Gravitational Waves Subject : Science and technology Section: Space technology Concept : The collaboration between LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA is crucial for unraveling the mysteries of gravitational waves. These detectors work together to decipher the subtle disturbances in spacetime caused by massive celestial objects. LIGO Historic Breakthrough Continues: After a hiatus, LIGO has […]
XPoSAT Subject :Science and Technology Section: Space technology Context : The Indian Space Research Organisation is collaborating with the Raman Research Institutes, Bengaluru ,to build the X-ray polarimeter satellite(XPoSAT), which is scheduled to be launched later this year. What is XPoSAT mission According to ISRO,”XPoSAT will study various dynamics of bright astronomical X-ray […]
Floating point operations system(FLOPs) and Supercomputers Subject : Science and Technology Section: Context India will unveil its 18 new supercomputers for weather forecasting institutes later this year. The new supercomputer is expected to improve weather forecasts at the block level, help weather scientists give higher resolution ranges of the forecast, predict cyclones with […]
India set to triple speed of its fastest supercomputers Subject : Science and technology Section: Art and Culture Concept : According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), India is set to dramatically scale up its super-computing prowess and install an 18-petaflop system over the course of this year. Key highlights: The most […]
COVID-19 genomics body INSACOG has not put out weekly bulletin since March 27 Subject : Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Why in news? The India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), a multi-laboratory, multi-agency, pan-India network tasked with sequencing, and keeping an eye out for new, threatening SARS-CoV-2 variants, has not published a single bulletin since […]
Understanding a Human Pan-genome Map Subject : Science and technology Section: Biotechnology Concept : A new study published in the journal Nature describes a pangenome reference map created utilising genomes from 47 anonymous individuals (19 men and 28 women), mostly from Africa but also from the Caribbean, Americas, East Asia, and Europe. Genome […]
Calcium 41 in radiometric dating Subject: Science and technology Section: Nuclear technology Concept : Recent study shows that Calcium-41 can be used the same way as Carbon-14 in carbon dating, but with several advantages. Radio Carbon Dating Carbon-14 – Radiocarbon (Carbon 14) is an isotope of the element carbon that is unstable and […]
Novel host-directed molecules blunt SARS-CoV-2, influenza virus Subject :Science and Technology Section: Bio Technology Context: Virus can develop resistance against antivirals, while drugs that target the host cells to prevent virus infection can remain effective even when the virus evolves. More on the News: Indian researchers have, for the first time, been able […]
Block-chain enabled trace and track system Subject :Science and technology Section: Awareness in IT This is a supply chain centered implementation of the block-chain technology, that uses the decentralized, immutability (cannot be changed), real-time, cryptographic security characteristics of the distributed ledger system (i.e. Block Chain) to stream-line supply chains. With this one can […]
Centre pushes vaccine for lumpy skin disease Subject : Science and technology Section: Health Concept : More than 10,000 cattle have been infected with the Lumpy Skin disease in this wave of the epidemic. Uttarakhand has reported the bulk of the cases in this wave. While the Kutch region of Gujarat emerged as […]