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Why we need to change the way we talk about antibiotic resistance

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Why we need to change the way we talk about antibiotic resistance

In 2010, India woke up to a scientific storm. A research paper published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases described a new enzyme that could make bacteria resistant to nearly all antibiotics, including our last-resort drugs. This enzyme was named New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase, or NDM. Overnight, the gene’s name became a political issue. The Indian government…

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The challenge of writing about the science Nobel Prizes

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The challenge of writing about the science Nobel Prizes

Rich Lyons (right), chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, hands a lifetime parking pass to John Clarke, an Emeritus Professor of Physics who won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics on October 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP The Nobel Prizes were announced this week. They have become a fixture of my professional life….

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Lok Sabha Speaker urges ethical adoption of AI to bridge the digital divide

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Lok Sabha Speaker urges ethical adoption of AI to bridge the digital divide

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also announced that real-time AI systems such as, such as Sansad Bhashini, will soon enable MPs to communicate in their native languages. File | Photo Credit: Allen Egenuse J. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla called on Commonwealth parliamentarians, on Thursday (October 9, 2025), to promote the responsible and ethical use…

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Remembering primatologist Jane Goodall, who should have got the Nobel Peace Prize

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Remembering primatologist Jane Goodall, who should have got the Nobel Peace Prize

Much has been written about the universally loved Jane Goodall, primatologist and animal rights campaigner, on whom awards and honours far too numerous to list have been showered. She passed away on October 1 aged 91. One recognition, however, she did not but should have received is the Nobel Peace Prize. For all her life, Goodall worked for…

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Imperial College London partners with Science Gallery Bengaluru to boost UK-India innovation links

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Imperial College London partners with Science Gallery Bengaluru to boost UK-India innovation links

The announcement was made as Imperial’s president joins a U.K. delegation led by the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is making his first official visit to India. | Photo: Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS The Imperial College, London, has partnered with Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB) to co-develop open research facilities, boost U.K.-India and global talent…

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Imperial College London and Science Gallery Bengaluru announce joint fellowship programme, co-development of research facilities

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Imperial College London and Science Gallery Bengaluru announce joint fellowship programme, co-development of research facilities

Amanda Wolthuizen, Vice-President (Strategic Engagement) at Imperial College Londong along with Jahnavi Phalkey, Founding Director at Science Gallery, Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Imperial College London and Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB) have announced a partnership to facilitate the exchange of talent and knowledge with the development of new facilities, a joint fellowship programme, and…

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India’s invasive aliens problem complicates wait to understand scope

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India’s invasive aliens problem complicates wait to understand scope

Conservation scientists are sounding warning bells over ‘stealth invader’ species that they say are destroying local biodiversity and changing landscapes. This has in turn posed a chicken-and-egg dilemma for researchers: should they wait to document the effects of all invasive alien species in India and then prepare a conservation plan or should they conduct the…

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From refugee to Nobel: Yaghi hails science’s ‘equalising force’

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From refugee to Nobel: Yaghi hails science’s ‘equalising force’

This undated image provided by the University of California, Berkeley, shows Omar Yaghi, who was one of three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. | Photo Credit: AP Born into a family of Palestinian refugees in Jordan with little schooling, Nobel chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) paid tribute to science’s…

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Why did metal-organic frameworks win the 2025 chemistry Nobel?

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Why did metal-organic frameworks win the 2025 chemistry Nobel?

Heiner Linke (left), Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, explains a model as Hans Ellegren (centre), Secretary General of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Olof Ramstroem, Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, listen during a press conference on the announcement of the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at…

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