How AI can help the environment Subject :Science and Technology Section: Awareness in IT Context: AI has also been touted as a powerful tool to help tackle global crises, such as climate change. Details: A study commissioned by tech giant Microsoft estimated that AI applications in the sectors of agriculture, water, energy and […]
Indian scientists find genetic markers associated with premature births Subject : Science and technology Section: Biotechnology What is the research about? For the first time in South Asia, Indian scientists working in the Garbh-Ini programme, an interdisciplinary group for advanced research on birth outcomes, have identified 19 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), or genetic […]
National Quantum Mission Subject: Science and technology Section: Computer Context: The Union Cabinet approved the National Quantum Mission with an allocation of ₹6,003.65 crore. Details: The mission puts India among the top six leading nations that have begun research and development in quantum technologies. The six other nations which are currently carrying out […]
Epigeneres Biotech operationalise the HrC test – an early warning system that picks up cancer signals Subject :Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Context: An early warning system for cancer, that’s the promise of HrC or the Himanshu Roy Cancer test – a first-of-its-kind prognostic test for cancer. Details of HrC test: It was […]
Plant ‘cries’: Recalling Jagadish Chandra Bose Subject :Science and Technology Section: Contribution of scientists Context: Late last month, a group of researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel reported that they had been able to pick up distress noises made by plants. Details: The researchers said these plants had been making very distinct, […]
What to know about first test flight of SpaceX’s big Starship Subject :Science and Technology Section: Space technology Context: Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to launch the first test flight of its mammoth Starship. It’s the biggest and mightiest rocket ever built, with the lofty goals of ferrying people to the moon and […]
Magnetoresistance Subject: science and technology Context: Recently, researchers in the UK, led by Nobel laureate Andre Geim have found that graphene displays an anomalous giant magnetoresistance (GMR) at room temperature. Magnetoresistance: GMR is the result of the electrical resistance of a conductor being affected by magnetic fields in adjacent materials. Say a conductor […]
Oseltamivir-resistant H1N1 virus Subject: Science and technology Context: Oseltamivir-resistant H1N1 virus can transmit from wild ducks to chickens. More on the News: When the influenza burden is high during certain years, the amount of antiviral oseltamivir used will be high. Much of it enters the water system and will end up driving antiviral […]
NISAR satellite to map Himalayas’ seismic zones Subject : Science and technology Section: Space technology Concept : NISAR satellite is going to map the most earthquake-prone regions in the Himalayas with unprecedented regularity and aims to build an advance warning system of land subsidence and earthquakes. Need of the initiative: A large section […]
Bioluminescence Subject : Science and technology Concept : Biotechnology A stretch of the beach at Bheemili near Visakhapatnam glows due to bioluminescence. Bioluminescence Bioluminescence occurs mainly due to the presence of single-celled organisms called dinoflagellates that produce light when disturbed. Various other marine species such as sponges, jellyfish, worms, species of fish, […]