Science and Technology

SpaceX’s Starship

Context: SpaceX’s Starship rocket completed its fourth test mission, successfully reentering Earth’s atmosphere and splashing down in the Indian Ocean....

Technical Textiles

Context: Centre to fund 150 startups with ₹50 lakh each for developing advanced technical textiles in the country More on...

PraVaHa

Context: Recently, ISRO has developed a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software called Parallel RANS Solver for Aerospace Vehicle Aero-thermo-dynamic Analysis...

First Metal 3D Printing on International Space Station

Context: The ISS’s Columbus laboratory module recently hosted the first metal 3D printing event. More on News A single s-curve...

Green Beard Genes

Context: Scientists have gained valuable new insights into natural altruism by studying the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum.    More on News:...

Zika Virus

Context: Brazilian scientists’ research reveals a link between Zika infection and dengue severity published in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical...

Sickle Cell Disease

Context: ICMR is seeking Expressions of Interest (EoI) from eligible organisations for the collaborative development and commercialization of a low-dose...

Evolution of the Y Chromosome

Context: A study on ape sex chromosomes reveals that only a small fraction of DNA sequences in the Y chromosome...

EarthCARE Satellite

Context: ESA launches EarthCARE on its mission to study clouds and aerosols in Earth’s climate.   More on News:  The...

Forever Chemical Discovery Can Aid Drinking Water Treatment

Context: Scientists discovered a new chemical process to aid in the treatment of “forever chemicals” or Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Context: The increasing prevalence of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in India.   More on News:  As per the Global...

Astronomers Discover Galaxies with JWST

Context: Astronomers discovered two earliest and most distant galaxies, dating back 300 million years after the Big Bang, using NASA’s...

Growing Diamonds at Ambient Pressure

Context: Researchers at the Centre for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM) within the Institute for Basic Science have developed a revolutionary...

Agnibaan Rocket

Context: Agnikul Cosmos successfully launched its first sub-orbital test vehicle Agnibaan SOrTeD, powered by the world’s first single-piece 3D-printed semi-cryogenic...

Proactive Vaccinology

Context: New study in ‘Nature Nanotechnology’ introduces “proactive vaccinology”. Scientists create vaccines even before pathogens emerge and have seen results...