Why in News? China successfully launched its first Mars probe- Tianwen-1- recently atop the Long March-5 rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of southern China’s island province of Hainan. About China’s first Mars mission Tianwen-1 or …
About Hope mission of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is the Arab region’s first attempt to go interplanetary. The spacecraft will spend seven months trekking through deep space before slipping into orbit around Mars. From that point, Hope will spend …
About Solar Orbiter is an international collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, to study the Sun. Solar Orbiter was launched to space aboard the US Atlas V 411 rocket from NASA’s spaceport in Cape Canaveral, Florida on …
What is a Cryptocurrency? A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that is secured by cryptography, which makes it nearly impossible to counterfeit or double-spend. “Crypto” refers to the various encryption algorithms and cryptographic techniques that safeguard these digital …
What is airborne transmission? Airborne transmission is defined as the spread of an infectious agent caused by the dissemination of droplet nuclei (aerosols) that remain infectious when suspended in air over long distances and time. Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 …
Life Cycle of a Star Stars are formed in clouds of gas and dust, known as nebulae. Nuclear reactions at the centre (or core) of stars provide enough energy to make them shine brightly for many years. The …
What is herd immunity? Herd immunity is the indirect protection from a contagious infectious disease that happens when a population is immune either through vaccination or immunity developed through previous infection. This means that even people who aren’t vaccinated, or …
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has approved India’s indigenously developed COVID vaccine- COVAXIN to go for human/clinical trials. COVAXIN has been developed by Bharat Biotech India (BBIL) in collaboration with National Institute of Virology (NIV). Indian Council of …
What is the Raman effect? Raman effect is a change in the wavelength of light that occurs when a light beam is deflected by molecules. When a beam of light traverses a dust-free, transparent sample of a chemical …
What is ITER? ITER (“The Way” in Latin), (originally the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), is one of the most ambitious energy projects in the world today. ITER is an experimental tokamak fusion reactor facility under construction in Cadarache, France to …