Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Fractals: An international team of researchers’ discovered first fractal molecule in nature. Fractal is a never-ending pattern which is infinitely complex and self-similar across different scales. They are created by repeating a simple process over and over in an ongoing feedback loop. In essence, a fractal is a pattern that repeats forever, and every part […]

International Narcotics Control Board: India’s Jagjit Pavadia was re-elected for a third term for five years from March 2025-2030 to the International Narcotics Control Board. International Narcotics Control Board was established in 1968 and is the independent and quasi-judicial monitoring body for the implementation of the United Nations international drug control conventions. It was established […]

C-Dome : Israel for the first time deployed its ship-mounted defence system, called the C-Dome. C-Dome is a naval version of Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system, used to shield against rocket and missile attacks. The Iron Dome, which was activated in 2011 and has an effectiveness of about 90%, works by using radars to […]

Higgs Boson : Nobel prize-winning British physicist Died Nobel prize-winning British physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of a mass-giving particle, which became known as the Higgs boson or the “God particle”, has died aged 94. The Higgs boson is the fundamental force-carrying particle of the Higgs field, which is responsible for granting fundamental […]

Global Hepatitis Report 2024: According to the Global Hepatitis Report 2024 released by the World Health Organisation (WHO), India is one of the countries with the highest burden of viral hepatitis. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. It can be an acute (short-term) infection or a chronic (long-term) infection. There are different types of hepatitis, […]

Lab-Grown Minibrains: Minibrains grown in the lab may help explain why concussions and other traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) raise people’s risk of dementia. Lab-grown minibrains are scientifically known as brain organoids, but often called “minibrains” and serve as miniature, simplified models of full-size human brains. Scientists typically grow brain organoids from stem cells, a type […]

Electroencephalogram : 100 Years The year 2024 marks the centennial of the discovery of the electroencephalogram (EEG) by German psychiatrist Hans Berger. It remains a crucial tool for understanding the brain. Electroencephalogram (EEG) is a recording of brain activity. It is a test that detects abnormalities in your brain waves, or in the electrical activity […]

Agnibaan SOrTeD : Launch Postponed The launch of AgniKul ‘Agnibaan SOrTeD’ has been postponed. Agnibaan SubOrbital Technological Demonstrator (SOrTeD) is a single-stage launch vehicle powered by AgniKul’s patented Agnilet engine. It is the world’s first single piece 3D printed semi-cryogenic rocket engine. It will be launched from India’s first private launchpad, ALP-01, located inside the […]

Shallowfakes: With the Lok Sabha elections scheduled, social media platforms are abuzz with misinformation, mostly in the form of shallow fakes. Like deepfake, shallowfake is also an act of morphing people’s pictures and using them for malicious activities. But unlike deepfake, which is created by using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software, shallowfake can be created […]