Three new ‘exotic’ sub-atomic particles discovered at CERN Subject: Science The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment — which is investigating the slight differences between matter and antimatter by studying a type of particle called the “beauty quark”, or “b quark” — has observed three never-before-seen particles. It seeks to unlock the building […]
Fossils Subject: Science The fossils of our earlier human ancestors, located in a cave in South Africa, are a million years older than previously understood according to a new study Australopithecus, meaning “southern ape”, was a group of hominins or now-extinct early humans, that was closely related to and almost certainly the ancestors […]
Anthrax- the infectious disease found in Kerala Subject: Science Anthrax, also known as malignant pustule or woolsorter’s disease, is a rare but serious disease caused by the rod-shaped bacteria known as Bacillus anthracis. It occurs naturally in soil and, according to the WHO it is primarily a disease of herbivores, with both domestic […]
Why India should support antibiotics development Subject: Science Context: Recent report by Global Research on Anti-Microbial resistance (GRAM) on Antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) It occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease […]
Is growing space tourism posing a risk to the climate? Subject: Science Section: Space Context: The recent research states that rapidly growing space tourism industry “may undermine progress made by the Montreal Protocol in reversing ozone depletion. Space Tourism: The space tourism allows lay people to travel to space for recreational, leisure or […]
The new variants of coronavirus in circulation currently Subject: Science Section: Biotechnology Context: The country’s current surge in Covid-19 cases is because of the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron — which drove the third wave in January, along with BA.1 — and another sub-variant that has branched off from it, called BA.2.38. The new […]