by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 30, 2022 | Science and Technology
Since May 2022, the southern state of Kerala has witnessed an outbreak of a new viral infection known as ‘tomato flu’. The infection has spread to other states including Tamil Nadu, Haryana, and Odisha. According to the health ministry, till August 2022, there were...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 30, 2022 | Science and Technology
In August 2022, researchers from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by William Dichtel and Brittany Trang, submitted a report in the journal Science stating that they have found a breakthrough method to degrade the polluting compounds called...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 20, 2022 | Science and Technology
A recent research has provided strong evidence that the Earth’s continents were formed by giant meteorite impacts. On August 10, 2022, a team of scientists led by Dr Tim Johnson from Curtin University’s School of Earth and Planetary Sciences published its...
by Team Spectrum Books | May 24, 2022 | Science and Technology
Geospatial technology is a term which is used to describe the range of modern tools that contribute to the geographic mapping and analysis of the earth and human societies. Since the first maps were drawn in prehistoric times, this technology has been evolving in some...
by Team Spectrum Books | May 24, 2022 | Science and Technology
The term ‘Metaverse’ was coined by Neal Stephenson in a science fiction novel Snow Crash in 1992 which refers to a completely developed digital environment. The metaverse is a collective and virtual open space created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical...
by Team Spectrum Books | May 24, 2022 | Science and Technology
Indonesian researchers from a non-profit World Mosquito Program (WMP) have come out with a solution to fight disease-bearing mosquitoes, which generally cause dengue. Dengue is a disease that spreads rapidly due to bites by female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The...
