Subject: Science & tech Context: The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) approved this week the sale of a lab-grown meat product. This is the first time cultured meat has been cleared for sale anywhere in the world. The product approved by the SFA is cultured chicken, produced by US-based East Just. Concept: How is lab-grown or […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: Six years after Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission was launched, it is set to return back to Earth on December 6 carrying with it samples from the one-kilometre wide Ryugu asteroid that orbits the Sun. Concept: The Hayabasu2 mission was launched in December 2014 when the spacecraft was sent on a six-year-long […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: Director-General of ICMR Dr. Balram Bhargava said: “If we’re able to vaccinate a critical mass of people and break virus transmission, then we may not have to vaccinate the entire population.” Concept: Herd immunity is a form of indirect protection from infectious disease that occurs when a large percentage of […]
Subject: Science & tech Concept: Classical computers use classical bits that can take the value 0 or 1, allowing for a binary system to be set up and the lowest level of computer language is done manipulating these bits. A Quantum Computer uses qubit on the other hand can exist as a superposition of two […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: Honey marketed by prominent Indian brands failed a key test of purity, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has claimed, citing an investigation it conducted. Concept: Current regulations specify around 18 parameters that honey must comply with for producers to label it ‘pure honey’. Most brands passed muster but […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: One of the world’s largest telescopes collapsed at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory on Tuesday. It had been in operation for 57 years, but shut after engineers warned of the structure’s deterioration earlier this year. Concept: The Arecibo Telescope has one of the most powerful radar employed to observe asteroids, planets, […]