IISc Develops Safer Protein Production Using MSG

The Department of Biochemistry at the Indian Institute of Science has developed a new way to make recombinant proteins. Monosodium glutamate (MSG), a better and easier-to-get food additive, is now used instead of methanol, which was previously used in the ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Venus Shows Increased Volcanic Activity, Study Reveals

According to scientists, Venus, Earth’s nearest neighbor planet, has more volcanic activity than was thought before. Researchers concluded by looking at old radar images collected by NASA’s Magellan probe during its time orbiting Venus from 1990 to 1992. Magellan’s Role ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

News Corp Signs Content Deal With OpenAI

Recently, there have been a lot of agreements between news organizations and AI companies. Now, News Corp has joined forces with OpenAI. With this partnership, standard ways of spreading news will be replaced by ones that use AI technologies. News ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

IIT Bombay, TCS Develop India’s First Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager

IIT Bombay and TCS, India’s biggest IT services company, are working together to make the country’s first quantum diamond computer imager. This technology was just announced and it looks like it will completely change how semiconductor chips are inspected. What ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Government Cracks Down on SMS Scam Entities

As part of the Sanchar Saathi program, the Department of Telecom (DoT) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) have recently taken strong steps to stop SMS fraud. Over 10,000 fake texts sent in the last three months have been ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs

ATMF Report Tackles Global Access to Antibiotics

The Access to Medicine Foundation (ATMF) Netherlands,  just put out a very important study that talks about some of the biggest problems in the pharmaceutical industry. “How can pharma get the few promising drugs in development to patients battling superbugs?” ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Caterpillars Sense Electric Fields to Detect Predators

British scientists have found something very interesting about caterpillars: they have a sixth sense that most land animals don’t have. Through special hairs on their bodies called setae, they can pick up on electric fields with this sense, called electroreception. ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

Category: Agriculture Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs

CET and IIT Madras Secure Patent for Novel Voltage Device

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and the College of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram (CET) have made big steps forward in electrical measurement technology by getting a patent for a new device that measures voltage without touching it. This new ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2024

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs