Two-thirds of Indians have antibodies shows ICMR survey Subject: Science & tech Context: The fourth national COVID-19 sero survey conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Concept: As per the sero-survey, two-thirds of the population aged above six have antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. The survey also found that more than half of […]
Alzheimer’s disease Subject: Science and Tech Context: The FDA acknowledged there was not sufficient evidence that the drug would help patients. Instead, it said it was greenlighting Aduhelm under a program called “accelerated approval,. Concept: The Food and Drug Administration’s deadline to decide whether to approve Biogen’s controversial Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab, a council of […]
DNA vaccines Subject: Science and Technology Context: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said several Indian companies are increasing their production of Covid-19 vaccines and that the country may become the first in the world to develop a DNA-based vaccine. Cadila has completed third phase trial of its DNA vaccine and has applied […]
NEA Scout Subject: Science and Technology Context: NASA announced that its new spacecraft, named NEA Scout, has completed all required tests and has been safely tucked inside the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. NEA Scout is one of several payloads that will hitch a ride on Artemis I, which is expected to be […]
Monkey B virus Subject: Science and Technology Context: China has reported the first human infection case with Monkey B virus (BV) after a Beijing-based veterinarian was confirmed with the same a month after he dissected two dead monkeys in early March, according to China CDC Weekly. Concept: The virus, initially isolated in 1932, […]
Double perovskite Subject: Science and Technology Context: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, have crossed a significant milestone in the evolution of the ‘solar perovskite cell’ (SPC) namely, making it both stable and reducing the downsides that come with stability. Concept: Electricity is a flow of electrons. As per the classical […]
Moon Wobble Subject: Science and Tech Context: US coastlines will face increasing flooding in the mid-2030s thanks to a regular lunar cycle that will magnify rising sea levels caused by climate change, according to research led by NASA scientists. A key factor identified by the scientists is a regular “wobble” in the moon’s […]
Blue Origin Subject: Science and Technology Context: When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. No test pilots or flight engineers for Tuesday’s debut flight from West Texas, just Bezos, his brother, an 82-year-old aviation pioneer and a teenage tourist. Concept: Blue Origin has […]
Messenger RNA vaccines Subject: Science and Technology Context: Messenger RNA vaccines against Covid-19 were not detected in human milk, according to a small study by University of California, San Francisco. The paper appears in JAMA Pediatrics. Concept: The study analyzed the breast milk of seven women after they received mRNA vaccines from Pfizer or Moderna […]
Loon balloons Subject: Science and Technology Context: Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, called this week on the administration of President Joe Biden to greenlight a plan to transmit the Internet to people in Cuba via high-altitude balloons when their government has blocked access. Concept: What is loon? Loons are high altitude balloons that […]