Source: The post is based on the article “‘Can read, talk’: Vyommitra’s skills get a lift-off with digital grey matter” published in The Hindu on 7th October 2022. Contents1 What is the News?2 About Vyommitra3 How Vyommitra will help in the Gaganyaan human space-flight mission?4 About Vyommitra twin What is the News? Vyommitra, the humanoid, is… Continue reading ‘Can read, talk’: Vyommitra’s skills get a lift-off with digital grey matter
Category: Factly: Science and Technology
This category contains all Current Affairs Factly Articles for Prelims, related to Science and Technology. You can find all relevant Science and Technology related updates on this page. This page is specifically useful for UPSC Prelims exam.
Carbon dots: A futuristic solution for sustainably managing aquatic environment?
Source: The post is based on the article “Carbon dots: A futuristic solution for sustainably managing aquatic environment?” published in DTE on 3rd October 2022. Contents1 What is the News?2 About carbon dots (CD)3 How carbon dots (CD) are formed?4 What are the advantages of carbon dots (CD)?5 What are the potential applications of carbon dots… Continue reading Carbon dots: A futuristic solution for sustainably managing aquatic environment?
Exhuming new light – Pääbo’s Nobel win should inspire biologists to shun academic straitjacket
Source: The post is based on the article “Exhuming new light – Pääbo’s Nobel win should inspire biologists to shun academic straitjacket ” published in The Hindu on 6th October 2022. What is the News? Swedish scientist Svante Paabo has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology for the year 2022 “for his discoveries concerning the… Continue reading Exhuming new light – Pääbo’s Nobel win should inspire biologists to shun academic straitjacket
Nobel Prize in Physics: Breakthroughs in quantum tech
Source: The post is based on the following articles “This year’s Nobel winners in Physics provided evidence to suggest that entanglement was not just real, but could also be harnessed for solving problems” published in Indian Express on 6th October 2022. “Nobel Prize in Physics: Breakthroughs in quantum tech” published in Indian Express on 5th… Continue reading Nobel Prize in Physics: Breakthroughs in quantum tech
Nobel for work on ‘click chemistry’ and quantum mechanics
Source: The post is based on the following articles“Nobel Prize 2022: Making chemistry click” published in Indian Express on 6th October 2022. “Nobel for work on ‘click chemistry’ and quantum mechanics” published in The Hindu on 6th October 2022. Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the need for an alternative approach to producing complex… Continue reading Nobel for work on ‘click chemistry’ and quantum mechanics
A drug delivery solution can improve cancer management and treatment
Source: The post is based on the article “A drug delivery solution can improve cancer management and treatment” published in PIB on 5th October 2022. What is the News? A novel site-specific drug delivery method using gold nanoparticles can improve the management and treatment of cancer. What are the challenges associated with cancer therapy at… Continue reading A drug delivery solution can improve cancer management and treatment
Yunqing Tang bags SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2022 for her contribution in maths
Source: The post is based on the article “Yunqing Tang bags SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2022 for her contribution in maths” published in The Hindu on 4th October 2022. What is the News? The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022 will be awarded to Yunqing Tang, Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. About SASTRA… Continue reading Yunqing Tang bags SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2022 for her contribution in maths
Svante Paabo awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine: Mapping Neanderthal genome
Source: The post is based on the following articles “Swedish scientist gets medicine Nobel for work on human evolution” published in The Hindu on 4th October 2022. “Svante Paabo awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine: Mapping Neanderthal genome” published in The Indian Express on 4th October 2022. Contents1 What is the News?2 About Nobel Prize3 About… Continue reading Svante Paabo awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine: Mapping Neanderthal genome
Indigenously Designed and Developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) inducted into Indian Air Force
Source: The post is based on the following articles “Indigenously Designed and Developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) inducted into Indian Air Force” published in the PIB on 3rd October 2022. “Light Combat Helicopter inducted into Indian Air Force: its features, weapons” published in the Indian Express on 4th October 2022. Contents1 What is the News?2… Continue reading Indigenously Designed and Developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) inducted into Indian Air Force
What is Black cocaine, seized by the NCB in Mumbai?
Source: The post is based on the article “What is Black cocaine, seized by the NCB in Mumbai?” published in the Indian Express on 30th September 2022. What is the News? The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) recently arrested a Bolivian woman from Mumbai airport for allegedly carrying black cocaine. What is black cocaine? It is… Continue reading What is Black cocaine, seized by the NCB in Mumbai?
