Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Japanese Encephalitis : Study A study conducted in Gorakhpur district, India, involving 266 children vaccinated with the Chinese SA-14-14-2 vaccine (a live, attenuated vaccine) for Japanese encephalitis, found very low levels of neutralising antibodies IgG at different time points after vaccination. The study found that seroprotection against the virus decreased in the vaccinated children. Seroprotection […]

Moon Time Zone: The European Space Agency highlighted the the need of a universal timekeeping system for the moon . MOON TIME ZONE is to streamline contact among the various countries and entities, public and private, that are coordinating trips to and around the moon The Moon has its own day and night cycle, which […]

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 […]