Physics Nobel 2019 Is About Understanding the Universe
The prize is shared by James Peebles, for his seminal theoretical predictions about the early universe and formation of galaxies, and Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz, who were first to discover an planet that revolves around distant sun like star.
Following protests, IEEE revokes sanctions on Huawei
IEEE had decided to bar employees of Huawei from reviewing submissions to its journals. Following this, China declared that it would suspend ties with the society. Several professors of premiere universities also resigned from the from IEEE
Climate-change induced “sinking” of Jakarta pushes government to relocate the capital
The city is sinking at an average of 3 inches per year, which outpaces the average yearly sea rise.
First ever black hole image captured, proves Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity
The image was made a reality by the EHT project under which eight ground –based radio telescopes were installed across the Earth to capture the image
FAO report rings warning bell on loss of biodiversity
The report says once lost, there would be no way left for recovering the precious global biodiversity that will pose a serious threat to food and agriculture
Winter rain in Greenland is melting its ice, raising fears about sea level rise
Recent satellite pictures revealed that almost 70 per cent of the contribution made by Greenland to sea level rise has come from melted water, and not ice
New studies raise apprehension about use of CRISPR technology in medicine
Two independent studies, on rice and mouse embryos, found abundant off-target mutations in the experiments using CRISPR, where editing the DNA involved changes of base cytosine to thymine.
Earthquake in Indonesia was rare ‘super-powerful’ event
A study published in Nature Geoscience has declared that the Palu earthquake was a “Supershear” earthquake, which means that the speed of propagation of the earthquake rupture exceeded the speed of the seismic shear wave or the S-wave