AI Models Created by MIT Researchers for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer

• MIT researchers create PRISM, a neural network, with two machine learning algorithms to detect pancreatic cancer.

• PRISM surpasses current screening criteria, identifying PDAC cases 35% of the time, compared to 10% by professionals.

• Developed over six years, PRISM analyzes diverse electronic health records of over 5 million patients.

• Motivated by the late-stage diagnosis in 80% of pancreatic cancer cases.

• PRISM uses patient demographics, diagnoses, medications, and lab results for predictions.

• Currently limited to MIT labs and select US patients; scaling challenges require more diverse data sets for global accessibility.

• MIT previously developed AI models for breast cancer risk prediction.

India EV ecosystem all geared to hit Global Market

• Tesla aims for international markets with its manufacturing base in India.

• 12-18 electric vehicle models under development in India for domestic and global markets.

• India becoming a key node for EV players like Tesla, VinFast, and Foxconn.

• Predicted Rs 1 lakh crore investment in the Indian EV business by 2030.

• India expected to become a net EV exporter, with exports likely to surpass 1 million units annually in the next 4-5 years.

• Mainstream automakers like Maruti Suzuki, MG Motor India, Hyundai, Citroen, and Jeep planning significant EV exports.

• Maruti Suzuki plans to produce over 2.5 lakh EV units by 2027, with 60-70% for export, including to Japan.

• Honda Cars India preparing to ship 30,000-50,000 EV units worldwide starting 2026-2027.

Serendipitous Discovery: NASA Astronomers Identify High-Energy 'Signal' Beyond Our Galaxy

• NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detects surprising gamma-ray signal from outside our galaxy.

• Alexander Kashlinsky presents the unexpected finding at the American Astronomical Society meeting.

• Gamma-ray signal discovered in a different part of the sky than initially sought, similar to a feature produced by ultra high-energy cosmic rays.

• Original quest was to study gamma rays related to the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the oldest known light in the universe.

• Gamma-ray dipole peak found in the southern sky, 10 times greater than expected from our motion.

• Possible link between gamma rays and ultra high-energy cosmic rays suggests an unidentified common source.