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Cornea: Function and New Rules for Transplantation Centres

Cornea: Function and New Rules for Transplantation Centres

Why in news? The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has amended the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules 2014. The change, noti...

Altermagnets: The Newly Discovered Form of Magnetism

Altermagnets: The Newly Discovered Form of Magnetism

Why in news? Physicists have experimentally confirmed the existence of a new type of magnetism called altermagnetism. Studies conducted at the Swiss L...

Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC)

Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC)

Why in news? Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) and NASA have used the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) aboard India�...

Scintillometer

Scintillometer

Why in news? A scintillometer was recently installed at the Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute's Critical Zone Observatory in Aduthurai. This instrume...

Crassicaulis middletonii

Crassicaulis middletonii

Why in news? Botanists from the Botanical Survey of India announced the discovery of a new species of flowering plant, Crassicaulis middletonii, in th...

Melanin – The Pigment that Colours and Protects

Melanin – The Pigment that Colours and Protects

Why in news? Several recent studies have highlighted the role of melanin in protecting our skin against ultraviolet (UV) radiation and its potential a...

Batten Disease – A Rare Neurodegenerative Disorder

Batten Disease – A Rare Neurodegenerative Disorder

Why in news? Researchers are developing gene therapy trials for Batten disease, offering hope for affected families. A handful of children in India ha...

GPS Spoofing – Protecting Aircraft from Fake Navigation Signals

GPS Spoofing – Protecting Aircraft from Fake Navigation Signals

Why in news? Flights landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport experienced disruptions when aircraft received misleading Global Positio...

Minuteman III Missile – America’s Long‑Serving Nuclear Deterrent

Minuteman III Missile – America’s Long‑Serving Nuclear Deterrent

Why in news? The United States Air Force test‑fired an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...

Google’s Project Suncatcher

Google’s Project Suncatcher

Why in news? Google Research has unveiled Project Suncatcher, an experimental initiative that explores the idea of powering artificial‑intelligence ...

Alprazolam – Operation White Cauldron and the NDPS Act

Alprazolam – Operation White Cauldron and the NDPS Act

Why in news? The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recently busted a clandestine factory producing alprazolam in Valsad district of Gujarat un...

Scrub Typhus – Rare case detected in traveller from Gulf

Scrub Typhus – Rare case detected in traveller from Gulf

Why in news? A Gulf expatriate returning to Kerala was diagnosed with scrub typhus, a mite‑borne bacterial infection usually confined to Southeast A...

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