Nanophotonic Subject: Science and Technology Context: University of Hyderabad have shown how crystals can be sliced and even bent using atomic force microscopy Concept: Nanophotonic is the study of the behavior of light on the nanometer scale, and of the interaction of nanometer-scale objects with light. Its aim is to go beyond electronics […]

    Novel regions – novel Open Reading Frames or as nORFs Subject: Science and technology Context: A group of scientists have given possible explanation and peak into why even after decade of Human Genome Project only 1.5% of the entire human genome codes for proteins. Concept: In the last seven years, the team extensively […]

    Amal or HOPE/ Arab’s world first inter-planetary mission Subject: Science and Technology Context: Arab spacecraft enters orbit around Mars in historic flight after 7 months. Concept: Unmanned craft, called Amal, Arabic for Hope, had reached the end of its nearly seven-month, 300-million-mile journey and had begun circling the red planet. It is a […]

    D614G MUTANT VIRUS Subject : Science & technology Context : A team of scientists at the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG) in Kalyani has pointed to a biological reason behind the slower spread of the D614G mutant coronavirus in Asia compared to Europe and the USA. Concept : D614G mutation When the […]

    SEROLOGICAL SURVEY Subject: Science & tech Context: Nearly one in five Indians had been infected by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus until December 2020, the third round of the Indian Council of Medical Research’s Serological Survey found. Concept: Serological survey The serological survey was meant to detect whether the person being tested had developed antibodies […]

    SQUARE KILOMETRE ARRAY Subject: Science & tech Context: On Thursday, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) Council held its maiden meeting and approved the establishment of the world’s largest radio telescope. Concept: SKAO is a new intergovernmental organisation dedicated to radio astronomy and is headquartered in the UK. At the moment, organisations from […]

    SPUTNIK V Subject : Science & technology Context : An interim analysis of data from the phase 3 trial of the Covid-19 vaccine from Russia — Gam-COVID-Vac, or Sputnik V — suggests that a two-dose regimen offers 91.6% efficacy against symptomatic Covid-19. Concept : The vaccine has been called Sputnik V, named after […]