What’s in the news? According to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Ukraine, involved in a war with Russia for the past four years, was the largest importer of major arms in the world in the 2020-24 …
About Bennu is a relatively small asteroid that passes close to Earth about every six years. It is a near-earth asteroid that had formed near the dawn of the solar system roughly 4.5 billion years ago. Bennu makes one orbit …
About Wearable technology, also known as “wearables,” is a category of electronic devices that can be worn as accessories, embedded in clothing, implanted in the user’s body, or even tattooed on the skin. The devices are hands-free gadgets with practical …
About Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a gaseous air pollutant composed of nitrogen and oxygen. It is a reddish-brown, pungent, acidic gas that is corrosive and strongly oxidising. It is one of a group of highly reactive gases known as oxides …
Background The three major forms of treatment for any cancer are surgery (removing the cancer), radiotherapy (delivering ionising radiation to the tumour), and systemic therapy (administering medicines that act on the tumour). Surgery and radiotherapy have been refined significantly over …
About The Hague Service Convention—formally known as the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, 1965, was adopted at the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1965. Building on the 1905 …
Background An earthquake is an intense shaking of Earth’s surface. The shaking is caused by movements in Earth’s outermost layer, the crust. Although the Earth looks like a solid place from the surface, it’s actually extremely active just below the …
Definition Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) are emission reduction units that can be traded between countries under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. ITMOs enable bilateral or multilateral cooperation by allowing a country to transfer its surplus emission reductions to …
About It is a project of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) intergovernmental research organisation and is planned to be the world’s largest optical telescope, with a giant primary mirror (made of 798 small mirrors) that measures 39 meters across. The …