Current Affairs - Science

The NASA capsule that landed in the Utah desert carried the largest asteroid sample ever collected.

Researchers at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) have identified a new species of marine tardigrade which they have named after the late former President and scientist A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Named ‘Batillipes kalami’, the new species of tardigrades was found by researchers in the intertidal beach sediments of Mandapam coast, close to Kalam’s birthplace in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.

Neuralink, a brain-computer interface (BCI) company founded by Elon Musk, has received permission from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin human trials of its brain chip implant.

The scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a new approach to destroy cancer cells using hybrid nanoparticles made of gold and copper sulphide. These nanoparticles can kill cancer cells using heat, and they can also be used to detect cancer cells using sound waves. This is a significant breakthrough in cancer research, and it offers a new potential treatment option for cancer patients.

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected possible signs of life on K2-18b, an exoplanet that is 120 light-years away from Earth. The telescope detected the presence of a molecule called dimethyl sulfide (DMS), which is produced on Earth by both natural and biological processes.