The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has successfully utilised an indigenous road construction technology ‘Rejupave’ to Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Rejupave Technology
Lemongrass plantation and uses
CIMAP, a laboratory controlled by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, had started a Read More …
Radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating refers to a method to determine the age of an object using radiocarbon, Read More …
Formaldehyde
A new low-cost sensor made of metal oxide nanoparticles–reduced graphene oxide composite can detect formalin Read More …
Huntington’s disease
A new study, recently published in the in Scientific Reports, throws light on progresses of Read More …
Pantoea Tagorei-a bacteria capable of boosting plant growth
A group of researchers from Visva-Bharati University have discovered a bacteria capable of boosting plant Read More …
Polar stratospheric clouds or Nacreous clouds
Rare iridescent clouds have been captured over Scotland, northern England and the West Midlands. These Read More …
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)
NASA’s new satellite to hourly measure air pollution hourly has shown significant progress and now Read More …
Actinium-225
The war in Ukraine has snapped imports of Actinium-225-a key radioactive isotope used in advanced Read More …
Late Blight Disease
The experts from Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) had cautioned farmers against the late blight disease Read More …
IMF reclassifies India’s exchange rate regime to ‘stabilized arrangement’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reclassified India’s “de facto” exchange rate regime to “stabilized Read More …
Solid-fuel missiles
Recently, North Korea test-fired a intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) powered by solid fuel. About Solid-fuel Read More …
Gene drive technology
Abdoulaye Diabate-a scientist from Burkina Faso is working on a ‘gene drive technology’ that can Read More …
Dark fibre
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) quashed an order passed by the market regulator Securities and Read More …
Platinum-group elements (PGE)
Between the financial years 2022 (FY22) and FY23, there has been a jump of 34 Read More …
Nutraceutical ‘AKTOCYTE’
Scientists from Department of Atomic Energy and IDRS Labs Pvt. Ltd. Bengaluru have joined hands Read More …
Impatiens karuppusamyi
The researchers of Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have discovered a new species of plant Read More …
Diel Vertical Migration (DVM)
Every day, billions and billions of Deep-sea marine animals, mostly zooplankton migrate up and down Read More …
Pompe disease
India’s first Pompe disease patient, passed away in November 2023 at the age of 24 Read More …
Condor: IBM unveils first-ever 1,000-qubit quantum chip
IBM has unveiled the first quantum computer with more than 1,000 qubits — the equivalent Read More …
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
London-New York test flight of Virgin Atlantic is an important proof of concept for sustainable Read More …
Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD)
Recently, the Tamil Nadu government officials inspected the zero-liquid discharge (ZLD) plants at various industries Read More …
Volta basin
According to the ‘Global Drought Snapshot 2023’ report by UNCCD, riparian countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Read More …
Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)
India has been unanimously elected as a member representing Asian region in the Executive Committee Read More …
Sub-Neptunes
Astronomers have discovered an uncommon star system with six planets huddled immensely close to their Read More …