Source: The post is based on the article “Explained: How nuclear-powered rockets can send missions to Mars in 45 days” published in TOI on 22nd January 2023. What is the News? Recently, as part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts(NIAC) program for 2023, NASA selected a bimodal nuclear propulsion concept for Phase I development which… Continue reading Explained: How nuclear-powered rockets can send missions to Mars in 45 days
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.
INS Vagir, fifth Scorpene submarine, commissioned
Source: The post is based on the article “INS Vagir, fifth Scorpene submarine, commissioned” published in The Hindu on 24th January 2023. Contents1 What is the News?2 What is INS Vagir?3 What are the key features of INS Vagir?4 What is the significance of induction of INS Vagir? What is the News? The fifth Scorpene… Continue reading INS Vagir, fifth Scorpene submarine, commissioned
IISc experts detect radio signal from atomic hydrogen in distant galaxy
Source: The post is based on the article “IISc experts detect radio signal from atomic hydrogen in distant galaxy” published in The Hindu on 23rd January 2023. Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Atomic Hydrogen?3 What is the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope(GMRT)?4 What have the researchers discovered? What is the News? Astronomers from McGill… Continue reading IISc experts detect radio signal from atomic hydrogen in distant galaxy
What is a ‘pantranscriptome’?
Source: The post is based on the article “What is a ‘pantranscriptome’?” published in The Hindu on 23rd January 2023. Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Pantranscriptome?3 How does Pantranscriptome work?4 What is Transcriptome? What is the News? Researchers at UC Santa Cruz(UCSC) have now reported on what they suggest is the first-ever method… Continue reading What is a ‘pantranscriptome’?
What is the Leopard 2 tank, and how could it help Ukraine against Russia?
Source: The post is based on the article “What is the Leopard 2 tank, and how could it help Ukraine against Russia?” published in Indian Express on 22nd January 2023. Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Leopard 2?3 What are the advantages of Leopard 2 over other tanks?4 What is the argument against supplying… Continue reading What is the Leopard 2 tank, and how could it help Ukraine against Russia?
A century later, a clearer picture of how mercury becomes a superconductor
Source: The post is based on the article “A century later, a clearer picture of how mercury becomes a superconductor” published in The Hindu on 20th January 2023. What is the News? More than 100 years ago, the physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered that solid mercury acts as a superconductor. Now, for the first time,… Continue reading A century later, a clearer picture of how mercury becomes a superconductor
What constitutes a trademark violation: Subway vs Suberb in Delhi High Court
Source: The post is based on the article “What constitutes a trademark violation: Subway vs Suberb in Delhi High Court” published in Indian Express on 21st January 2023. Contents1 What is the News?2 What was the case before the court?3 What is a trademark?4 About the violation of trademark5 What about the deceptive similarity of… Continue reading What constitutes a trademark violation: Subway vs Suberb in Delhi High Court
Halteria – Viral nutrition: new study reveals microbes nourished by consuming viruses
Source: The post is based on the article “Viral nutrition: new study reveals microbes nourished by consuming viruses” published in The Hindu on 19th January 2023. Contents0.0.0.1 Halteria – Viral nutrition: new study reveals microbes nourished by consuming viruseshers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have reported that a particular genus of plankton, namely Halteria, can… Continue reading Halteria – Viral nutrition: new study reveals microbes nourished by consuming viruses
NHAI implementing an advanced traffic management system to reduce accidents
Source: The post is based on the article “NHAI implementing an advanced traffic management system to reduce accidents” published in Livemint on 19th January 2023. Contents1 What is the News?2 What is an Advanced Traffic Management System(ATMS)?3 How will ATMS work?4 What are the other steps taken by NHAI to improve safety on highways? What… Continue reading NHAI implementing an advanced traffic management system to reduce accidents
James Webb telescope discovers its first Earth-sized exoplanet: What are exoplanets?
Source: The post is based on the article “James Webb telescope discovers its first Earth-sized exoplanet: What are exoplanets?” published in Indian Express on 18th January 2023. Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the James Webb Space Telescope?3 What is LHS 475 b?4 What are Exoplanets?5 How are exoplanets discovered?6 Why should one need… Continue reading James Webb telescope discovers its first Earth-sized exoplanet: What are exoplanets?
