Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Facial Recognition Technology: Two retail chains in Australia, Bunnings and Kmart, are being investigated for using facial recognition technology and storing data of their customers without their knowledge. Facial recognition technology works by capturing people’s faces from photographs or video footage as a unique faceprint. The image is then saved and can be compared to […]

HPV Vaccine : Cervical Cancer Cervavac, a vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII), has recently acquired market authorization from the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI).  It is India’s first Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccination (qHPV) designed to protect women from cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is a prevalent sexually transmitted infection. It’s a […]

Genomics Democracy: The World Health Organization’s Science Council, in its first report, has called for accelerating access to genomics across the world. The report argues that it is not justifiable ethically or scientifically for countries with lesser resources to gain access to such technologies long after the rich countries do. The field of genomics tries […]

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ): As of today, the most sensitive dark matter detector experiment in the world is LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) in South Dakota in the U.S. Many physicists strongly believe that the entire visible part of the universe forms only 5% of all matter in it. They believe the rest is made up of dark matter and […]

James Webb Space Telescope: NASA unveiled images from the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful orbital observatory ever launched. The pictures, designed to peer farther than before with greater clarity to the dawn of the universe, were hailed by NASA as milestone marking a new era of astronomical exploration. Nearly two decades […]

Azores High: A study revealed that an extremely large ‘Azores High’ (a subtropical weather phenomenon) has resulted in abnormally dry conditions across the western Mediterranean, including the Iberian Peninsula, primarily occupied by Spain and Portugal. Azores High is a subtropical high pressure system that extends over the eastern subtropical North Atlantic and western Europe during […]

ISRO Launches The World’s First Facility To Track Space Debris, And Safeguard Assets: ISRO launches the world’s first facility to track space debris, and safeguard assets. IS4OM is ISRO’s holistic approach to ensure the safety of space assets and sustaining the utilization of outer space for national development. In response to the ever-growing space object […]

Dark Matter: One of the most sensitive dark matter detector experiments named LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) in the U.S.A, has been used for finding evidence of dark matter in the universe. All interactions in the universe are a result of four fundamental forces acting on particles — strong nuclear force, weak nuclear force, electromagnetic force and gravitation. […]

Oncolytic Virotherapy: Researchers in the US have developed a novel strategy in Oncolytic Virotherapy (OV) to improve a cancer therapy that can kill tumour cells while leaving nearby healthy tissues intact. Earlier a Monoclonal Antibody trial was held in the USA, where 12 patients were completely cured of rectal cancer without requiring any surgery or […]

GigaMesh Solution: Astrome has signed a contract with the Department of Telecommunication to start the pilot project called “GigaMesh Network Solution with 15 villages in India. GigaMesh, developed by Astrome, will address congestion issues in rural 4G infrastructure and provide high-tech and affordable internet connectivity. The solution has been developed by Astrome. The startup is […]