Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Gallium Nitride Ecosystem Enabling Centre and Incubator(GEECI)?3 What is Gallium Nitride(GaN)?4 Applications of Gallium Nitride What is the News? The Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology has visited the Gallium Nitride Ecosystem Enabling Centre and Incubator(GEECI) facility at the prestigious Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bengaluru. What… Continue reading Union Minister reviews Gallium Nitride Technology center – GEECI, Bengaluru
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.
Explained: Why the Russia-Ukraine crisis may lead to a shortage in semiconductors
What is the News? The supply of semiconductors is being threatened once again by the Ukraine crisis. This is on account of the supply of two key raw materials — neon and palladium — that are at risk of being constrained. Why is there a shortage of semiconductors? Palladium and Neon are two resources that… Continue reading Explained: Why the Russia-Ukraine crisis may lead to a shortage in semiconductors
Kudankulam Village Panchayat adopts resolution against AFR facility
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the Away From Reactor(AFR) Facility?3 Why is the State Government and Village Panchayat opposing the facility?4 What are the Central Government’s arguments in favour of the facility? What is the News? Kudankulam Village Panchayat has passed a resolution against the construction of the ‘Away From Reactor (AFR) facility… Continue reading Kudankulam Village Panchayat adopts resolution against AFR facility
Novel strategy to synthesize solid adsorbents for CO2 capture and utilization discovered
What is the News? Indian Scientists have discovered a strategy to synthesize novel solid adsorbents for CO2 capture and utilization. What is Carbon Capture and Utilization(CCU)? Carbon Capture and Utilization(CCU) is the process of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) to be recycled for further usage. CCU is a growing field of research focusing on reducing CO2… Continue reading Novel strategy to synthesize solid adsorbents for CO2 capture and utilization discovered
Scientists develop energy-efficient hydrogen production by urea electrolysis
What is the News? Indian Scientists have designed an electrocatalyst system for energy-efficient hydrogen production with the help of the electrolysis of urea. Hydrogen Production by Urea electrolysis The energy requirement for the production of hydrogen through water electrolysis can be reduced by 70% through urea electrolysis. This can be done by replacing the energy-intensive… Continue reading Scientists develop energy-efficient hydrogen production by urea electrolysis
Chandrayaan-2 makes first observations of distribution of Argon-40 in Moon’s atmosphere
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Chandrayaan-2?3 What is the discovery made by the CHACE-2 payload?4 What is the significance of this discovery? What is the News? Chandra’s Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2(CHACE-2), a payload onboard Chandrayaan-2, has made the first-of-its-kind discovery on the distribution of one of the noble gasses, Argon-40. What is Chandrayaan-2? Chandrayaan-2… Continue reading Chandrayaan-2 makes first observations of distribution of Argon-40 in Moon’s atmosphere
IISER professor Deepak Dhar becomes first Indian to bag Boltzmann Medal
What is the News? Physicist Professor Deepak Dhar has become the first Indian to be awarded the Boltzmann Medal.He shares the medal with John J Hoefield of Princeton University. What is the Boltzmann Medal? Boltzmann Medal was initiated in 1975. It is awarded by the Commission on Statistical Physics (C3) of the International Union of… Continue reading IISER professor Deepak Dhar becomes first Indian to bag Boltzmann Medal
Petascale Supercomputer “PARAM Ganga” established at IIT Roorkee under National Supercomputing Mission
What is the News? A Supercomputer named ‘PARAM Ganga’ has been established at IIT Roorkee under National Supercomputing Mission(NSM). What is PARAM Ganga? PARAM Ganga is a supercomputer designed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC) under Phase 2 of the National Supercomputing Mission(NSM). It has a supercomputing capacity of 1.66 Petaflops (1 petaflop… Continue reading Petascale Supercomputer “PARAM Ganga” established at IIT Roorkee under National Supercomputing Mission
Indian researchers develop low-energy chip architecture to prevent attacks on IoT devices
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Side-channel attacks(SCA)?3 What have the researchers done to prevent SCA attacks?4 What are the advantages and disadvantages of this chip? What is the News? Indian researchers have built a low-energy security chip that is designed to prevent Side-channel attacks(SCAs) on IoT (Internet of Things) devices. What are Side-channel… Continue reading Indian researchers develop low-energy chip architecture to prevent attacks on IoT devices
Environmental Dimensions of AMR Report: Pharma, health sectors among 5 major sources of AMR, says UNEP report
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Antimicrobial Resistance(AMR)?3 What are the key findings of the report related to Antimicrobial Resistance(AMR)?4 What are the contributors to the spread of AMR?5 What are the suggestions given by the report to reduce AMR? What is the News? The United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) has released a report titled… Continue reading Environmental Dimensions of AMR Report: Pharma, health sectors among 5 major sources of AMR, says UNEP report
