NASA's MMS breaks Guinness World Record
Nov 05, 2016, at 01:57 pm
Washington, Nov 5 (IBNS): NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, or MMS, is breaking records. MMS now holds the Guinness World Record for highest altitude fix of a GPS signal.
Association between sugary diet and coronary artery disease, finds study
Nov 05, 2016, at 02:22 am
London, Nov 4 (IBNS): What connection is there between food and drink with added sugar and coronary artery disease? Until recently, the question had been inadequately answered by research, but an extensive study from Lund University in Sweden has now contributed important clues.
Paris Climate Agreement comes into force today
Nov 04, 2016, at 11:35 pm
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IBNS): The “Paris Climate Agreementâ€, comes into force on Friday.
Study paves the way for new autoimmune disease treatments with fewer side effects
Nov 04, 2016, at 08:53 pm
London, Nov 4 (IBNS): A research team has been using genetics to explore ways of producing new treatments for autoimmune diseases, but with significantly fewer side effects.
Delhi faces its worst smog in 17 years
Nov 04, 2016, at 05:43 pm
New Delhi, Nov 4, (IBNS): As visibility remains poor and the city chokes its way through a haze, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has pressed the alarm buttons on one of the worst smog cases in many years in Delhi, an official release stated.
Kolkata: Maiden green corridor facilitates organ transplant
Nov 04, 2016, at 02:35 pm
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IBNS): For the first time, Kolkata Police created a green corridor to make a successful organ transplant on Thursday evening, reports said.
Schiaparelli impact site on Mars, in color
Nov 04, 2016, at 02:29 pm
Washington, Nov 4 (IBNS): On Nov. 1, 2016, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observed the impact site of Europe's Schiaparelli test lander, gaining the first color view of the site since the lander's Oct. 19, 2016, arrival.
Birmingham and Indian scientists investigate air pollution causes
Nov 03, 2016, at 02:59 pm
London, Nov 3 (IBNS): Scientists at the University of Birmingham are working with partners in Delhi to better understand the causes, sources and effects of pollution in India and the UK.
4.8 earthquake hits Italy, no casualty
Nov 03, 2016, at 02:25 pm
Milan, Nov 3 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter Scale hit Italy on Wednesday, officials said.
NASA completes Webb Telescope Center of Curvature pre-test
Nov 03, 2016, at 02:09 pm
Washington, Nov 3 (IBNS): Taking a “before†optical measurement of the telescope’s deployed mirror is crucial before the telescope goes into several stages of rigorous mechanical testing.
Scientists reveal new space-based view of human-made carbon dioxide
Nov 02, 2016, at 03:07 pm
Washington, Nov 2 (IBNS): Scientists have produced the first global maps of human emissions of carbon dioxide ever made solely from satellite observations of the greenhouse gas.
Anal cancer rising worldwide, says study
Nov 02, 2016, at 03:03 am
New York, Nov 1 (IBNS): A new American Cancer Society study finds that incidence of anal cancer has been increasing in women or in both men and women in 13 of 18 countries studied, particularly in the Americas, Northern and Western Europe, and Australia.
Delayed gratification associated with fast food frequency
Nov 02, 2016, at 03:02 am
New York, Nov 1 (IBNS): A new study suggests that an ability to delay immediate gratification is associated with less frequent consumption of fast food.
Poor sleep for children using media devices, says study
Nov 02, 2016, at 02:41 am
London, Nov 1 (IBNS): A Cardiff University study has found that children using screen-based media devices at bedtime have over double the risk of inadequate sleep duration compared to children without access to such a device.
NASA’s SDO catches a Lunar Transit
Nov 01, 2016, at 03:19 pm
Washington, Nov 1 (IBNS): On Oct. 30, 2016, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, experienced a partial solar eclipse in space when it caught the moon passing in front of the sun.
Zika virus mosquito discovered in Windsor
Nov 01, 2016, at 03:15 am
Windsor, Oct 31 (IBNS): Larvae for the mosquito responsible for the Zika virus transmission was found in Windsor, media reports said.
Nov 01, 2016, at 02:15 am
London, Oct 31 (IBNS): Scientists have made an important breakthrough in understanding why some cancer cells become resistant to chemotherapy.
Extreme cold winters fuelled by jet stream and climate change, says study
Nov 01, 2016, at 01:57 am
London, Oct 31 (IBNS): Scientists have agreed for the first time that recent severe cold winter weather in the UK and US may have been influenced by climate change in the Arctic, according to a new study.
Venom from deadly Asian snake may help in developing improved painkillers
Nov 01, 2016, at 01:45 am
Melbourne, Oct 31 (IBNS): One of the world’s most beautiful and venomous snakes has a venom unlike that of any other snake, research involving University of Queensland scientists has revealed.
6.6 earthquake hits Italy, no casualty
Oct 30, 2016, at 09:29 pm
Milan, Oct 30 (IBNS): AN earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale hit Italy on Sunday, media reports said.
Union Minister urges Karnataka forest dept to take good care of injured wild elephant Sidda
Oct 29, 2016, at 11:32 pm
Bengaluru, Oct 29 (IBNS): Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi, who is also known for her animal rights activism, urged Karnataka's Ramanagaram forest officials to provide proper medical care for critically injured wild elephant Sidda, according to media reports.
World Stroke Day: Union Health Minister urges citizens to circulate right information
Oct 29, 2016, at 06:36 pm
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IBNS): Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday urged citizens to spread correct information among dear ones, on the occasion of World Stroke day.
See how Arctic Sea ice is losing its bulwark against warming summer
Oct 29, 2016, at 02:25 pm
Washington, Oct 29 (IBNS): Arctic sea ice, the vast sheath of frozen seawater floating on the Arctic Ocean and its neighboring seas, has been hit with a double whammy over the past decades: as its extent shrunk, the oldest and thickest ice has either thinned or melted away, leaving the sea ice cap more vulnerable to the warming ocean and atmosphere.
High resting heart rate, blood pressure linked to later mental health disorders
Oct 29, 2016, at 12:32 am
London, Oct 28 (IBNS): A high resting heart rate and blood pressure in youth predict an increased susceptibility for anxiety disorders, schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder later in life, reveals an extensive study conducted by the University of Helsinki and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
NASA moon mission shares insights into giant impacts
Oct 28, 2016, at 11:38 pm
Washington, Oct 28 (IBNS): New results from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission are providing insights into the huge impacts that dominated the early history of Earth’s moon and other solid worlds, like Earth, Mars, and the satellites of the outer solar system.
NASA missions harvest a passel of ‘Pumpkin’ stars
Oct 28, 2016, at 11:30 pm
Washington, Oct 28 (IBNS): Astronomers using observations from NASA's Kepler and Swift missions have discovered a batch of rapidly spinning stars that produce X-rays at more than 100 times the peak levels ever seen from the sun.
Mumbai: Care24 announces emergency ambulance service during Diwali
Oct 27, 2016, at 09:27 pm
Mumbai, Oct 27 (IBNS): As the city of dreams gears up to revel in the festivities of Diwali, Care 24, a Mumbai based home healthcare service provider, has announced Emergency Ambulance Service for burn victims.
Alarming rise breast cancer among young women: Over 40 % of patients now below 50
Oct 27, 2016, at 07:19 pm
Kolkata, Oct 27 (IBNS): In what is being seen as an alarming medical trend by doctors, the incidence of breast cancer is rapidly increasing among younger women in India, with more than 40% of the patients now below 50 years of age.
National Ayurveda Day to be celebrated throughout the country tomorrow
Oct 27, 2016, at 05:45 pm
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): On the occasion of National Ayurveda Day, the Ministry of AYUSH is organizing a one day National Seminar on ‘’Prevention and Control of Diabetes through Ayurveda’’ on Oct 28 at New Delhi.
National Ayurveda Day to be celebrated throughout the country tomorrow
Oct 27, 2016, at 04:48 pm
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): On the occasion of National Ayurveda Day, the Ministry of AYUSH is organizing a one day National Seminar on ‘’Prevention and Control of Diabetes through Ayurveda’’ on Oct 28 at New Delhi.