Category: Factly: Science and Technology

Source: The post is based on the article “The significance of Ethereum Merge and its impact on blockchain architecture” published in Indian Express on 17th September 2022. Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Etherum?3 What are the issues with this mechanism?4 What has changed now?5 How is the new method significant? What is the… Continue reading The significance of Ethereum Merge and its impact on blockchain architecture

Source: The post is based on the article “From promise to reality: 10 years after breakthrough, a CRISPR solution to problems of health begins to take shape” published in Indian Express on 14th September 2022. Contents1 What is the News?2 What is CRISPR Technology?3 How is CRISPR technology being used in different sectors?4 What are… Continue reading From promise to reality: 10 years after breakthrough, a CRISPR solution to problems of health begins to take shape

Source: The post is based on the article “James Webb Space Telescope captures image of near-perfect Einstein ring” published in Indian Express on 9th September 2022. What is the News? The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of an almost perfect “Einstein ring.” What is the Einstein Ring? The Einstein Ring is created… Continue reading James Webb Space Telescope captures image of near-perfect ‘Einstein ring’

Source: The post is based on the article “Coming: cyborg cockroaches to help in urban search-rescue missions” published in Indian Express on 9th September 2022. What is the News? An international team of researchers has devised a system that can create cyborg cockroaches. What are Cyborg Cockroaches? Cyborg Cockroaches are part insect and part machine.… Continue reading Coming: cyborg cockroaches to help in urban search-rescue missions

Source: The post is based on the article “Dolphin, porpoise: First time, avian flu is seen in cetaceans” published in Indian Express on 10th September 2022. What is the News? A bottlenose dolphin found dead in a Florida canal had tested positive for a highly virulent strain of bird flu known as Eurasian H5N1. Earlier,… Continue reading Dolphin, porpoise: First time, avian flu is seen in cetaceans