Why in News: A type of nanoparticle designed by researchers from University of Massachusetts embodies a new approach to treating diseases that could potentially revolutionise the field. A nanoparticle or ultrafine particle is usually defined as a particle of matter …
Why in the News? In 2020, the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) spacecraft briefly touched asteroid Bennu, from where it collected samples of dust and pebbles. From May 2021, OSIRIS-REx will depart from asteroid Bennu, and …
Why in News? NASA’s spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx which scientists believe has collected samples from asteroid Bennu, began its two-year journey back to Earth. About the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx is NASA’s first mission to visit a near-Earth asteroid, survey its surface and collect …
Why in News: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission for emergency use of anti-COVID-19 therapeutic application of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) developed by Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab of Defence Research …
Importance of 5G Technology 5G or fifth generation is the latest upgrade in the long-term evolution (LTE) mobile broadband networks. 5G uses a new digital technology called Massive MIMO, which stands for multiple input multiple output, that uses multiple targeted …
Why in News? Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the social media network’s decision to block the then-US President Donald Trump from its platform. About the board The Oversight Board has been set up as an independent body that will help Facebook …
Why in News? Medical practitioners have reported a condition called silent or happy hypoxia in the ongoing Covid pandemic What is Hypoxia? Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate …
Why in News? A recent study has noted that due to the significant melting of glaciers because of global temperature rise, our planet’s axis of rotation has been moving more than usual since the 1990s. Cause for this shift According …
Why in News? Researchers have identified fossil bone fragments of long-necked dinosaurs called sauropods, dating back to about 100-million-years from an area around West Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya. About the discovery Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small …