Introduction Graphene is a revolutionary material that has the potential to transform various industries such as electronics, energy, and healthcare. It is a thin layer of carbon atoms that are arranged in a hexagonal lattice pattern and is considered to…
Perseverance mission NASA’s rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, has landed safely on the floor of Jezero Crater on Mars. The Perseverance rover weighs less than 2,300 pounds and is managed by NASA’s Jet…
AntiMicrobial Resistance Antimicrobials – including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitic – are medicines used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals and plants. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer…
Micius – Quantum Communication Satellite The Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) or Micius, the world’s first quantum communications satellite, was launched aboard Long March-2D rocket in August 2016. Micius – Key Points The satellite is fitted with Sagnac interferometer…
Nanomicelles Nanomicelles are ultramicrosopic globular structures that consist of exterior hydrophilic polar heads and an interior hydrophobic fatty acyl chain. In a recent pharmacology study, it was discovered that nanomicelles are capable of delivering poorly water-soluble drugs as well as the…
Rossby waves Rossby waves are formed when polar air moves toward the Equator while tropical air is moving poleward. Because of the temperature difference between the Equator and the poles due to differences in the amounts of solar radiation received, heat…
Photon for Improving Quantum Technologies Recently Scientists are working towards understanding the light emission down to a single elementary particle called photon for improving quantum technologies. Spontaneous emission can be tailored by precise engineering of the photon density of states of…
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance is an analytical technique to determine the purity of a sample and its molecular structure. It is used to infer basic structure of unknown compounds. It helps to determine phase changes, solubility, conformational exchange…
Artificial Intelligence and Agriculture Artificial intelligence (AI) is silently but increasingly entering Indian agriculture and hence affecting our society at large. Even though machine learning (which is a subset of AI) has been used for classifications and prediction purposes for,…