Page-39 of Science & Technology Current Affairs

NASA’s GOLD Satellite Discovers Unusual Ionospheric Shapes

July 9, 2024

NASA’s GOLD satellite has recently been studying the ionosphere, an important part of Earth’s atmosphere for long-distance communication. This layer, which is mostly made up of electrically charged plasma or gas, is very important for radio messages to travel. The ..

Month: 

Category: 

IIT Bombay, IRS Collaborate on Maritime Safety Tool

July 8, 2024

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) and the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) have recently announced that they will be working together to make the seas safer by creating a new tool that can predict where ships will ..

Month: 

Category: 

Air India Welcomes First A320 Neo Aircraft

July 8, 2024

Air India, which is owned by the Tata Group, just bought its first narrow-body plane with a new uniform. The color code for this Airbus A320 Neo is VT-RTN, and it got to Indira Gandhi International Airport on July 7 ..

Month: 

Category: 

What is Aphelion?

July 6, 2024

The Earth hit aphelion in July of this year. This is the point in its orbit where it is farthest from the Sun. This event happens once a year and marks an important but little-known part of how our planet’s ..

Month: 

Category: 

What is ‘Robot Suicide’?

July 6, 2024

In South Korea, this has never happened before a robotic government servant working for the Gumi City Council was found broken at the bottom of a flight of stairs. This event, which is now being called a “robot suicide,” took ..

Month: 

Category: 

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Mission: First Commercial Spacewalk

July 5, 2024

SpaceX plans to launch Polaris Dawn, a commercial space project that is coming up soon. It is a big step forward for civilian space travel because it has the first private extravehicular activity, or “spacewalk,” and its crew is made ..

Month: 

Category: 

What is ‘junk’ DNA? – Current Updates (July, 2024)

July 5, 2024

New research from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research has shown that the non-coding regions of DNA may contain cancer-causing genes. This goes against the old idea that these regions were just “junk.” This big step forward opens the door ..

Month: 

Category: 

What is Radical CAR-T Therapy?

July 5, 2024

Car-T therapy, which is also called “chimeric antigen receptor T-cell” therapy, is a new and innovative way to treat cancer. Recently, in November 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began looking into whether Car-T therapy could cause new ..

Month: 

Category: