Understanding the fundamentals of how electricity is transmitted Subject: Science and Tech Section: Msc About Energy exists in many forms, like light, sound, heat, etc., power and power transmission also exist in many forms. However, electric power transmission is more complicated because of the multiple phases of electric current, and factors like voltage, […]
Aditya-L1 captures first glimpse of solar flares Subject: Science and Tech Section: Space technology Context: The High Energy L1 Orbiting Xray Spectrometer (HEL1OS) payload, onboard the AdityaL1 spacecraft, has captured the first glimpse of solar flares. About Aditya-L1 Mission Aditya-L1 is the first space based observatory class Indian solar mission to study the Sun from a substantial distance […]
Where do domesticated silkworm cocoons get their wild colours from? Subject: Science and Tech Section: Msc About: Silk, the queen of fibres, is drawn or reeled from cocoons of the silk moth (Bombyx mori). Humans domesticated it more than 5,000 years ago in China, from the wild moth (Bombyx mandarina). India is the […]
‘Deepfake’ video showing Rashmika Mandanna: How to identify fake videos Subject : Science and Tech Section: Awareness in IT Context: A video that supposedly shows actress Rashmika Mandanna entering an elevator has ignited a firestorm of controversy on the internet. What initially appears as genuine is, in fact, a ‘deepfake’ of the actress. […]
A telco double dip attempt that threatens Net neutrality Subject : Science and Tech Section: Awareness in IT Context: In July this year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), at the request of the government, invited a comprehensive consultation on the need and possible mechanisms for regulation of ‘OTT services’, which became […]
Wolbachia: an unlikely hero Subject : Science and Tech Section: Biotechnology About: Wolbachia is a genus of bacteria that has evolved complex relationships with the many insects that can host it. It is named for the American pathologist Simeon Burt Wolbach, who identified it along with Marshall Hertig in 1924. In 1971, researchers discovered that when male Culex mosquitoes infected by Wolbachia bacteria fertilised healthy eggs from a female, the eggs died. […]
The Zika genome and insights into the era of emerging outbreaks Subject : Science and Tech Section: Biotechnology Context: The dengue virus and its equally infamous cousin, the Zika virus, together infect up to around 400 million people every year. The Zika virus and genomic studies of it have opened fascinating windows into […]