have been able to create a successful alternative bioengineered cornea implant made of collagen derived from pig skin.  Under the study, a bioengineered cornea implant was used to successfully restore the vision of 20 people in India and Iran, most of whom were blind due to keratoconus, a disease … Continue reading Bioengineered Cornea