On January 6, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed draft guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to assess the safety and effectiveness of drugs. The influential body has said that in the last decade, the number of submissions from drugmakers that include an AI or machine-learning component has seen an exponential … Read more
National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru | Photo Credit: File photo A team of researchers from Bengaluru-based NIMHANS have developed Pre-CURB, a digital learning resource for youth on prevention of cannabis use and responsible behaviour. This digital resource, released at a workshop conducted for college students by the Departments of Nursing … Read more
NASA’s astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams inside the International Space Station’s Harmony module. NASA on Tuesday swapped out the astronaut capsule it plans to use for an upcoming routine flight to the International Space Station, a scheduling move that will allow a slightly earlier return for two Starliner astronauts who have been on the … Read more
Union Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI India will launch the Chandrayaan-4 mission to bring back samples of moon rocks to the Earth in 2027, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said. Chandrayaan-4 will involve at least two separate launches of the heavylift LVM-3 … Read more
A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Bombay have come up with a new technique that can measure the rate of iron coating degradation. This discovery claims to hold the potential of benefiting the steel industry. Metals corrode with time, and some metals corrode more than others, like iron rusts … Read more
A cat looks through the dusty screen door of a house undamaged by the wildfires in the Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Q: How many female cats were trained for the space flight that included Félicette? Félicette was the first cat to travel to space, launching on … Read more
(This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) The idiom “monkey see, monkey do” refers to someone copying an action without putting much thought into it. It literally lays the blame at a monkey’s feet, but a new … Read more
The 37th Kerala Science Congress will begin on Saturday at Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, Thrissur. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will officially inaugurate the event at M.S. Swaminathan Hall at 10 a.m. The Chief Minister will also present prestigious awards, including the Chief Minister’s Gold Medal, the Dr. S. Vasudev Award, Science Literature Awards, and the … Read more
ISRO’s C20 cryogenic engine. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu ISRO on Saturday (February 8, 2025) said that it has successfully carried out the ignition trial of the indigenous CE20 cryogenic engine powering the upper stage of LVM3, with a multi-element igniter under vacuum conditions, which simulates the engine ignition in the vacuum condition of … Read more
Dr V Narayanan, Chairman, ISRO. File | Photo Credit: ANI A day after ISRO successfully carried out the ignition trial of the indigenous CE20 cryogenic engine, its Chairman and Secretary of Department of Space V Narayanan on Saturday (February 8, 2025) said that the test would be advantageous to missions. The Chairman also said there … Read more