IAS Mains 2011 Study Material (Science Reporter)

SCIENCE REPORTER

This Section will be helpful for these following topics:

1. Developments in the Field of Science & Technology, IT and space:
In this part, questions will test the candidate’s awareness of the developments in the field of science and technology, information technology, space and basic ideas about computers, robotics, nanotechnology, biotechnology and related issues regarding intellectual property rights.

Table of Contents

1. The future is small. (Nano technology)
2. Nano energy – solution to the energy crises.
3. Nano technology – To the aid of the defence sector.
4. Nano – medicine
5. Biodiversity
6. Is there life beyond earth?
7. Spectrum
8. Biotechnology
9. Artificial Intelligence.
10. Interview of prof. C.N.R. Rao
11. Green chemistry
12. Fukushima nuclear accident
13. Interview of Dr. Baldev Raj
14. Quake, Tsunami, Fukushima
15. Radiation Alert
16. Melatonin wonder molecule
17. 2011 International year of forest
18. Forest for people, people for forest.
19. Urban forest fighting for survival
20. After math of super cyclone
21. Synthia– the first man made cell
22. The legacy of Yuri Gagarin.
23. When blue ice falls from the sky.
24. Cold fusion.
25. Dolphines – sentinels of the sea
26. War and Peach: Conflict and cooperation in an insect society.
27. The sage of DNA Bar code

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