Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

CRISPR/Cas9 : Study Researchers recently used CRISPR/Cas9 to alter photosynthesis for the first time. CRISPR, short for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, is a gene-editing technology that can be used to alter the genetic sequence of a specific gene by removing, adding, or altering sections of the DNA sequence. It makes it possible to […]

Starship : SpaceX’s SpaceX’s Starship rocket accomplished its first fully successful test flight last week, with both its booster and spacecraft making a gentle splashdown after an hour-long sub-orbital space flight. SpaceX’s Starship is an ambitious spacecraft designed to be fully reusable for missions to various destinations in space, including Mars. It is part of […]

Enterobacter bugandensis: Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have carried out a collaborative study of the behaviour of multi-drug resistant pathogens aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Enterobacter Bugandensis is a relatively new species within the Enterobacter genus. It was first described in 2013, after being […]

Apple Intelligence: Apple introduced “Apple Intelligence,” a generative AI system integrated into iPhones, iPads, and Macs via iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia. Apple Intelligence combines generative AI with personal context to provide personalized, context-aware responses, enhancing user experience while prioritizing privacy through on-device processing and Private Cloud Compute. Key features include: Writing Tools […]

Southern Cryonics: Southern Cryonics (a company in Australia) announced that it has successfully frozen its first client, with the hope of bringing him back to life in the future. The first patient was an 80-year-old man, who died in May 2024 at a hospital in Sydney. Cryonics involves keeping the human body at cryogenic temperatures […]

Aditya-L1 Spacecraft : Image The Aditya-L1 spacecraft started its trip toward the Sun on September 2, 2023. It was India’s first mission to study the sun. The Lagrangian point L1 was successfully reached on January 6, 2024, just 127 days after launch. It is in a key location about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. The […]

Quantum Data: A new quantum computing study claims that a recent finding in the production, storage and retrieval of “quantum data” has brought us one step closer to the quantum internet Quantum Data refers to information that is stored and processed using the principles of quantum mechanics. Unlike classical data, which is represented by binary […]

ABHA-Based Scan And Share Service: The National Health Authority (NHA) has achieved a milestone of generating over 3 crore tokens for Out-Patient Department (OPD) registrations through the ABHA-based Scan and Share service. It enables patients to conveniently register for OPD appointments by scanning a QR code displayed at the OPD registration counter. It has eliminated […]

Greening Curriculum Guidance : UNESCO UNESCO has launched the Greening Curriculum Guidance (GCG) and Green School Quality Standards (GSQS) under the Greening Education Partnership. Greening at least 50% of schools globally by 2030 through the Greening Education Partnership. Target Audience: Policy-makers, education ministries, educators, learners, and communities. A practical manual outlining climate education, detailing learning […]

TRISHNA Mission: Thermal Infrared Imaging Satellite for High-resolution Natural Resource Assessment (TRISHNA) mission, a collaboration between ISRO and CNES (French Space Agency), aims to monitor surface temperature and water management globally. It includes two primary payloads: Thermal Infra-Red (TIR) from CNES for infrared imaging and VNIR-SWIR from ISRO for surface reflectance mapping. Operating in a […]