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India’s Quest for 6G Network

In News Recently, the Prime Minister launched the Bharat 6G vision document and The 6G Testbed as part of its 6G mission. About The 6G Testbed will provide academic institutions, industries, start-ups, and MSMEs, and industry, among others, a platform to test and validate evolving ICT technologies.. Bharat 6G vision document is prepared by the […]

Abel Prize

In News The Abel Prize for mathematics was awarded to Argentine-American Luis Caffarelli. Partial Differential Equations Luis Caffarelli is a professor at the University of Texas and was honoured for his seminal contributions to regularity theory for nonlinear partial differential equations. He is the first person born in South America to win the award. Differential […]

GISAID (Global Initiative On Sharing All Influenza Data)

In News Scientists were banned by GISAID from using the database that contained the genomic information they used for their study on COVID-19 virus origins. About Many scientists have expressed surprise about the ban which appears to have further vitiated public conversations as well as intensified the spotlight on China’s recalcitrance against international investigations on […]

XBB.1.16

In News Recently, XBB.1.16 was found to be the variant behind India’s new COVID spike. About Two recombinant lineages of SARS-CoV-2 are currently designated as ‘Variants Under Monitoring’ by the World Health Organization: XBB, a recombinant of Omicron sublineages BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75, and XBF, a recombinant of BA.5.2.3 and BA.2.75.3 Omicron sublineages. The lineage XBB.1.5, […]

Terminator Zone

In News A recent study conducted by astronomers from the University of California suggested the possibility of aliens hiding in special ‘terminator zones’ on distant exoplanets, where the temperature is not too hot or cold. An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System. What are terminator zones? Various exoplanets, which are […]

Sand Battery

In News Finland has installed the world’s first sand battery that can store heat from renewable energy sources for months. What is a Sand Battery? A “sand battery” is a high temperature thermal energy storage that uses sand or sand-like materials as its storage medium. It stores energy in sand as heat.  Its main purpose […]

Laccase Enzyme

In News An enzyme called laccase generated by a group of fungi has been found capable of degrading a variety of hazardous organic dye molecules that are regularly drained into water bodies after dying clothes in the textile industry. About This observed characteristic which the scientists termed substrate promiscuity can have deep implication in designing […]

Zoonoses Theory of SARS-COVID-2

In News Recently, New evidence has emerged supporting the zoonotic origin of COVID. About A zoonotic disease is an infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans (or from humans to animals).  Rabies, Marburg disease, MERS, Monkeypox, Nipah are some of the examples of Viral  zoonotic diseases. Diseases like anthrax, brucellosis, plague, […]

Background Radiation Levels in Kerala

In News The pan-India study by scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has found that in parts of Kerala, background radiation levels are nearly three times more than what’s been assumed. The pan-India study was conducted by scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and measured radiation levels from nearly 100,000 locations […]

Starberry-Sense

In News  Researchers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have developed a low-cost star sensor for astronomy and small CubeSat class satellite missions. [Exploded view of Starberry-Sense star sensor] Image Courtesy: TH About Starberry-Sense The star sensor named Starberry-Sense can help small CubeSat class satellite missions find their orientation in space. the Starberry-Sense is […]