Boat made of recycled plastic and flip-flops inspires fight for cleaner seas along African coast
Feb 13, 2019, at 09:12 am
New York, Feb 13 (IBNS): After completing a historic 500km journey from the Kenyan island of Lamu to the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, the world’s first ever traditional “dhow” sailing boat made entirely from recycled plastic, known as the Flipflopi, has successfully raised awareness of the need to overcome one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges: plastic pollution.
Researchers identify novel molecular mechanism involved in Alzheimer's
Feb 12, 2019, at 07:43 pm
New York, Feb 12 (IBNS): Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Health have identified a novel mechanism and potential new therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Bandel Church in West Bengal marks `World Day of the Sick’ with healing prayers, mural
Feb 12, 2019, at 11:19 am
Bandel, West Bengal, Feb 12 (IBNS): A three-day celebration for the 27th `World Day of the Sick’ (WDS) concluded yesterday at the historic 420-year-old Marian Basilica in Bandel, West Bengal, with prayers for healing as well as anointing of some fifty sick people besides unveiling of a commemorative mural.
Engaging women and girls in science ‘vital’ for Sustainable Development Goals
Feb 12, 2019, at 09:55 am
New York, Feb 12 (IBNS): Boosting the number of women and girls entering careers involving STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) is vital to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, UN chief António Guterres said on Monday, in a message to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Feb 11, 2019, at 05:53 pm
Boston, Feb 11 (IBNS): Lightheadedness with standing, otherwise known as postural lightheadedness, results from a gravitational drop in blood pressure and is common among adults.
Much of the surface ocean will shift in color by end of 21st century: Study
Feb 09, 2019, at 08:06 pm
Washington, Feb 9 (IBNS): Climate change is causing significant changes to phytoplankton in the world’s oceans, and a new MIT study finds that over the coming decades these changes will affect the ocean’s color, intensifying its blue regions and its green ones.
‘End the ongoing atrocities’ against people with albinism in Malawi, say UN rights experts
Feb 09, 2019, at 09:44 am
New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): After a recent "savage” killing and the abduction of a one-year-old baby in Malawi, United Nations experts have urged the Government to take immediate action to protect people with albinism and “end the ongoing atrocities”.
Bees have brains for basic maths: study
Feb 09, 2019, at 09:31 am
New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): Researchers have found bees can do basic mathematics, in a discovery that expands our understanding of the relationship between brain size and brain power.
Sleep apnoea creates gaps in life memories: study
Feb 09, 2019, at 09:23 am
New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): People with sleep apnoea struggle to remember details of memories from their own lives, potentially making them vulnerable to depression, new research has shown.
2018 fourth warmest year in continued warming trend, according to NASA, NOAA
Feb 08, 2019, at 09:24 am
Washington, Feb 8 (IBNS): Earth's global surface temperatures in 2018 were the fourth warmest since 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
More women and girls needed in the sciences to solve world’s biggest challenges
Feb 08, 2019, at 09:04 am
New York, Feb 8 (IBNS): Many of the world’s biggest problems may be going unsolved because too many women and girls are being discouraged from the sciences.
Measles in Europe: infection rates highest in a decade, says UN health agency
Feb 08, 2019, at 08:49 am
New York, Feb 8 (IBNS): Although more children than ever before are being vaccinated against measles across Europe, overall infection rates are the highest in a decade, and a three-fold increase on last year, according to new datapublished on Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Food choices today, impact health of both ‘people and planet’ tomorrow
Feb 07, 2019, at 10:28 am
New York, Feb 7 (IBNS): The food we eat has huge potential to improve both human health and environmental sustainability, but too often today it is posing a threat to both people and planet, according to a new report by the EAT-Lancet Commission, launched on Tuesday at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Research on chickenpox virus paves way for promising HIV vaccine
Feb 06, 2019, at 06:47 pm
Toronto, Feb 6 (IBNS): A study led by researchers at the University of Toronto and the University of Manitoba has brought science one step closer to using the chickenpox virus to develop a vaccine against HIV.
Study links psoriasis treatment and improvement in heart artery disease
Feb 06, 2019, at 04:39 pm
Researchers have found that treating psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, with biologic drugs that target immune system activity can reduce the early plaque buildup that clogs arteries, restricts blood flow, and leads to heart attacks and stroke. The findings highlight how immunotherapies that treat inflammatory conditions might play a role in the reduction of cardiovascular disease risks. The study, funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, appears online today in the journal Cardiovascular Research.
India’s communication satellite GSAT-31 launched successfully from French Guiana
Feb 06, 2019, at 09:21 am
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IBNS): India’s latest communication satellite, GSAT-31 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours on Wednesday, ISRO said.
J P Nadda inaugurates Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY office and launches mobile app
Feb 05, 2019, at 08:58 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS): Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare J. P. Nadda on Tuesday inaugurated the newly constituted National Health Authority (NHA) by inaugurating the office of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya (AB PM-JAY).
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:24 am
Kathmandu, Feb 5 (IBNS): A comprehensive new study of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, known as the world’s “Third Pole” for its vast store of ice, and home to Mount Everest, K2 and other soaring peaks, finds that even the most ambitious Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees by the end of the century would lead to a 2.1 spike in temperatures and the melting of one-third of the region’s glaciers, a critical water source to some 250 million mountain dwellers and the 1.65 billion others living in the river valleys below.
World Cancer Day: Early cervical cancer diagnosis could save lives of over 300,000 women
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:20 am
New York, Feb 5 (IBNS): Cervical cancer kills more than 300,000 women every year, with one woman diagnosed every minute, despite the fact that it is one of the most preventable and curable forms of the disease.
Exercise is best defense against deep abdominal fat: Study
Feb 04, 2019, at 11:28 pm
Dallas, Feb 4 (IBNS): Scientists know that the type of fat you can measure with a tape isn’t the most dangerous. But what is the most effective way to fight internal, visceral fat that you cannot see or feel? The answer is exercise.
Poor diet may have caused nosedive in major Atlantic seabird nesting colony
Feb 04, 2019, at 06:33 pm
London, Feb 4 (IBNS): The observed population crash in a colony of sooty terns, tropical seabirds in one of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs), is partly due to poor diet, research led by the University of Birmingham has found.
Fathers are happier parents than mothers, new study shows
Feb 04, 2019, at 05:43 pm
A study of 18,000 people shows that fathers experience more well-being from parenthood than mothers.
Earthquake measuring 6.1 on Richter Scale hits Afghanistan, tremors felt in India, Pakistan
Feb 02, 2019, at 07:43 pm
New Delhi/Kabul/Islamabad, Feb 2 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on Saturday as tremors were also felt in several parts of Pakistan and India, officials said.
Every cancer survivor deserves a good nights sleep: Study
Feb 02, 2019, at 05:30 pm
New York, Feb 2 (IBNS): Dr. Sheila Garland and a team of researchers at Memorial University’s Sleep, Health and Wellness Lab are seeking participants interested in sleeping and living better after cancer treatment.
Feb 02, 2019, at 04:33 pm
New York, Feb 2 (IBNS): The dramatic rise of teens who use electronic cigarettes threatens to unravel five decades of public health gains regarding tobacco use, as evidence shows these teens are significantly more likely to move on to traditional cigarettes, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Scientists find new, giant bacterial virus in human gut
Feb 02, 2019, at 03:57 pm
New York, Feb 2 (IBNS): A new giant virus that infects bacteria commonly found in the human gut has been discovered by an international team led by researchers from UCL and UC Berkeley.
Genetic study provides novel insights into the evolution of skin colour
Feb 02, 2019, at 03:53 pm
New York, Feb 2 (IBNS): Skin colour is one of the most visible and variable traits among humans and scientists have always been curious about how this variation evolved. Now, a study of Latin American populations led by UCL geneticists has identified new genetic variations associated with skin colour.
Earth’s largest extinction likely took plants first: Study says
Feb 02, 2019, at 03:29 pm
Washington, Feb 2 (IBNS): Little life could endure the Earth-spanning cataclysm known as the Great Dying, but plants may have suffered its wrath long before many animal counterparts, says new research led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Feb 02, 2019, at 10:21 am
New York, Feb 2 (IBNS):“High impact weather” has gripped much of the world so far this year, the UN weather agency, WMO, reported on Friday, with “dangerous and extreme cold in North America, record high heat and wildfires in Australia, heavy rains in parts of South America, and heavy snow on the Alps and Himalayas.
Feb 02, 2019, at 10:05 am
New York, Feb 2 (IBNS): “Brave” UN teams and partners leading the fight against deadly Ebola disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) along with Government authorities and peacekeepers there, have been key in helping protect communities, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Friday, six months after the latest outbreak began.