Page-2 of GKToday Archives: October, 2011
i2R e-Paper
Recently, a group of scientists at Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan have developed an environmentally friendly form of rewritable electronic paper that works without electricity. i2R e-Paper is a paper of same kind as used in fax machines. But, when ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Discovery of DNA components in meteorites
In this update are talking about the carbonaceous chondrites and ureilite. Carbonaceous chondrites or C chondrites are meterorites of 7 known and many unknown groups. Ureilite is a rare type of stony meteorite that has a unique mineralogical composition very ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Potential of Gold in treatment of Cancer
At present, one isotope gold Au-198, (half-life 2.7 days) is used in some cancer treatments and for treating other diseases. Recently, an international team, led by University of Western Australia and Griffith University, has described how using two imaging techniques ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Operation Shady RAT
Recently, biggest ever series of cyber attacks uncovered to date, in which hackers were found to have broken into networks of the Indian government, United Nations and US defence companies, with security experts pointing to China as the culprit. This ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Oxygen in Orion constellation
Recently, the European Space Agency’s Herschel telescope has found the first confirmed evidence of oxygen molecules in space. The Oxygen molecules have been found in the star forming region of the Orion constellation. Oxygen gas was discovered in the 1770s, ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
SEBI (Alternative Investment Fund) Regulations
Investment products other than the traditional investments in stocks, bonds, cash, or property are called Alternative Investments. There is no proper definition of AI but it includes commodities, private equity, hedge funds, venture capital, and financial derivatives as well as ..