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News 2026-02-12

Cancer researcher is awarded Sjöberg Prize for describing tumours’ evolution

This year’s Sjöberg Prize of one million US dollars is awarded to a British cancer researcher who has provided fundamental knowledge about evolution in tumours. Charles Swanton, at the Francis Crick Institute in London, has described how tumours’ mutations arise and develop. His discoveries could help explain why treatments do...

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Popular science 2025-12-01

The anthropocene paradigm shift

An academic symposium exploring new perspectives on the scientific, cultural, economic and political implications of the Anthropocene Human activity is...

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