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Russian-made Soyuz craft launched from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

Current Affairs Week: 14 May 2012 to 20 May 2012

Science and Technology Current Affairs 2012. A three-man team on 15 May 2012 blasted off from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft

Tags: Soyuz craft, Russia, Baikonur cosmodrome, Current Affairs May 2012

India Successfully launched Its First Radar Imaging Satellite

Current Affairs Week: 23 Apr 2012 to 29 Apr 2012

Scince and Technology Current Affairs 2012. India on 26 April 2012 launched India’s first indigenous all-weather Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1)

Tags: RISAT, RISAT-1, ISRO, Radar Imaging Satellite, Indian Satellite Programme, Current Affairs April 2012

Scientists used Supercomputer to fight Alzheimer’s and other Brain Diseases

Current Affairs Week: 16 Apr 2012 to 22 Apr 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. Scientists are building a human brain. For that they are using the world’s most powerful supercomputer

Tags: Alzheimer's, brain disease, Current Affairs April 2012, Scientists

Scientists discovered a Combination of Proteins involved in Prostate Disorders

Current Affairs Week: 16 Apr 2012 to 22 Apr 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. Scientists recently discovered a combination of proteins involved in prostate disorders. This could pave the way for effective and better treatments

Tags: Scientists, Current Affairs April 2012, Prostrate disorders, drug treatment

Scientists found Diarrhoea Bug called Dientamoeba Fragilis in Pigs

Current Affairs Week: 09 Apr 2012 to 15 Apr 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. Italian Scientists in the second week of April 2012 found an intestinal parasite in pigs called Dientamoeba Fragilis

Tags: Diarrhoea, Current Affairs April 2012, Pigs and humans, Italian scientists

Scientists identified Common Childhood Obesity Genes called OLFM4 and HOXB5

Current Affairs Week: 09 Apr 2012 to 15 Apr 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. Scientists identified two genes called OLFM4 and HOXB5 that increase the risk of common childhood obesity

Tags: obesity gene, obesity in children, obesity in adult, Current Affairs April 2012

Scientists identified a New Hormone that can Lower a Person’s Blood Sugar Level

Current Affairs Week: 02 Apr 2012 to 08 Apr 2012

International Current Affairs 2012. Scientists identified a new hormone that can lower a person’s blood sugar level. It could pave the way for more effective diabetes treatment

Tags: Scientists, Diabetes, blood sugar levels, Current Affairs April 2012

Scientists discovered the Human Gene IFTIM3 that turned Flu into a Killer

Current Affairs Week: 26 Mar 2012 to 01 Apr 2012

Science and Technology Current Affairs 2012. Scientists discovered the genetic flaw that explains the reason why flu makes some people seriously ill. They in fact found a human gene called IFTIM3 that influences how people respond to flu infections

Tags: Human Gene, swine flu, Bird flu, Current Affairs March 2012

NASA Spacecraft found Evidence of Water Ice at Mercury's Poles

Current Affairs Week: 26 Mar 2012 to 01 Apr 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. A NASA spacecraft called Messenger discovered further evidence for the existence of water ice at Mercury's poles

Tags: NASA, water Ice, Murcury, Current Affairs March 2012

Scientists discovered the Biological Clue to Male Baldness

Current Affairs Week: 19 Mar 2012 to 25 Mar 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. Scientists discovered the biological clue to male baldness. It increased the chances of a treatment to stop or even reverse hair-loss

Tags: Male baldness, baldness gene, cure for baldness, Current Affairs April 2012

A Gas-filled Aspirin was invented by the Scientist to fight Cancer

Current Affairs Week: 19 Mar 2012 to 25 Mar 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. A scientist from Iran developed a gas-filled aspirin that can enhance the cancer-fighting ability of the drug. The new Aspirin was dubbed NOSH

Tags: Gas-filled Aspirin, Scientists from Iran, Current Affairs March 2012, Aspirin, Cancer

Researchers invented New Technique to run Ultra-fast Internet

Current Affairs Week: 12 Mar 2012 to 18 Mar 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. Researchers in the second week of March 2012 invented fibre-optic technology, under a project called Sardana to run ultra-fast Internet

Tags: Researchers and Scientists, Current Affairs March 2012, Internet, ultra-fast Internet

Scientists claimed to find the Treatment for Glaucoma in Rats

Current Affairs Week: 05 Mar 2012 to 11 Mar 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. Scientists claimed to find the treatment for Glaucoma in rats, which could lead to an effective treatment for blindness in humans

Tags: Scientists, Glaucoma, human blindness, Current Affairs March 2012

Bird flu was less Deadly to Humans than Previously Thought

Current Affairs Week: 20 Feb 2012 to 26 Feb 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. A new research into bird flu suggests that the disease may be far less deadly to humans than previously thought

Tags: Bird flu, humans, Current Affairs February 2012, Flu

Two Genes linked to Parkinson's identified by the Scientists

Current Affairs Week: 20 Feb 2012 to 26 Feb 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. Scientists identified at least two genes, NACP and MAPT linked to Parkinson's disease, a finding which may pave the way for better treatments for the second most prevalent neurological condition after dementia

Tags: Parkinson's disease, genes related to Parkinson's, Current Affairs February 2012, Scientists

DRDO Conducted Test of Interceptor Missile Successfully

Current Affairs Week: 06 Feb 2012 to 12 Feb 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. DRDO conducted test launch of the interceptor missile successfully. DRDO’s Air Defence Missile AAD-05 has successfully hit the ballistic missile and destroyed it at a height of 15 kms off the Coast of Orissa near the Wheelers Island

Tags: DRDO, Defence Research and Development organisation, Current Affairs February 2012

Scientists transformed Skin Cells directly into Brain Cells

Current Affairs Week: 30 Jan 2012 to 05 Feb 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. Scientists recently transformed skin cells directly into brain cells. This scientific finding could bypass the need for stem cells

Tags: skin cells, scientists, brain cells, stem cells, Current Affairs February 2012

Scientists developed a Vaccine to Treat Breast Cancer

Current Affairs Week: 30 Jan 2012 to 05 Feb 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. Scientists developed a vaccine to treat breast cancer, using a patient’s own cells. To achieve this, Scientists enrolled 27 patients and separated specialised white cells using standard techniques

Tags: Scientists, vaccine to treat breast cancer, cancer, Current Affairs February 2012

Scientists found Cells that can help prevent Spread of Cancer

Current Affairs Week: 16 Jan 2012 to 22 Jan 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. A team of scientists in the second week of January 2012 identified a group of cancer cells that play a main role in preventing the development of the disease

Tags: Scientists, cancer, experiment on mice, cancer cells, Current Affairs January 2012

UK Scientists identified New Maze Gene, called Meg1

Current Affairs Week: 16 Jan 2012 to 22 Jan 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. The UK scientists discovered a new gene in maize plants, called Meg 1

Tags: UK scientists, New Maze gene, Meg 1, Current Affairs January 2012

Scientists developed a New Wireless Device to detect the Presence of Termites

Current Affairs Week: 09 Jan 2012 to 15 Jan 2012

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2012. Scientists developed a new wireless device to detect the presence of termites by hearing them chew through timber

Tags: Scientists, new wireless device, Current Affairs January 2012, termites