Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Caterpillar Fungus: New research into a chemical produced by a caterpillar fungus that has shown promise as a possible cancer treatment has revealed how it interacts with genes to interrupt cell growth signals. Caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps Sinensis) is a fungal parasite of larvae (caterpillars) that belongs to the ghost moth. It is endemic to the […]

Snakebite Envenoming : Notifiable Disease Under The Tamil Nadu Public Health Act, 1939 The Tamil Nadu government has officially declared snakebite envenomation as a notifiable disease under the Tamil Nadu Public Health Act, 1939. Snakebite Envenoming is a life-threatening medical condition caused by venomous snake bites. It is a major health concern in rural and […]

Airships : Scope A few companies have attempted to control the buoyancy of airships — a longstanding challenge that has prevented their use for cargo transportation. Airships are lighter-than-air, vertical-lift vehicles that achieve flight by using buoyant gasses that are less dense than surrounding air. There are three main types of airships: non-rigid (or blimps), […]

Allulose : Sweetener South Korea has become a top testing ground for the sweetener allulose. Allulose is also known as D-allulose and d-psicose and is naturally present in only certain foods like wheat, raisins, figs and molasses. It is also commercially produced from beet sugar or corn using specific enzymes. It’s also available as a […]

Millimeter Wave : For 5G rural connectivity The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and the Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee (IIT-Roorkee) have signed an agreement under the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme of the DoT with the development of a “millimeter wave transceiver for 5G rural connectivity”. Millimeter Wave refers to electromagnetic waves with […]

India And CARICOM : Second Joint Commission Meeting India and CARICOM held their second Joint Commission meeting, an important event that reviewed and charted the future of their multifaceted relationship. CARICOM, which stands for Caribbean Community, is the oldest surviving integration movement in the developing world. It is an organization of Caribbean countries and dependencies […]

Processing-In-Memory (PIM) Technology : Data Processing Directly In Memory Israeli researchers have created software that allows data processing directly in memory, bypassing the CPU. This advancement, developed at the Israel Institute of Technology, aims to address the energy-intensive and time-consuming data transfers between memory and CPU, which are bottlenecks in modern computing. By reducing the […]

India Becomes Second Largest Smartphone Market by Unit Volume in Q3 2024: India’s smartphone market has become the second largest globally by unit volume and third by value in Q3 2024, according to Counterpoint Research. In this period, India accounted for 15.5% of global smartphone shipments, trailing China’s 22% but surpassing the US, which held […]

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: A 16-month-old child with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) was chosen for gene therapy and was administered the drug at a private hospital. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disease affecting the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system and voluntary muscle movement (skeletal muscle). It involves the loss of nerve cells called […]