Metaverse Subject: Science and Technology Section: Awareness in the field of IT What is metaverse? A simplistic way to look at the metaverse is as a parallel, virtual, world where users can have different identities, possessions and characters. It is an integrated 3D virtual world. Interoperability is key to metaverse’s success. The metaverse […]
How Oncolytic Virus Therapy is Changing Cancer Treatment Subject: Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Concept : Oncolytic viruses are a form of immunotherapy that uses viruses to infect and destroy cancer cells. Cancer due to infection by virus Infection by certain viruses has been implicated in the development of certain cancers, such as […]
Apple announces Lockdown Mode against spyware Subject: Science and Technology Section: Awareness in the field of IT Context: Apple’s Lockdown feature adds extreme protection for iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura Concept :How will it work? The setting will block message attachments sent to the Messages app, disables link previews, blocks invitations […]
What is the Large Hadron Collider, now readying to seek answers to fundamental questions of particle physics? Subject: Science and Tech Section: New discovery Context: The world’s most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), will begin smashing protons into each other at unprecedented levels of energy beginning July 5. What is […]
India’s patent law safeguards under fire Subject :Science and Technology Section: Intellectual property Context: PMEAC has recommended to reduce the period within which patent applications can be challenged to six months. What is a Patent? A Patent is a statutory right for an invention granted for a limited period of time to the […]
Transgender hormone therapy Subject : Science and Technology Context: Transgender status grounds Adam Harry’s dream to be a pilot. Private-pilot licence holder working as a delivery person; DGCA says cross sex hormone therapy renders him unfit to fly; activist says there is no scientific basis for it. Transgender hormone therapy Transgender hormone therapy, […]
DRDO carries out test flight of autonomous UAV Subject: Science and Technology Section: Defence Context: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out the maiden test flight of a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), an autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator, from the Aeronautical Test Range, Chitradurga, Karnataka. Concept: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle […]
Dhruva Space tests satellite orbital deployer onboard PSLV Subject : Science and Technology Section: Space Context: The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C53 mission that placed in orbit three foreign satellites, also proved to be a testbed for Dhruva Space’s Satellite Orbital Deployer (DSOD-1U). Dhruva Space tests satellite Homegrown space sector start-up Dhruva […]
mRNA and it’s working Subject :Science and Technology Section :Biotechnology Context: The country’s first home-grown mRNA Covid-19 vaccine — GEMCOVAC-19 — developed at Pune’s Gennova Biopharmaceuticals has got a ‘restricted emergency use’ nod for the 18-and-above age group. mRNA working: As the Covid-19 pandemic spread, an mRNA vaccine candidate was the first to […]
CAPSTONE- NASA’s new satellite Subject :Science and Tech Section :Space Context: NASA launched CAPSTONE, a microwave oven-sized CubeSat weighing just 55 pounds (25 kg). What is CAPSTONE? CAPSTONE, short for Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, is designed to test a unique, elliptical lunar orbit. The satellite, launched on Rocket […]