Category: Science and Technology Current Affairs

Hepatitis A Outbreak : Kerela There has been a big spread of Hepatitis A in Kerala’s Malappuram district, with about 8,000 cases and 12 deaths. The virus, which is known for being very contagious, usually affects kids younger than 15 years old, but it is now spreading to older people whose immune systems aren’t working […]

BHISHM Portable Cubes: BHISHM portable cubes were dropped from an airplane by the Indian Air Force in Agra as part of an important test. These mobile hospitals are meant to provide emergency medical care anywhere, and this event was their first test run. Project BHISHM, which stands for “Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog, Hita, and […]

High Energy Photon Source: China is set to become the first country in Asia with a fourth-generation synchrotron light source with the completion of the High Energy Photon Source (HEPS). This advanced facility will produce some of the world’s brightest X-rays, significantly enhancing research capabilities across various scientific fields. HEPS will accelerate electrons to 6 […]

Nancy Grace Roman Telescope: NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in late 2026, will search for tiny primordial black holes dating back to the Big Bang. These hypothetical black holes, with masses similar to Earth or even large asteroids, could revolutionize theoretical physics if detected Detection of these small black holes, […]

Geomagnetic Storms : Hits Earth The strongest geomagnetic storm in over two decades recently hit Earth, causing radio blackouts and extending the northern lights to the southern United States. Geomagnetic Storm is a major disturbance of Earth’s magnetosphere that occurs when there is a very efficient exchange of energy from the solar wind into the […]

Xenotransplantation: The first recipient of a modified pig kidney transplant passed away around two months after the surgery was carried out. Xenotransplantation is any procedure that involves the transplantation, implantation or infusion into a human recipient of either live cells, tissues, or organs from a nonhuman animal source or human body fluids, cells, tissues or […]

GPT-4o : ChatGPT The ChatGPT, OpenAI has brought the capabilities of GPT-4 through its latest model named GPT-4o. GPT-4o offers GPT-4 level intelligence and it is much faster and improves its capabilities across text, vision, and audio. It makes human-to-machine interaction much more natural and far easier. The voice mode on GPT-4o is efficient and […]

Zero-Day Vulnerability: Google Chrome has been hit with another zero-day vulnerability, which has set the alarm bells ringing among users and cyber experts. Zero-Day Vulnerability is a system or software vulnerability unknown to the vendor and for which no patch or means of mitigation are available at the time it is discovered. The term ZDV […]

Caenorhabditis elegans: Researchers found that once C. elegans worms eat a disease-causing strain of bacteria, its children inherited the ‘knowledge’ to avoid making the same mistake — up to four generations. Caenorhabditis elegans is a nematode worm which is a small, relatively simple, and precisely structured organism. It grows within 3-5 days from a fertilised […]

Indian Space Situational Assessment Report 2023: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the Indian Space Situational Assessment Report (ISSAR) for 2023, which provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of India’s space assets and their vulnerability to potential collisions in space. ISSAR 2023 Report Highlight: Globally, 3,143 objects were added in 2023 […]