What is it? Floating agriculture is a way of utilising areas which are waterlogged for long periods of time in the production of food. The technology is mainly aimed at adapting to more regular or prolonged flooding. The approach employs …
Why in News: DRDO is developing exoskeleton for the Indian soldiers posted in high altitudes What is an exoskeleton? Exoskeletons can be worn over a regular uniform or combat gear so that a soldier’s strength is fully augmented. The gadget …
Why in News: Scientists with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) Collaboration, who include researchers at the Pune-based Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), have assembled the largest collection of fast …
NEWS While apps like Clubhouse give a push to innovation, privacy and data rights remain out of focus. CONTEXT Clubhouse is a new social networking app which has surpassed 2 million Android downloads across the world last month. The app …
Why in News? The Union Cabinet approved the allotment of 5Mhz spectrum in the premium 700 MHz band to the railways for captive use in areas of public safety and security services. What is spectrum in scientific terms? It is …
Why in News: Two doses of Covishield vaccine produced more antibodies than Covaxin doses, but there were relatively fewer instances of ‘breakthrough infections’ after the latter, reports a study of healthcare workers (HCW) in India. What are antibodies? Antibody, also …
About CRISPR Cas-9 CRISPR-Cas9 was adapted from a naturally occurring genome editing system in bacteria. The bacteria capture snippets of DNA from invading viruses and use them to create DNA segments known as CRISPR arrays. DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is …
Why in News: China has confirmed the first instance of human infection from H10N3, a rare strain of a virus that normally infects poultry. What is H10N3? H10N3 is a subtype of the Influenza A virus which is commonly known …
Why in News? Variant Delta (B.1.617.2), the most pervasive variant of the coronavirus in India, constituted nearly three in four breakthrough infections in Delhi, according to a research study by scientists in Delhi. About the study Scientists found that two …