Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Europa?3 Future Missions to Europa4 What did the researchers find about Europa? What is the News? A team of researchers from Stanford University have said that one of Jupiter’s moons Europa, a prime candidate for life in the solar system, might have an abundance of water pockets beneath… Continue reading Explained: What a new research about Jupiter’s moon Europa means
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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.
Explained: What is Russia’s new nuclear missile Sarmat, capable of striking ‘anywhere in the world’?
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Sarmat?3 Key Features4 Significance of this missile What is the News? Russia has successfully tested its new Inter Continental Ballistic Missile(ICBM) named “Sarmat”. What is Sarmat? Sarmat is an Inter Continental Ballistic Missile(ICBM) developed by Russia. The missile has been nicknamed as “Satan II” by the West. Named… Continue reading Explained: What is Russia’s new nuclear missile Sarmat, capable of striking ‘anywhere in the world’?
Genetically modified mosquitoes for controlling vector-borne diseases? Successful trial gives hope
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Genetically Modified Mosquitoes(GMM)?3 Why were Genetically Modified Mosquitoes(GMM) developed?4 How are GM mosquitoes produced and used to control Ae. aegypti mosquitoes?5 What are the concerns regarding this method? What is the News? Oxitec, the UK-based company, has said that the first open-air study of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes(GMM) in… Continue reading Genetically modified mosquitoes for controlling vector-borne diseases? Successful trial gives hope
India’s first pure green hydrogen plant commissioned in Jorhat
Contents1 What is the News?2 About India’s First pure Green Hydrogen plant3 What is Green Hydrogen?4 What is the importance of Anion Exchange Membrane(AEM) Technology? What is the News? Oil India Limited(OIL) has commissioned India’s First pure Green Hydrogen pilot plant at its Jorhat Pump Station in Assam. About India’s First pure Green Hydrogen plant… Continue reading India’s first pure green hydrogen plant commissioned in Jorhat
LAUNCH OF SIXTH SCORPENE SUBMARINE ‘VAGSHEER’ AT MAZAGON DOCK LIMITED (MDL)
What is the News? The Defence Secretary has launched INS Vagsheer. It is the last of the Scorpene-class submarines made under Project 75 and can join the Navy fleet within 12-18 months after sea trials. What is INS Vagsheer? INS Vagsheer is the sixth submarine of Project 75 of the Indian Navy. Manufactured by: Mazagon… Continue reading LAUNCH OF SIXTH SCORPENE SUBMARINE ‘VAGSHEER’ AT MAZAGON DOCK LIMITED (MDL)
Plasma-based green disinfectants can limit spread of infectious diseases like COVID 19
Contents1 What is the News?2 Background3 What have the researchers developed?4 What is the significance of this method developed? What is the News? Researchers have developed a plasma-based disinfectant generated with the help of cold atmospheric pressure plasma(CAP) which could act as a green decontaminant for Covid-19. Background The Covid-19 pandemic had brought forth the… Continue reading Plasma-based green disinfectants can limit spread of infectious diseases like COVID 19
National Security Council Secretariat organizes National Cyber Security Incident Response Exercise(NCX India) to strengthen India’s Cyber posture
What is the News? The National Security Advisor has inaugurated the National Cyber Security Incident Response Exercise(NCX India). What is the National Cyber Security Incident Response Exercise(NCX India)? Conducted by: National Security Council Secretariat(NSCS) in association with Data Security Council of India (DSCI) as the knowledge partner and supported by the Defence Research and Development… Continue reading National Security Council Secretariat organizes National Cyber Security Incident Response Exercise(NCX India) to strengthen India’s Cyber posture
All we know about the Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet, the largest one ever seen
What is the News? The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s(NASA) Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed that the huge Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet is indeed the largest icy comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers. Note: Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit the Sun. What is Bernardinelli-Bernstein? It is the largest icy comet… Continue reading All we know about the Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet, the largest one ever seen
InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer: FDA authorizes first breath test for Covid
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer?3 How does the test device work?4 Significance of this device What is the News? The US Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for the Covid-19 test named InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer. What is InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer? It is the first testing device… Continue reading InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer: FDA authorizes first breath test for Covid
Explained: The Neptune cruise missile that severely damaged a Russian warship
What is the News? Ukraine has claimed that it has damaged the Russian Black Sea Fleet Flagship ‘Moskva’ by Neptune Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles. What is the Neptune Missile? Neptune is a coastal anti-ship cruise missile that is capable of the destruction of naval vessels in a range of 300 km. The missile system was inducted… Continue reading Explained: The Neptune cruise missile that severely damaged a Russian warship
