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Breast cancer cases in India have more than doubled in three decades, experts say

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Breast cancer cases in India have more than doubled in three decades, experts say

A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer. File | Photo Credit: AP Kolkata  Breast cancer cases in India have more than doubled over the past three decades, experts said at an international oncology conference in Kolkata on Friday (March 7, 2026), while warning that gaps in access to treatment continue…

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Scientists, diplomats should discuss evolution of quantum computing, says Swiss foundation head Marilyne Andersen

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Scientists, diplomats should discuss evolution of quantum computing, says Swiss foundation head Marilyne Andersen

Marilyne Andersen, Director General, GESDA, speaks during an interview at the Swiss Embassy in New Delhi on March 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Quantum computing is in a nascent stage of development and therefore this is a time that experts in the field and scientists should be engaging with diplomats to be…

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Massive experiments could soon reveal more about nature of ‘ghostly’ particles

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Massive experiments could soon reveal more about nature of ‘ghostly’ particles

Imagine you are given three gumballs of different flavours. You are told that one of them is heavier than the others, and one is lighter. But which is which? Your task is made difficult by the fact that these gumballs weigh nearly nothing. And sometimes they swap flavours. Oh, and when you try to pick…

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Scientists, diplomats should discuss evolution of quantum computing: Marilyne Andersen

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Scientists, diplomats should discuss evolution of quantum computing: Marilyne Andersen

Marilyne Andersen, Director General, GESDA, speaks during an interview at the Swiss Embassy in New Delhi on Friday. March 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Quantum computing is in a nascent stage of development and therefore this is a time that experts in the field and scientists should be engaging with diplomats to…

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Science Snapshots: March 8, 2026

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Science Snapshots: March 8, 2026

A transmission electron micrograph of Deinococcus radiodurans. | Photo Credit: Public domain Supertough bug may also survive colliding worlds The bacteria Deinococcus radiodurans is famous for being able to survive extreme radiation and dryness. Researchers have found it can also survive the intense pressures of being blasted off of a planet’s surface: 14,000-24,000 earth atmospheres….

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The natural universe remains captivating when it skips the people

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The natural universe remains captivating when it skips the people

Of all the irreconcilable splits in science journalism, the one concerned with what we write about and how we go about has been my bugbear. On the one hand there are journalists focused on telling stories through people. On the other are journalists like me who believe there is more to acknowledging the world and…

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Turning carrot waste into edible material again

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Turning carrot waste into edible material again

As human populations grow, it is important to find ways to convert wasted biomass into edible products. | Photo Credit: Nick Fewings/Unsplash As the global population increases, the need for more sustainable and nutritious food sources becomes greater. In this context, the book Biomass Conversion and Sustainable Biorefinery edited by Lubis et al. in 2024,highlights…

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Meet the woman who’s on a climate mission to the North Pole

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Meet the woman who’s on a climate mission to the North Pole

It isn’t every day someone casually mentions they are heading back to a cabin near the North Pole. Yet, that is exactly what 57-year-old Hilde Fålun Strøm, a citizen scientist based in Longyearbyen, the world’s northernmost town, told me when we met last year in the frozen archipelago of Svalbard. Norwegian by nationality, Strøm grew…

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Experiencing heat during pregnancy results in fewer male babies: study

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Experiencing heat during pregnancy results in fewer male babies: study

When pregnant women experience higher ambient temperatures during gestation, fewer males are born, a recent analysis of demographic and health surveys in sub-Saharan Africa and India, showed.   A paper titled ‘Temperature and sex ratios at birth’ in the journal Demography, by Jasmin Abdel Ghany et al., concludes after a detailed analysis that experiencing higher ambient temperatures during pregnancy is associated with changes in the natural sex ratio at…

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