How phase-changing materials can build green structures Subject: Science and Technology Context: The statement ‘70 per cent of the buildings India will have by 2030 are yet to be built’ has been repeated so often that it has become a cliché. The International Energy Agency has determined that carbon dioxide emissions from existing […]
Improving rice yield with an additional gene Subject :Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Context: The Green Revolution of the 1960s brought about a marked improvement in the yield of agricultural crops such as rice and wheat. OsDREB1C gene New Research report points out that giving a Chinese rice variety a second copy of […]
Which oils to use and how much: Do’s and don’ts of consuming fats Subject : science and technology Section: Health Context :Too much fat will burn our liver and heart very soon, given our lifestyle of little physical activity and uncontrolled diet. On quantity, there is relatively less debate: about 3-4 teaspoons should […]
The recent blocking of the VLC Media Player Subject: Science and tech VLC continues to be one of the most popular media players Why VLC was banned? The website has been blocked as per order of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under IT Act, 2000 Although VLC is not a Chinese app, […]
When COVID-19 or flu viruses kill they often have an accomplice — bacterial infections Subject: Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Context: The 1918 influenza pandemic resulted in the loss of over 3 per cent of the world’s population — at least 50 million people But it wasn’t the flu virus that caused the […]
Did asteroids bring water to Earth? Findings of the Hayabusa-2 probe, explained Subject: Science and Technology Section: Space Science Context: How did the Earth, believed to have been covered in bubbling oceans of magma billions of years ago, transform into the ‘blue planet’ and become covered in water? In an article published in […]
The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) Subject: Science and Technology Section: Scheme Context: The Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved the “Widening access of the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) database to users, besides patent offices”. Concept: The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) is a prior art database […]
India at 75: Milestones in space that made us a force to reckon with Subject: Science and Technology Section: Space Technology Vikram Sarabhai formed the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) in 1962. With Dr. Sarabhai leading the charge, INCOSPAR set up the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in Thiruvananthapuram for […]
New research: Giant meteorite impacts created continents Subject: Science and Technology Section :Space Context: A new Curtin University study has found the most robust evidence yet showing that Earth’s continents were formed by giant meteorite impacts. The paper, ‘Giant impacts and the origin and evolution of continents’, was published in Nature on August […]
What went wrong with the ISRO launch of SSLV? Subject : Science and Technology Section: Space Science Context: On August 7, ISRO got ready for the first developmental flight of the SSLV-D1/EOS-2 mission. The launch took place from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) D1/EOS-2 mission, […]