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Cancer Cases To Jump 77% By 2050, Driven By Lifestyle And Environment, Warns WHO
The World Health Organization's cancer agency, IARC, warns of a 77% increase in global cancer diagnoses by 2050, reaching over 35 million cases annually.
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Arm Suppliers Fail To Scale Up Production Despite Rising Demand: Report
Even with the war in Ukraine fuelling demand, revenue for the world's top arms suppliers dipped in 2022, as production issues kept companies unable to increase production, researchers said Monday.
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Breathing Issues To Cancer: How Air Pollution Impacts Our Health
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified air pollution, in particular PM2.5, as a leading cause of cancer.
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What The WHO Listing Of Aspartame Means For Your Diet Soft Drink Habit
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has declared aspartame may be a possible carcinogenic hazard to humans.
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Does Aspartame Really Cause Cancer? What The WHO Listing Means
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has declared aspartame may be a possible carcinogenic hazard to humans.
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US, EU Pledge Billions In Ocean Aid At International Conference
A global conference to save the world's oceans kicked off Thursday in Panama with urgent calls to adopt an international protection treaty, along with billions of dollars in US and EU pledges for research, monitoring and conservation.
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Smartphone Waste to Constitute Over 30 Percent of World's Total Mobiles in 2022: Report
More than five billion of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded or stashed away in 2022, experts said Thursday, calling for more recycling of the often hazardous materials they contain. Stacked flat on top of each other, that many disused phones would rise 50,000 kilometres, more than a hundred times h...
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Space Agriculture Boldly Grows Food Where No One Has Grown Before
Space agriculture has been improved significantly in the last few years through the application of space-based advances to terrestrial challenges. Researchers at NASA sent cotton seeds to the International Space Station to understand how cotton roots grow in the absence of gravity. Moreover, space agencies have been working on specialized systems t...
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Hyderabad Man Held For Giving Pak Spy Agency Confidential Defence Information
A contractual employee of the Defence Research and Development Laboratory in Hyderabad, was arrested for allegedly sharing confidential information about the DRDL-RCI Complex through social media to a suspected ISI female handler, police said.
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AICTE Announces 2 Supernumerary Seats In Each Technical Institute For Talented Students
"The criteria for selection includes that students could have either won International/National level prizes, published original research paper, winner of hackathons, receiving funding from government agencies for pursuing innovative projects," AICTE release read
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SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule Launched on Falcon 9 Rocket, Carrying 4 Astronauts to ISS for NASA
Days after a SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth, another has launched carrying the Crew Dragon Capsule called Freedom, with four astronauts. This time, the launch is for a NASA mission to the international space station (ISS).
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Mouse Sperm Stored On International Space Station Produces Healthy "Space Pups"
Japanese researchers found mouse sperm exposed to high levels of cosmic radiation for nearly six years produced a large brood of healthy, unremarkable "space pups."
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Apple Loses Copyright Suit Against Cyber-Security Startup Corellium Over ‘Virtualisation’ of iOS
A federal judge dismissed Apple's copyright infringement lawsuit against cyber-security startup Corellium in a case that could have implications for researchers who find software bugs and vulnerabilities.
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World 'Not Yet Ready' for Embryo Gene-Editing, Say Experts
Techniques to genetically-edit human embryos should not be used until they are proved to be reliable and safe, an international commission said Thursday, in the wake of a scandal over gene-modified babies in China two years ago.
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Quantum 'Fifth State of Matter' Observed in Space for First Time
Scientists have observed the fifth state of matter in space for the first time, offering unprecedented insight that could help solve some of the quantum universe's most intractable conundrums, research showed Thursday.
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Cancer Cases To Jump 77% By 2050, Driven By Lifestyle And Environment, Warns WHO
The World Health Organization's cancer agency, IARC, warns of a 77% increase in global cancer diagnoses by 2050, reaching over 35 million cases annually.
-
Arm Suppliers Fail To Scale Up Production Despite Rising Demand: Report
Even with the war in Ukraine fuelling demand, revenue for the world's top arms suppliers dipped in 2022, as production issues kept companies unable to increase production, researchers said Monday.
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Breathing Issues To Cancer: How Air Pollution Impacts Our Health
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified air pollution, in particular PM2.5, as a leading cause of cancer.
-
What The WHO Listing Of Aspartame Means For Your Diet Soft Drink Habit
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has declared aspartame may be a possible carcinogenic hazard to humans.
-
Does Aspartame Really Cause Cancer? What The WHO Listing Means
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has declared aspartame may be a possible carcinogenic hazard to humans.
-
US, EU Pledge Billions In Ocean Aid At International Conference
A global conference to save the world's oceans kicked off Thursday in Panama with urgent calls to adopt an international protection treaty, along with billions of dollars in US and EU pledges for research, monitoring and conservation.
-
Smartphone Waste to Constitute Over 30 Percent of World's Total Mobiles in 2022: Report
More than five billion of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded or stashed away in 2022, experts said Thursday, calling for more recycling of the often hazardous materials they contain. Stacked flat on top of each other, that many disused phones would rise 50,000 kilometres, more than a hundred times h...
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Space Agriculture Boldly Grows Food Where No One Has Grown Before
Space agriculture has been improved significantly in the last few years through the application of space-based advances to terrestrial challenges. Researchers at NASA sent cotton seeds to the International Space Station to understand how cotton roots grow in the absence of gravity. Moreover, space agencies have been working on specialized systems t...
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Hyderabad Man Held For Giving Pak Spy Agency Confidential Defence Information
A contractual employee of the Defence Research and Development Laboratory in Hyderabad, was arrested for allegedly sharing confidential information about the DRDL-RCI Complex through social media to a suspected ISI female handler, police said.
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AICTE Announces 2 Supernumerary Seats In Each Technical Institute For Talented Students
"The criteria for selection includes that students could have either won International/National level prizes, published original research paper, winner of hackathons, receiving funding from government agencies for pursuing innovative projects," AICTE release read
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SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule Launched on Falcon 9 Rocket, Carrying 4 Astronauts to ISS for NASA
Days after a SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth, another has launched carrying the Crew Dragon Capsule called Freedom, with four astronauts. This time, the launch is for a NASA mission to the international space station (ISS).
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Mouse Sperm Stored On International Space Station Produces Healthy "Space Pups"
Japanese researchers found mouse sperm exposed to high levels of cosmic radiation for nearly six years produced a large brood of healthy, unremarkable "space pups."
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Apple Loses Copyright Suit Against Cyber-Security Startup Corellium Over ‘Virtualisation’ of iOS
A federal judge dismissed Apple's copyright infringement lawsuit against cyber-security startup Corellium in a case that could have implications for researchers who find software bugs and vulnerabilities.
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World 'Not Yet Ready' for Embryo Gene-Editing, Say Experts
Techniques to genetically-edit human embryos should not be used until they are proved to be reliable and safe, an international commission said Thursday, in the wake of a scandal over gene-modified babies in China two years ago.
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Quantum 'Fifth State of Matter' Observed in Space for First Time
Scientists have observed the fifth state of matter in space for the first time, offering unprecedented insight that could help solve some of the quantum universe's most intractable conundrums, research showed Thursday.
