An international team used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Chandra X-Ray Observatory to discover Lid-568, a unique black hole. Lid-568 is eating matter at a rate 40 times higher than what scientists believed could be in the background.
Month: Current Issues – January 2025
Category: Current affairs in science and technology
Stargardt disease is a rare genetic eye condition that causes progressive vision loss and primarily affects children and young adults. Recent developments in gene therapy offer hope for effective treatment. Researchers at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology in Basel, Switzerland.
Month: Current Issues – January 2025
Category: Current affairs in science and technology
Recently, the Government of India initiated the bidding process for the procurement of 10,000 Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) under Mission India. Approved by the Cabinet in March 2024, the mission has a budget of Rs 10,372 crore over five years.
Month: Current Issues – January 2025
Category: Current affairs in science and technology
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is promoting the Gaganyaan project, which aims to establish human spaceflight capabilities. As of January 22, 2025, the Liquid Propulsion Systems Center (LPSC) has successfully integrated the crew module’s liquid propulsion system and has been dispatched.
Month: Current Issues – January 2025
Category: Current affairs in science and technology
Recently, President Donald Trump announced Project Stargate, an initiative aimed at establishing a robust artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the United States. It is backed by a $500 billion investment and is designed to strengthen the country’s global leadership in AI technology.
Month: Current Issues – January 2025
Category: Current affairs in science and technology
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing global health crisis, with millions of deaths each year due to resistant infections. Researchers are investigating innovative solutions, including the use of antimicrobial proteins from oysters, which show promise in increasing the effectiveness of existing antibiotics.
Month: Current Issues – January 2025
Category: Current affairs in science and technology
Recently, India witnessed the launch of Kartemi, the country’s first CAR-T cell therapy for adult B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (B-NHL). This breakthrough therapy offers new hope for patients suffering from aggressive blood cancers. What is Car-T therapy? Car-T therapy..
Month: Current Issues – January 2025
Category: Current affairs in science and technology
Recent studies have yielded mild inconsistency in cardiovascular risk assessment in HIV patients. A Massachusetts General Hospital study shows that existing risk models often miscalculate cardiovascular events.
Month: Current Issues – January 2025
Category: Current affairs in science and technology
