Page-195 of Science & Technology Current Affairs

Diesel exhaust disrupt honeybees’ ability to locate flowers

As per a latest research by a team of researchers at University of Southampton, exposure to common air pollutants found in diesel exhaust pollution can affect the ability...

October 8, 2013

Acidification and overexploitation pushing marine life to mass extinction: IPSO

As per a report released by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) the increasing acidification of the oceans due to excessive absorption of carbon...

October 5, 2013

"TomTato": Plant which produces potato and tomato unveiled in UK

A plant that produces both tomatoes and potatoes was launched in the UK market. The plant named The TomTato has been developed by the horticultural mail order company Thompson &...

October 2, 2013

TRAI recommends pan-India Mobile Number Portability in 6 months

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommended implementation of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) across the country within 6 months. On implementation, this service will allow users to...

October 1, 2013

Control-Alt-Delete was a mistake, admits Bill Gates

Bill Gates, billionaire and co-founder of Microsoft, has admitted for the first time that using the key combination of Control-Alt-Delete to log into a PC was a mistake....

October 1, 2013

Bill proposed to curb unethical practices in biomedical, health research

Government has proposed Biomedical and Health Research Regulation Bill, 2013 in order to regulate biomedical and health research involving human participants, whether in conventional areas, or in new...

October 1, 2013

Nanomedicine for Blood Cancer developed

The Kochi-based Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine has developed a nano-medicine for drug-resistant blood cancer. This invention expected to significantly improve the treatment of drug-resistant Chronic Myelogenous...

October 1, 2013

"Raijin": Australia’s most powerful super computer unveiled

Australia unveiled its most powerful super computer Raijin in Canberra. Raijin, is named after the Japanese God of thunder and rain. It development cost $ 45.2 million and...

October 1, 2013

M60-UCD1: Densest galaxy ever discovered

Scientists have discovered the densest galaxy ever which they have named as M60-UCD1.  The galaxy was discovered using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Follow-up observations were done with NASA’s Chandra...

October 1, 2013

"Rock Wrens" – a species makes comeback from extinction through Conservation Project

New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC) project yielded positive result as Rock Wrens, one of the oldest as well as the most distinct songbird species retuned from extinction. The...

September 29, 2013