NASA builds its next Mars Rover Mission

Nov 30, 2017, at 01:34 am

Washington, Nov 29 (IBNS): In just a few years, NASA's next Mars rover mission will be flying to the Red Planet.

Bihar to build nine trauma centres in a year to help road accident victims

Nov 29, 2017, at 07:04 pm

Patna, Nov 29 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar will set up at least nine trauma centres along the major national highways within a year to provide immediate medical treatment to road accident victims, which may help to save lives in the process.

Two wild jumbos electrocuted in Assam

Nov 29, 2017, at 05:47 pm

Guwahati, Nov 29 (IBNS): Two wild elephants were found death in middle Assam's Nagaon district on Wednesday morning likely electrocuted.  

Victoria becomes first Australian state to legalise euthanasia

Nov 29, 2017, at 04:38 pm

Melbourne, Nov 29 (IBNS): After a gruelling debate which lasted more than 100 hours, including two whole-night sittings, Victoria has become the first state in Australia to legalise euthanasia or assisted dying, reports said.

Moderate coffee drinking “more likely to benefit health than to harm it”, finds study

Nov 29, 2017, at 01:26 am

London, Nov 28 (IBNS): Drinking coffee is “more likely to benefit health than to harm it” for a range of health outcomes, say researchers in The BMJ.

Decline in atmospheric carbon dioxide key to ancient climate transition

Nov 29, 2017, at 01:24 am

London, Nov 28 (IBNS): A decline in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels led to a fundamental shift in the behaviour of the Earth’s climate system around one million years ago, according to new research led by the University of Southampton.

Earthworms can reproduce in Mars soil simulant, finds study

Nov 28, 2017, at 09:18 pm

New York, Nov 28 (IBNS): Two young worms are the first offspring in a Mars soil experiment at Wageningen University & Research. Biologist Wieger Wamelink found them in a Mars soil simulant that he obtained from NASA. At the start he only added adult worms.

All missions on board for NASA Heliophysics research

Nov 28, 2017, at 09:09 pm

Washington, Nov 28 (IBNS): Scientists have been studying the near-Earth environment for the better part of a century, but many mysteries — like where the energetic particles that pervade the area originate and become energized — still remain.

Brahmaputra recedes in Arunachal, MP sends letter to PM on China tunnel

Nov 27, 2017, at 06:59 pm

Guwahati, Nov 27 (IBNS)  : Raising the fear of  possible diversion of Siang river (Brahmaputra) following the Chinese act of tunnelling in Tibet,  an Arunachal Pradesh MP has recently sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, appealing him to raise the issue  in international forum.

Tiny worms may offer new clues about why it's so hard to quit smoking, finds study

Nov 26, 2017, at 12:17 am

New York, Nov 25 (IBNS): Researchers at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute found that a previously dismissed genetic mechanism may contribute to nicotine dependence, and to the withdrawal effects that can make quitting smoking so difficult.

Heart failure in the UK continues to rise; poorest people worst affected, finds study

Nov 26, 2017, at 12:09 am

London, Nov 25 (IBNS): The number of people being diagnosed with heart failure in the UK continues to grow, and the poorest people are significantly more likely to be affected by the condition, new research from The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford has found.

NASA to test advanced space wireless network and device for returning small spacecraft to Earth

Nov 25, 2017, at 11:20 pm

Washington,Nov 25 (IBNS): NASA launched the Technology Educational Satellite, or TechEdSat-6, to the International Space Station on Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Nov. 12.

Elephant tramples man to death in West Bengal

Nov 24, 2017, at 09:45 pm

Kolkata, Nov 24 (IBNS): In a tragic incident, an elephant  trampled a man to death in Lataguri forest area of West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, media reports said on Friday.

Teenage depression linked to father’s depression, finds study

Nov 23, 2017, at 02:05 am

Washington, Nov 22 (IBNS): Adolescents whose fathers have depressive symptoms are more likely to experience symptoms of depression themselves, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Babies understand when words are related, finds study

Nov 22, 2017, at 10:06 pm

Washington, Nov 22 (IBNS): The meaning behind infants’ screeches, squeals and wails may frustrate and confound sleep-deprived new parents. But at an age when babies cannot yet speak to us in words, they are already avid students of language.

NASA links port-city sea levels to regional ice melt

Nov 22, 2017, at 09:51 pm

Washington, Nov 22 (IBNS): A new NASA tool links changes in sea level in 293 global port cities to specific regions of melting land ice, such as southern Greenland and the Antarctic Peninsula.

Cassini image mosaic: A farewell to Saturn

Nov 22, 2017, at 09:50 pm

Washington, Nov 22 (IBNS): In a fitting farewell to the planet that had been its home for over 13 years, the Cassini spacecraft took one last, lingering look at Saturn and its splendid rings during the final leg of its journey and snapped a series of images that has been assembled into a new mosaic.

Solar system’s first Interstellar visitor dazzles scientists

Nov 22, 2017, at 09:48 pm

Washington, Nov 22 (IBNS): Now, new data reveal the interstellar interloper to be a rocky, cigar-shaped object with a somewhat reddish hue.

Video game improves balance in youth with autism, finds study

Nov 22, 2017, at 09:41 pm

New York, Nov 22 (IBNS): Playing a video game that rewards participants for holding various “ninja” poses could help children and youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) improve their balance, according to a recent study in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

BrahMos missile tested successfully, first in world

Nov 22, 2017, at 09:00 pm

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IBNS): BrahMos missle, which was fired from IAF's Sukhoi 30-MKI, has been tested successfully, media reports said.

Mars might be drier than previously thought, finds study

Nov 22, 2017, at 12:13 am

London, Nov 21 (IBNS): Dark features previously proposed as evidence for significant liquid water flowing on Mars have now been identified as granular flows, where sand and dust move rather than liquid water, according to a new study.

Preservatives may harm “good” human bacteria, UH Maui study finds

Nov 22, 2017, at 12:01 am

New York, Nov 21 (IBNS): Food preservatives may be harmful to beneficial bacteria in the human body, according to a study at University of Hawaiʻi Maui College.

Schizophrenia originates early in pregnancy, “mini-brain”, research suggests

Nov 21, 2017, at 01:54 am

New York, Nov 20 (IBNS): Symptoms of schizophrenia usually appear in adolescence or young adulthood, but new research reveals that the brain disease likely begins very early in development, toward the end of the first trimester of pregnancy. The finding opens up a new understanding of this devastating disease and the potential for new treatment possibilities in utero.

For older women, every movement counts, new study finds

Nov 21, 2017, at 01:30 am

New York, Nov 20 (IBNS): Folding your laundry or doing the dishes might not be the most enjoyable parts of your day.

Two wild jumbos killed after hit by passenger train in Guwahati

Nov 20, 2017, at 01:45 am

Guwahati, Nov 19 (IBNS): Two elephants were killed after they were hit by a passenger train at Chandrapur area, outskirts of Assam’s capital city Guwahati on Saturday night, officials said on Sunday.

The changing colors of our living planet

Nov 19, 2017, at 12:33 am

Washington, Nov 18 (IBNS): NASA satellites can see our living Earth breathe.

Rajasthan: 4.2 earthquake hits Jodhpur

Nov 18, 2017, at 11:37 pm

Jaipur, Nov 18 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale hit Rajasthan's Jodhpur city on Friday.

India will lead global fight against TB: JP Nadda at WHO conference

Nov 18, 2017, at 01:54 am

Moscow, Nov 17 (IBNS): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Global Coalition Against TB (GCAT), an Indian policymaker’s forum, co-hosted a meeting for high burden countries (HBCs), at the sidelines of the first ‘WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending TB’ in Moscow on Friday. 

India will lead global fight against TB: JP Nadda at WHO conference

Nov 18, 2017, at 01:50 am

Moscow, Nov 17 (IBNS): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Global Coalition Against TB (GCAT), an Indian policymaker’s forum, co-hosted a meeting for high burden countries (HBCs), at the sidelines of the first ‘WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending TB’ in Moscow on Friday. 

World Diabetes Day observed by Kolkata Metro Railways

Nov 16, 2017, at 11:25 pm

Kolkata, Nov 15 (IBNS): Metro Railways, Kolkata in association with Rotary Calcutta Metro City, Rotary District 3291 and SRL Ltd organized Two mega Diabetes Detection Camps at the Park Street and Central stations from 9 am- 1 pm where over 450 beneficiaries were screened for Diabetes on the occasion of the World Diabetes Day on Tuesday.