Science and Technology

The Milky Way’s eROSITA Bubbles

The Milky Way’s eROSITA Bubbles

Context: A team of scientists from China and Europe has discovered two prominent features of the “eROSITA bubbles” in the...

Gestational Diabetes Screening: Benefits and Implications

Gestational Diabetes Screening: Benefits and Implications

Context: Researchers from India, London, and Africa have suggested that the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), used to diagnose gestational...

Novel Mechanism for targeting bone marrow adipocytes to prevent bone loss

Context: Recently, a research team from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has...

What is Darknet or Dark web?

What is Darknet or Dark web?

Context: As per the recent reports, the National Testing Agency (NTA) that conducts important exams like NEET, JEE and CUET,...

Camouflaging as a dead enzyme VEGFR1 holds key to medical solutions for colon and renal cancers

Camouflaging as a dead enzyme VEGFR1 holds key to medical solutions for colon and renal cancers

Context: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, have decoded the molecular mechanism of VEGFR1,a...

Green Metal Mystery: From Mantle to Crust

Context: Researchers at The University of Western Australia conducted an experiment explaining how volcanoes bring green metals from deep within...

Cholera Vaccine Demand Outpaces Supply: WHO Report

Context: The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports nearly 200,000 cases of cholera have been reported in 24 countries this year...

Transforming Sanitation Management in India through Digital Innovation

Context: The National Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (NFSSM) Alliance has launched ‘India for the World’. It is an infographic...

Neutron Transfer in Weakly Bound Nuclei

Context: A study published in the Nuclear Science and Techniques journal implies an experiment focused on the one-neutron stripping phenomenon...

Indiconema: A New Diatom Genus Discovered in India’s Ghats

Context: Researchers from the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) in Pune, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology,...

Sangam-Digital Twin Initiative

Context: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi successfully hosted the first Networking Event of Department of Telecommunications (DoT)’s Sangam –...

Neglected Tropical Diseases

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of conditions caused by a variety of pathogens (including viruses, bacteria, parasites,...

Bioluminescence: An Overview

Context: From glowing corals to vomiting shrimp, animals have employed bioluminescence as a means of communication for millions of years,...

Meaty rice

Context : Researchers from Yonsei University in South Korea have developed a groundbreaking new food product, a “non-vegetarian rice” that...

5G Intelligent Village and Quantum Encryption Algorithm

Context: The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) announces two significant calls for proposals aimed at catalysing innovation and technological advancement in...