{"id":13932,"date":"2021-02-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/09-02-2021\/facts-in-news-76\/"},"modified":"2021-02-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T00:00:00","slug":"facts-in-news-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/09-02-2021\/facts-in-news-76","title":{"rendered":"Facts in News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:745px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"background-color:#93c47d; height:7.35pt; width:468.0pt\">\n<p><strong>Facts in News<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top; width:125.25pt\">\n<h3>Einsteinium (<strong>Es<\/strong>)<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top; width:342.75pt\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cfstatic.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/file_library\/mix_content\/587752035593263700_image.png\" style=\"height:262px; width:394px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/01\/22301-050-AB46F4FC\/properties-Einsteinium.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Britannica<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Synthetic element named after Albert Einstein.<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<li><strong>Difficult to create and highly Radioactive (Unstable<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Symbol: <strong>Es<\/strong> and atomic number <strong>99<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>discovered in <strong>1952<\/strong> in the debris of the <strong>first hydrogen bomb<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>(the detonation of a thermonuclear device called <strong>\u201cIvy Mike\u201d<\/strong> in the Pacific Ocean)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Half-Life<\/strong>: <strong>The time required to reduce the quantity of material by half<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Es-254<\/strong>: 276 days: More workable due to longer life<\/li>\n<li><strong>Es-253<\/strong>: 20 days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Till now, there is no known use of this element.<\/li>\n<li>Scientists are studying its bonding with other atoms using X-rays in Particle Accelerator\n<ul>\n<li>Few future usages may be in\n<ul>\n<li>Nuclear Power Production<\/li>\n<li>Radiopharmaceuticals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>IUPAC is the apex body responsible for naming and assigning symbols<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#b6d7a8; width:125.25pt\">\n<h3>World\u2019s smallest reptile?<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#b6d7a8; width:342.75pt\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cfstatic.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/file_library\/mix_content\/1696658528113159_image.png\" style=\"height:299px; width:297px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/worlds-smallest-reptile-chameleon-madagascar-it-compares-to-other-reptiles-7180293\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IE<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>chameleon<\/strong> discovered in the island country of Madagascar by scientists may be the world\u2019s smallest adult reptile<\/li>\n<li>The discovered species is <strong><em>Brookesia nana<\/em><\/strong>, or <strong>nano-chameleon<\/strong>, has a body of just 13.5mm\n<ul>\n<li>Female of this species is far bigger at around 29mm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>may be threatened by extinction<\/strong> due to limited known habitat in a <strong>degraded montane rainforest<\/strong> in northern Madagascar.\n<ul>\n<li>Its habitat is facing a threat of deforestation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Previously the chameleon<strong> species <em>Brookesia micra<\/em><\/strong> was considered the smallest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:white; width:125.25pt\">\n<h3>Denmark to create world&#8217;s first energy island in the North Sea<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:white; width:342.75pt\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cfstatic.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/file_library\/mix_content\/105969654137890830_image.png\" style=\"height:250px; width:443px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cfstatic.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/file_library\/mix_content\/586040735598849200_image.png\" style=\"height:273px; width:443px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-55931873?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bmicrosoft%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>project to build a giant artificial island<\/strong> which will provide enough green energy for three million households<\/li>\n<li>It will boast of <strong>200 giant offshore wind turbines.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It will help to fulfil <strong>Denmark\u2019s Climate Act<\/strong>\u2019s commitment of\n<ul>\n<li><strong>reducing GHGs emission by 70% from 1990 levels by 2030<\/strong> and<\/li>\n<li>becoming <strong>CO2 neutral by 2050<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It will also supply energy to neighbouring countries.<\/li>\n<li>Initially, it will produce 3 GHz which will later be increased to 10 GHz.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Facts in News Einsteinium (Es) Source:\u00a0 Britannica Synthetic element named after Albert Einstein.: Difficult to create and highly Radioactive (Unstable) Symbol: Es and atomic number 99. discovered in 1952 in the debris of the first hydrogen bomb (the detonation of a thermonuclear device called \u201cIvy Mike\u201d in the Pacific Ocean) Half-Life: The time required [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2718228current-affairs (2).jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}