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. …
Why in News: India’s very own m-RNA (messenger-RNA) vaccine could be ready by March 2021. About the vaccine: Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceutical’s novel m-RNA vaccine candidate was approved for funding in July, 2020 by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT). Being a …
Why in News? Odisha Space Application Centre (OSAC) has proposed to help law enforcement agencies detect drug cultivation activity using remote sensing and artificial intelligence technologies. More about the proposal High resolution satellite imagery can be used for detecting cultivation …
Why in News? Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, have made a paper on barred galaxies. About the study Stars are scattered all around the galaxies, and the galaxies themselves are of different types: star-forming spiral galaxies and non-star-forming …
Why in News? A team from The Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, have found that Water bears found in Bangalore have a protective fluorescent shield which helps it survive harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Speciality of Water Bears (tardigrades) No more …