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Genetically Modified Trees

In News Genetically modified trees have been planted in the United States for the first time in a low-lying tract of southern Georgia’s pine belt. About The poplars have been genetically engineered to grow wood faster while absorbing more carbon dioxide from the air. Living Carbon, the San Francisco-based biotechnology company is behind the modified […]

Polio Virus

Context The West Bengal government announced the introduction of an additional dose of injectable polio vaccine as part of the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) for children. About The additional dose of Inactivated Poliovirus (IPV) at nine months will protect against any polio, like Vaccine Associated Paralytic Polio or Vaccine Derived Polioviruses. As of October 2022, […]

Sickle Cell Anaemia

In news Recently in Budget 2023-24, the Finance Minister has announced that India will eliminate the sickle cell Anaemia condition in a mission mode by 2047. About India is the second-worst affected country in terms of predicted births with SCA — i.e. chances of being born with the condition. Research and screening programmes have found […]

Quasicrystal

In News Scientists have discovered a new type of quasicrystal in the Sand Hills of north central Nebraska, USA. About Physicists believed every crystalline arrangement of atoms had a repeating pattern, until material scientist Dan Shechtman discovered crystal structures that are mathematically regular but don’t repeat themselves in 1982. The first two quasicrystals were found […]

Amorphous ice

In News Recently, A team of researchers at University College London and the University of Cambridge have created a rare new form of ice called Medium-density Amorphous Ice. About Methodology:  They used a technique called ball-milling, which grinds crystalline ice into small particles using metal balls in a steel jar, to create the amorphous ice.  […]

Deepfakes Voice

In News A social media platform used speech synthesis to make deep fakes of celebrities.  These deep fake audios made racist, abusive, and violent comments. About Deepfakes: Deep fake is a type of Artificial Intelligence (AI) used to create convincing images, audio, and video hoaxes. Deepfakes use deep learning AI to replace the likeness of […]

ChatGPT and the AI challenge

In Context There is a great deal of speculation about how the recently launched ChatGPT will impact a huge number of human job roles, from customer service to computer programming.  More about the Chat GPT About: ChatGPT is a chatbot launched by OpenAI in November 2022. Chat-GPT is a variant of the GPT (Generative Pre-trained […]

Caesium-137

In News Recently an eight-millimetre capsule has been recovered in Western Australia which was lost earlier.  It contained radioactive Caesium-137 which was released during the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters. About Caesium Caesium is a soft, flexible, silvery-white metal that can easily form bonds with chlorides to create a crystalline powder. There is only one […]

Extended Reality (XR) Startup Program

In News The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), and Meta have announced the list of 120 startups for the Extended Reality (XR) Startup Program. Extended Reality (XR) Extended reality (XR) is an umbrella term for any technology that alters reality by adding digital elements to the physical or real-world environment . Extended reality […]

Lab-Grown Diamonds

In News Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the budget 2023-24, the government’s proposal to focus on lab-grown diamonds by reducing the Customs duty on the seeds used in lab-grown diamond manufacturing. FM also announced a grant to IITs to facilitate the growth of Lab-Grown Diamonds in India. This will encourage the indigenous production of […]