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Astronomical Transients

Source: TH Recently, an Indian-American astronomer Shrinivas Kulkarni was awarded the Shaw Prize for Astronomy in 2024 for his work on the physics...

28 May 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing Aircraft

Source: DTE The emergence of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft has captured the attention of innovators, urban planners, and...

24 May 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

China’s High Energy Photon Source

Source: TOI Why in News? China is on the brink of a major scientific breakthrough with the construction of the High Energy Photon Source (HEPS), a...

18 May 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

GPT-4o

Source: IE Why in News? Recently, OpenAI introduced its latest large language model (LLM) called GPT-4o, billing it as their fastest and most...

16 May 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Xenotransplantation

Source: IE Why in News? Recently, the first recipient of a modified pig kidney transplant passed away after his groundbreaking xenotransplantation...

14 May 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Marine Cloud Brightening

For Prelims: Marine cloud brightening, Coral bleaching, Global warming, Great Barrier Reef, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. For Mains:...

24 Apr 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Israel's GPS Spoofing Against Iran

Source: BS Why in News? Recent reports suggest that Israel employed Global Positioning System (GPS) spoofing techniques to protect against Iranian...

24 Apr 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

PRATUSH Telescope

Source: TH Why in the News? Astronomers globally are anticipating a new era of exploration with high-resolution telescopes set to be placed on the...

19 Apr 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Time Zone for Moon

Source: LM Why in the News? Recently, the European Space Agency is planning a universal timekeeping system for the moon. What is Timekeeping on...

13 Apr 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Semiconductor Chip Manufacturing Technology

For Prelims: Semiconductors, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Critical Information Infrastructures, Industry 4.0,...

09 Apr 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Using AI in Elections

For Prelims: Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI), Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Deep fake, World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s),...

30 Mar 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Google DeepMind’s SIMA and AlphaGeometry

For Prelims: Scalable Instructable Multiworld Agent, AI gaming agent, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, Generative AI. For Mains:...

28 Mar 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Challenges of Handling Nuclear Waste

For Prelims: Prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR), Uranium and plutonium, Nuclear waste, Spent fuel, Liquid waste treatment facilities,...

19 Mar 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

AI: A Double Edged Sword

This editorial is based on “Many elections, AI’s dark dimension” which was published in The Hindu on 18/03/2024. The article...

18 Mar 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Synchronising AYUSH and Modern Medicine

This editorial is based on “A Dialogue Among Healers” which was published in Indian Express on 11/03/2024. The article elucidates the...

11 Mar 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Carbon Footprint of Artificial Intelligence

For Prelims: Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Network Spiking Neural Networks, Lifelong Learning, Machine Learning, ChatGPT, Greenhouse...

09 Mar 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Genome India Project

For Prelims: Genome India Project, Whole-genome sequencing, Applications of Genome Sequencing. For Mains: Procedure of Genome Sequencing, Goal of...

08 Mar 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Obelisks

Source: TH Why in News? Scientists at Stanford University have identified a new, remarkably simple form of life, which they have named...

05 Mar 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Plastic Waste Crisis in the Indian Himalayan Region

This editorial is based on “Mountains of plastic are choking the Himalayan States” which was published in The Hindu on 04/03/2024.The...

04 Mar 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries

Laser Cooling of Positronium

For Prelims: AEgIS, Positronium, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Gamma-ray laser, Laser Cooling, Quantum Electrodynamics (QED),...

02 Mar 2024 Scientific Innovations & Discoveries