Why in News: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, have discovered that a particular gene (DLX1) which plays an important role in the development of jaws, skeleton, and interneurons in the brain has an important role to …
About Cryptocurrencies A cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses strong cryptography to secure financial transactions, control the creation of additional units and verify the transfer of assets. It is a digital …
Why in News? The World Health Organization has allowed widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine- RTS,S/AS01, which has reduced disease as part of a pilot project in parts of Africa. But its efficacy is modest, and the hunt …
What is LNT model? The Linear no-threshold model (LNT) is the most commonly used model to estimate the biological risks from ionizing radiation. The LNT model states that biological effects such as cancer and hereditary effects due to exposure to …
What is it? It is the world’s first antimalarial vaccine , known by the brand name Mosquirix. It is the world’s first licensed malaria vaccine and also the first vaccine licensed for use against a human parasitic disease of any …
Dark Energy: While dark matter attracts and holds galaxies together, dark energy repels and causes the expansion of our universe. Dark energy, the mysterious form of energy that makes up about 68% of the universe. Dark energy has been noted …
Why in News: Nipah virus antibodies (IgG antibodies) were detected in bat samples collected by the National Institute of Virology (NIV), from Kerala. Antibody, also called immunoglobulin, a protective protein produced by the immune system in response to the presence …
What’s the news? Recently, Scientists have developed a three-dimensional (3D) printed vaccine patch that provides greater protection than a typical immunisation shot. News in Detail The team at Stanford University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) …
What are they? The natural world is analog while computing is digital. Computers perceive the natural world through sensorchips whose output is analog. The analog output is converted into the language of computers through a digitizer chip or an analog …