NEWS: While the COVID19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on our daily lives, a silent pandemic named Antimicrobial Resistance, has been brewing in the background for decades. Governments need to factor in new research and bring in businesses and consumers …
Why in News: New research published in Diabetologia (journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that more than half of men (55%) and some two thirds (65%) of women aged 20 years in India will likely …
What is in the news? The CBI has sent the accused of Hathras Rape Case to forensic Science Laboratary (FSL) of Gujarat to assess them through Brain Electrical Oscillation Signature Profiling (BEOSP). What is BEOSP? It is also known as …
Why in News? China is preparing to launch an unmanned spacecraft to bring back lunar rocks, the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the moon in four decades. About the Mission Beijing is hoping to have a …
About Remdesivir Remdesivir is an antiviral drug that is used as a treatment for filovirus infections such as Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus. Remdesivir has also shown some effectiveness against Nipah virus in primates. It is an investigational drug …
What are antibiotics? Antibiotics, also known as antibacterials, are medications that destroy or slow down the growth of bacteria. They include a range of powerful drugs and are used to treat diseases caused by bacteria. The advent of antibiotics ignited …
About PARAM Siddhi is a high performance computing-artificial intelligence (HPC-AI) supercomputer established earlier this year, under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). The supercomputer with Rpeak of 5.267 Petaflops and 4.6 Petaflops Rmax (Sustained) …
What is convalescent plasma? Blood plasma is a yellowish liquid that makes up about half the blood volume. After a virus, your plasma contains antibodies that help fight infection. People who have recovered from COVID-19 have antibodies to the disease …
What is immunity? Immunity is your body’s ability to recognize germs to prevent them from causing illness. The immune system’s job is to help identify and eliminate dangerous germs that enter the body before they can cause disease or damage. …