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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever artificial intelligence tool designed to assist doctors in evaluating severe fatty liver disease during clinical drug trials. What AIM-NASH Does Advancing MASH Drug Development Benefits of the AI Tool Human Oversight Retained Source: USFDA
India’s first solar observatory, Aditya-L1, teamed up with six U.S. satellites to study the May 2024 solar storm, also called Gannon’s storm. The findings explain why this solar storm behaved unusually strongly. Gannon’s Storm: Strongest in Two Decades What is a CME? Magnetic Reconnection Observed Enormous Scale of Magnetic Breakup About Aditya-L1 Significance Source: ISRO
Researchers found over 111,000 spiders inhabiting a colossal web spanning 1,140 square feet (106 square meters) in a pitch-black section of Sulfur Cave. The web forms a patchwork of thousands of individual funnel-shaped structures along a narrow, low-ceilinged passage near the cave entrance. Source: LIVE Science
The 11th edition of the India International Science Festival (IISF) was inaugurated by Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh on 7th December 2025 in Panchkula, Haryana. The four-day event runs from 6th to 9th December. Source: PIB
A new immune- and cancer cell-targeting antibody therapy, linvoseltamab, has shown strong potential to eliminate residual multiple myeloma. Bispecific Antibody: Linvoseltamab How Linvoseltamab Works Safety and Side Effects Source: DD News
Scientists analysing samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission have discovered sugars crucial to biological processes on Earth in material collected from Asteroid Bennu, located nearly 200 million miles away. The study, led by Yoshihiro Furukawa of Tohoku University, Japan, was published in Nature Geoscience. The spacecraft had briefly touched Bennu’s surface five years ago to collect dust and pebbles, returning the samples to Earth on September 24, 2023. Bennu, roughly as Read More …
Indian astronomers have identified a massive, well-structured spiral galaxy that existed when the universe was only 1.5 billion years old, making it one of the earliest and most surprising galactic discoveries to date. The finding challenges long-held theories about early galaxy formation. ● Discovery Made Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Researchers Rashi Jain and Yogesh Wadadekar from Pune used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope—capable of detecting extremely faint Read More …
Scientists at Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru have unveiled a novel method to enhance the performance of catalysts used in water‑splitting — a key process in producing clean hydrogen. What’s the breakthrough? Improved performance & validation Why this matters for hydrogen energy Publication & institutional context Source: DD News
A 3.5-billion-year-old crater on Mars has been officially named ‘Krishnan’ in honour of M.S. Krishnan, the pioneering Indian geologist and the first Indian Director of the Geological Survey of India. The naming was approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Two Kerala-based researchers had proposed the names, and the IAU also approved several Kerala-based names for smaller Martian landforms associated with the main crater. These include: This marks the first Read More …
On 27 November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Skyroot Aerospace’s new Infinity Campus in Hyderabad via video conferencing and unveiled the company’s first orbital rocket, Vikram-I, designed for satellite launches. Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy attended the event in Hyderabad. • State-of-the-Art Facility for Rocket DevelopmentSkyroot’s Infinity Campus spans approximately 200,000 sq. ft., providing facilities to design, develop, integrate, and test multiple launch vehicles, with a production capacity of one Read More …
NASA’s Perseverance rover has recorded evidence of electrical activity in the atmosphere of Mars, detecting electrical discharges described by scientists as “mini-lightning.” These events are often linked with dust devils – small whirlwinds that frequently traverse the planet’s surface. • Data Captured by SuperCam InstrumentSince landing in Jezero Crater in 2021, the six-wheeled rover has collected audio and electromagnetic recordings of these discharges using its SuperCam remote-sensing instrument. The findings Read More …
The first results from the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), the world’s largest neutrino detector, have been published, providing the most precise measurements of neutrino properties to date. Key Highlights Unprecedented Precision in Neutrino Measurements Understanding Neutrinos Neutrino Oscillation and Significance
A recent study by the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) has shed light on the turbulent and highly variable early life of young stars, challenging previous assumptions about stellar infancy. Key Findings Mid-Infrared Variability Catalog Understanding Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) Formation Process Source: PIB
Two cyclonic storms may form in the Bay of Bengal in the coming week. Meteorologists have flagged a possible Fujiwhara interaction between the storms. This raises uncertainty about the storm track, intensity, and impact, putting a large population in South and Southeast Asia on alert. What is the Fujiwhara Effect? Implications of the Interaction Precautionary Note Source: DTE
Union Minister of State for Science & Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated India’s first Liquid Helium Cryogenic Facility at IIT Bombay. Boost to Quantum Technology Ecosystem Review of Indigenous Quantum Sensing & Imaging Platforms QMagPI: India’s First Portable Quantum Magnetometer Quantum Diamond Microscope (QDM) Unveiled Q-Confocal System: Quantum Tech in Healthcare Cryogenics: Backbone of Quantum Computing Source: PIB