Puberty Blockers: An Overview
30 July 2024 | The Study IASWhat Are Puberty Blockers? Definition: Medications that delay the onset of puberty in transgender and gender-diverse adolescents. They work by...
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Ultrasonic Liquid Crystal Light Diffuser
29 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: A new study from Doshisha University introduces a tunable ultrasonic liquid crystal light diffuser. This innovative device allows for...
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Government Slashes Prices for Targeted Cancer Drugs
29 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: In the Budget for 2024-25, the union government announced that customs duties on three specific cancer drugs namely, trastuzumab...
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Two Russian Stealth Frigates for the Indian Navy Launched
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: The Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) recently launched the first indigenous Advanced P1135.6 Frigate named “Triput” for the Indian Navy. ...
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Ketamine Pill Offers Hope and Risks for Treatment-Resistant Depression
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: Researchers have discovered that a new tablet designed to slowly release ketamine can alleviate treatment-resistant depression, providing an alternative...
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Listeria Outbreak in United States & Canada
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: Two separate outbreaks of listeria have been reported in the United States and Canada in recent weeks. The US...
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Dark Oxygen
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: The study published in the journal Nature Geoscience reveals that dark oxygen was discovered 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) below...
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Interplay Between High-Affinity DNA and Carbon Nanotubes
27 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: In a new study, researchers from Pusan National University employed high-throughput screening methods to explore the relationship between DNA...
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GM Mustard
26 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: The Supreme Court pronounced a split verdict on the validity of the Centre’s 2022 decision granting conditional approval for...
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Apple allow PC Emulator on its App Store
25 July 2024 | The Study IASContext : Apple has approved a PC emulator for iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS, enabling users to run classic software and...
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Subatomic Splashes: Restarting Experiments at CERN
25 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: Unlike microwaves or computers, the LHC at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN requires a few...
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Research Breakthrough at Tokyo University: Attaching Living Skin Cells to Robot Faces
24 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: Scientists at Tokyo University have developed a method to attach living skin cells to robot faces, enabling more realistic...
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Direct Air Capture Technology (DAC)
24 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: Last year, global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions hit a record 37 billion metric tons. Consequently, direct air capture technology...
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World’s First High-Speed Carbon Fibre Train
24 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: China has unveiled Carbon Star Rapid Transit (Cetrovo 1.0), the world’s first high-speed passenger train constructed entirely from carbon...
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OpenAI’s secret project ‘Strawberry
23 July 2024 | The Study IASContext: US-basedOpenAI is reportedly building a new AI model, called strawberry model, which may dramatically improve AI reasoning capabilities and...
