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Havana Syndrome and Directed‑Energy Research
Why in news? In January 2026, reports emerged that the U.S. Department of Defense had acquired a backpack‑sized device capable of emitting pulsed ra...
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Why in news? In January 2026, reports emerged that the U.S. Department of Defense had acquired a backpack‑sized device capable of emitting pulsed ra...
Why in news? Scientists at India’s Agharkar Research Institute have used the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster to investigate how ageing affects ste...
Why in news? NASA is preparing to roll the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad for the Artemis II mission. The age...
Why in news? Astronomers have observed a highly magnetised white dwarf creating a vibrant bow shock as it ploughs through space. The discovery, announ...
Why in news? Farmers in mustard‑growing states have reported severe infestations of Orobanche aegyptiaca, a parasitic weed that damages mustard plan...
Why in news? A Stanford University team reported in early 2026 that inhibiting a protein called 15‑prostaglandin dehydrogenase (15‑PGDH) in old mi...
Why in news? On 12 January 2026 India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV‑C62) lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre carrying the Eart...
Why in news? The rapid evolution of large language models (LLMs) has brought attention to their “context windows” – the amount of text a model c...
Why in news? Two decades after its discovery, graphene continues to be hailed as a “wonder material” with research accelerating its move from labo...
Why in news? A collaborative study by the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (II...
Why in news? India plans to roll out vehicle‑to‑vehicle (V2V) communication technology across its road network by 2026. Officials announced that n...
Why in news? In early January 2026, the Drugs Control Administration of Telangana issued a stop‑use notice for Almont‑Kid syrup, an allergy medici...
