PASHIPAE Mission will peep into unknown regions of the sky Subject : Science & tech Context : Recently, the Scientists from the University of Crete, Greece, Caltech, USA, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), India, the South African Astronomical Observatory and the University of Oslo, Norway, are involved in PASIPHAE Mission. Concept: […]
RNA into DNA Subject : Science & tech Context : A new study notes that as against the current understanding that only DNA transcription into RNA as being possible, the reverse can also happen. Concept : Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and Ribonucleic acid (RNA) are important molecules in cell biology, responsible for the storage […]
Bharitalasuchus tapani – a carnivorous reptile that lived 240 million years ago Subject : Science & tech Context : In the mid 20th century, researchers from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, carried out extensive studies on rocks of the Yerrapalli Formation , uncovering several fossils. By studying some of these specimens stored at […]
Coronavirus stays on surfaces of hospitals, floors of patient rooms: Study Subject : Science & tech Context : The researchers also noted that even though the virus’ unique genetic signature was detected on a surface, it didn’t necessarily mean that they were able to infect the healthcare workers tending to the patients. Concept […]
CHIME Collaboration have assembled the largest collection of fast radio bursts (FRBs) Subject : Science & tech Context : Scientists with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) Collaboration have assembled the largest collection of fast radio bursts (FRBs) in the telescope’s first FRB catalogue. Concept : CHIME Telescope CHIME is an interferometric […]
MIXING COVID VACCINES Subject: Science & tech Context : India plans to embark soon on an exercise to investigate if it can immunise people using a “mix and match” of different Covid-19 vaccines. Concept : This would mean following up one dose of a particular vaccine with a second dose of a different […]
SAN FRANCISCO IS LEADING THE WAY TO HERD IMMUNITY Subject : Science & tech Context : Top epidemiologists have predicted that San Francisco, California will be the first major American city to arrive at the possible endgame of the pandemic — herd immunity. Concept : Experts believe San Francisco’s vaccination drive is largely […]
GLOBAL OUTAGE OF INTERNET Subject: Science & tech Context: Several big websites around the world went down for about half an hour, because of a major issue with the content delivery network (CDN) of American cloud computing services provider fastly. Most users would have seen a 503 error when trying to access these […]