EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY

India on January 31, 2015 successfully test indigenously developed launch boat based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Agni-5 from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha. Agni-5 is a missile capable of nuclear surface to surface. Agni-5 missile is a three-stage solid...

The House of Commons of Great Britain on February 3, 2015 voted for the bill amending Act Embryology Authority (HFEA), 1990 Human Fertilisation and to allow the creation of babies with DNA from three people. The donation procedure was controversial mitochondria 382-128 votes. The method includes receiving a small amount of sound called mitochondrial DNA (mDNA) of the donor woman...

Who: The rare triple conjunction of Jupiter moon What: Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope NASA When: January 24, 2015 Hubble Space Telescope NASA captured the rare occurrence of the three largest moons of Jupiter namely races Europa, Callisto and Io across the face of the gas...

A new study revealed that the inner core of the Earth has an inner core of their own, which has amazing properties that can reveal information about the Earth. The findings of the study entitled Equatorial anisotropy in the inner part of the inner core of the Earth earthquake coda autocorrelation were published in the journal Nature Geoscience on February 9, 2015. The study...

Who: ResearcherWhat: New 3D vaccineWhen: December 2014Why: For cancer and infectious diseases Researchers found new 3D vaccine for cancer and infectious diseases. The vaccine is able to self-assemble into a 3D structure and manipulate immune cells, teaching them to attack cancer as well as infectious disease. The research paper was published in Nature Biotechnology from senior...

German researchers successfully combined the sunlight from an empty Solar Tower Telescope on Tenerife, Canary Islands with light laser frequency comb (LFC) to enable the search for Earth-like planets in distant space accurately and easily. Who: German researchersWhat: Combined solar telescope with laser frequency combWhen: The findings published in February 17, 2015Why: To hunt...

World Health Organization (WHO) in the fourth  week of February 2015 approved rapid test kit ReEBOV Antigen for Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EVD) that can give results in 15 minutes. The test kit developed by Corgenix in the United States (US) has been approved for use in West African countries. Who: ReEBOV Antigen rapid test kit Where: For use in Western Africa What: Approved...