Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Glow Scope : Fluorescence Microscope At Winona State University, Minnesota, have created a design for a Glow Scope, a Fluorescence Microscope. With this setup, they were able to image the creatures’ brain, spinal cord, heart, and head and jaw bones. They were able to zoom in and out using the smartphone camera and the clip-on […]

New Antibacterial Molecule Discovered: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, recently discovered a new antibacterial molecule — IITR00693, that could help fight against drug-resistant infections. IITR00693 is a novel antibacterial small molecule. It has shown potent antibacterial activity against a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, including some of the most problematic […]

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Scientists have created a gargantuan synthetic survey of a section of the universe that shows what we can expect from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s future observations Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope or Roman Space Telescope (RST) is a NASA deep space infrared observatory. Though originally referred to as […]

Antibiotic Drugs On livestock: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have found that grazing by livestock leads to lower carbon storage in soil compared to grazing by wild herbivores. Researchers found that this difference appears to be due to the use of veterinary antibiotics such as tetracycline on livestock. The researchers said that […]

Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme: The Union Health Ministry gave a statement that it is keeping a close watch on the Seasonal Influenza situation, through the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme network on a real-time basis. The Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) was initiated with assistance from the World bank, in the year 2004. The Programme continued […]

Gene-Editing In Embryos: A new study published in the journal Nature Communications has warned of the potential consequences of gene editing technology, which is still not fully understood. Key findings: Using Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) to delete harmful disease-causing mutations could create more problems CRISPR could lead to extensive gene copying from […]

Multi-Angle Imager For Aerosols Mission: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with the Italian Space Agency ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) to build and launch the MAIA mission. It is a joint mission between NASA and the Italian Space Agency ASI. This will investigate the health impacts of […]

Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT-1) Satellite: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out the controlled re-entry experiment for the decommissioned Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT-1) satellite. Due to the increasing number of objects in space (Space Debris), the international aerospace community has adopted guidelines and assessment procedures to reduce the number of non-operational spacecraft and spent rocket upper stages […]

NISAR Satellite: The US Air Force handed over NISAR, an earth observation satellite jointly developed by NASA and ISRO, to the Indian space agency. NISAR will be used by ISRO for a variety of purposes like volcanic eruptions, agricultural mapping, landslide-prone areas etc. The 2,800 kilograms satellite consists of both L-band and S-band synthetic aperture […]

H3N2 Outbreak: Across India, an outbreak of a respiratory illness with symptoms of cold, sore throat and fever accompanied by fatigue has been observed since December 2022 and January 2023. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) confirmed that Influenza Sub-type H3N2 has been causing this illness. It further warned that the virus appeared to […]