What are type I and type II errors?
There are different ways to track and prevent type-I and type-II errors. Representative photo. | Photo Credit: Quilia/Unsplash A: The null hypothesis is a cornerstone of scientific experiments. It is the hypothesis that an experiment tests. For example, if a hospital is testing a new drug, the null hypothesis will be that the drug has […]
Stubble Burning: Centre asks states to go into ‘mission mode’ to curb stubble burning as farm fires rise in MP, Rajasthan | India News
Centre steps up anti-stubble burning drive ahead of peak crop residue season (representative image) NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday asked Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi-NCR authorities to work in “mission mode” to prevent stubble burning ahead of the peak crop residue burning season, flagging a sharp rise in farm fires in Madhya […]
Year-round K-12 recruitment can win the talent pipeline and retention game
A recent report making national headlines reveals a stark reality: The “learning recession” that started well before the pandemic is still with us. Student performance across the U.S. is worse today than it was 10 years ago, with eighth grade reading scores in 2024 matching their lowest point since 1990. The decline is attributed to […]
Arunachal Governor urges state university to focus on research, academic standards, ETEducation
Governor urges Arunachal University to focus research on biodiversity, indigenous knowledge Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen K T Parnaik (Retd) urged the Arunachal Pradesh University (APU) to strengthen academic standards, promote research relevant to the state and prepare students to address real-world challenges, stressing that the institution has a key role in shaping the […]
Himachal Pradesh Governor Launches 100-Day Youth Development Roadmap for Skills and Entrepreneurship, ETEducation
Himachal Governor unveils 100-day youth development roadmap for ‘Viksit Bharat @2047’ at Dr YS Parmar University Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Governor Kavinder Gupta released a 100-day roadmap for youth development aimed at promoting skill development, entrepreneurship, employment generation and sustainable rural livelihoods. Prepared in accordance with the directions of Gupta’s Inter-University Viksit Bharat Task Force, the […]
Top AI researchers demand action to prevent models going ‘rogue’
Recent incidents have amplified calls on AI companies to slow their development cycles. | Photo Credit: Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash More than 200 artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity researchers have called for immediate action to prevent further cases of AI models going rogue and posing a risk to critical infrastructure. The letter signed by luminaries in the […]
Why science’s contract with society needs citizens as research partners
For hundreds of years, science has operated with a social contract: science develops knowledge that improves the human condition and expands the range of what is possible while society provides public funds, infrastructure, and institutional support. Sustained investments in research have paid dividends to society, in the form of inventions and discoveries, new technologies, and […]
Indian researcher recalls lifechanging mentorship of late Nobel laureate Ada Yonath
Israeli chemist and Nobel Prize winner Ada Yonath, who passed away on August 30, at a press conference at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. Photo credit: AFP In science, some discoveries change the way we understand life. Others change the lives of the people who make them. For Tanaya Bose, her years in […]
Berlin to BITS Pilani: How Nobel-winning optogenetics connects to parasite research in Hyderabad
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics”, has brought renewed attention to using light to investigate fundamental biological processes. These include memory formation, feelings, and behaviours relevant for neurological and psychiatric disorders, as well as processes […]
IISc study says strong magnetic fields could allow white dwarfs to grow beyond the Chandrasekhar limit
When a dying star runs out of fuel and sheds its outer layers, its remaining core can become an approximately Earth-sized, extremely dense stellar remnant called a ‘white dwarf’. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Simulations by researchers of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and their collaborators show that strong internal magnetic fields could allow […]