5.5 earthquake hits Afghanistan,no casualty
Jan 15, 2018, at 12:07 am
Kabul, Jan 14 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale hit Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday.
Jan 14, 2018, at 11:34 pm
Texas, Jan 14 (IBNS):Writing a “to-do” list at bedtime may aid in falling asleep, according to a Baylor University study. Research compared sleep patterns of participants who took five minutes to write down upcoming duties versus participants who chronicled completed activities.
Nearly half a million children being vaccinated against diphtheria in Cox’s Bazar: WHO
Jan 14, 2018, at 07:30 pm
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Jan 14 (IBNS): As part of an intensified response to the current diphtheria outbreak, WHO, UNICEF and health sector partners are working with the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to vaccinate more than 475,000 children in Rohingya refugee camps, temporary settlements and surrounding areas.
NASA Science to return to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft
Jan 13, 2018, at 02:35 pm
Washington, Jan 13 (IBNS): SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, Jan. 13, west of Baja California, with approximately 4,100 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology demonstration samples from the International Space Station.
South Africa responding to largest-ever Listeria outbreak – UN health agency
Jan 13, 2018, at 02:12 pm
New York, Jan 13 (JEN): What is believed to be the largest-ever outbreak of the bacterial disease Listeriosis – or Listeria – has left more than 60 people dead across South Africa, with nearly 750 confirmed cases, the United Nation’s health agency said Friday.
Mongabay launches India-specific conservation and environment news portal
Jan 13, 2018, at 04:13 am
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IBNS) The global conservation and environment news service Mongabay.com announced the launch ofMongabay-India (https://india.mongabay.com), its fourth international bureau. As the India-specific portal of the global news platform Mongabay.com, this website follows the format of Mongabay’s dedicated Indonesia, Latin America, and U.S.-based news bureaus.
Tourist team survives rhino attack in Kaziranga
Jan 13, 2018, at 03:34 am
Guwahati, Jan 12 (IBNS): A tourist group of South India got narrowly escaped after the jeep, in which the group was travelling, was attacked by an one horned rhino during safari in Assam's Kaziranga National Park on Friday.
PSLV successfully launches 31 satellites in a single flight, President Kovind, PM Modi congratulate
Jan 13, 2018, at 12:32 am
Sriharikota, Jan 12 (IBNS): A major landmark in the history of India's space journey was touched when ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its forty second flight, successfully launched the 710 kg Cartosat-2 Series Remote Sensing Satellite along with 30 co-passenger satellites on Fridayfrom Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
Hubble finds substellar objects in the Orion Nebula
Jan 12, 2018, at 09:11 pm
Washington, Jan 12 (IBNS): In an unprecedented deep survey for small, faint objects in the Orion Nebula, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered the largest known population of brown dwarfs sprinkled among newborn stars. Looking in the vicinity of the survey stars, researchers not only found several very-low-mass brown dwarf companions, but also three giant planets. They even found an example of binary planets where two planets orbit each other in the absence of a parent star.
India's ISRO launches 100th satellite
Jan 12, 2018, at 03:09 pm
Sriharikota, Jan 12 (IBNS): In a major development, India's space agency ISRO on Friday launched its 100th satellite.
ISRO to launch 100th satellite today
Jan 12, 2018, at 02:26 pm
Sriharikota, Jan 12 (IBNS): India's space agency ISRO is all set to launch the country's 100th satellite along with 30 others from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Friday.
Memory loss from West Nile virus may be preventable, study finds
Jan 12, 2018, at 02:16 pm
Washington, Jan 12 (IBNS): More than 10,000 people in the United States are living with memory loss and other persistent neurological problems that occur after West Nile virus infects the brain.
No planets needed: NASA study shows disk patterns can self-generate
Jan 12, 2018, at 02:11 pm
Washington, Jan 12 (IBNS): When exoplanet scientists first spotted patterns in disks of dust and gas around young stars, they thought newly formed planets might be the cause. But a recent NASA study cautions that there may be another explanation — one that doesn’t involve planets at all.
Multi-planet system found through crowdsourcing
Jan 12, 2018, at 02:06 pm
Washington, Jan 12 (IBNS): A system of at least five exoplanets has been discovered by citizen scientists through a project called Exoplanet Explorers, part of the online platform Zooniverse, using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope.
Moderate 6.2 earthquake hits Myanmar, no casualty
Jan 12, 2018, at 01:56 pm
Yangon, Jan 12 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit central Myanmar on Friday, Indian met office said.
Scientists take viewers to the Center of the Milky Way
Jan 11, 2018, at 01:27 pm
Washington, Jan 11 (IBNS): A new visualization provides an exceptional virtual trip – complete with a 360-degree view – to the center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
Taking on environmental health risks, UN agencies aim to protect 'foundations for life' on Earth
Jan 11, 2018, at 01:01 pm
New York, Jan 11 (JEN): Two United Nations agencies are teaming up in a major new initiative taking on the herculean task of combatting environmental health risks, which claim an estimated 12.6 million lives a year.
Women outlive men even during crisis: study
Jan 11, 2018, at 02:01 am
Durham,Jan 10 (IBNS): Women today tend to live longer than men almost everywhere worldwide -- in some countries by more than a decade.
At least three out of five people who try a cigarette become daily smokers, finds study
Jan 11, 2018, at 01:46 am
London, Jan 10 (IBNS): The findings, from over 215,000 survey respondents and published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, provides strong support for prioritising efforts to reduce cigarette experimentation among adolescents.
Delhi-NCR will generate 1,50,000 MT e-waste by 2020: ASSOCHAM study
Jan 10, 2018, at 10:10 pm
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IBNS): Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) is likely to generate about 1,50,000 metric tonnes (MT) of e-waste per annum by 2020 from the current level of 85,000 metric tonnes growing at compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 25%, reveals ASSOCHAM Council on Climate Change & Environment latest findings.
7.6M earthquake strikes Honduras; Tsunami alert issued in Central America
Jan 10, 2018, at 04:58 pm
Tegucigalpa, Jan 10 (IBNS): An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck in the Caribbean Sea, between the Coast of Honduras and Cayman Islands on Wednesday.
Australia records another hottest year in 2017
Jan 10, 2018, at 03:39 pm
Sydney, Jan 10 (IBNS): The Bureau of Meteorology has released its Annual Climate Statement, showing 2017 continued the trend of warmer than average temperatures across Australia, and the country received slightly above-average rainfall.
Life-saving NASA Communications System turns 20
Jan 10, 2018, at 03:12 pm
Washington, Jan 10 (IBNS): NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) don’t just enable data from spacecraft to reach Earth – they provide internet and even telemedicine to researchers at the South Pole. The South Pole TDRS Relay (SPTR) system turns 20 years old on Jan. 9, 2018.
About 3,500 babies in the US are lost to sleep-related deaths each year: Report
Jan 10, 2018, at 02:11 pm
New York, Jan 10 (IBNS): There are about 3,500 sleep-related deaths among U.S. babies each year, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), accidental suffocation, and deaths from unknown causes.
Indian space start up TeamIndus drops out of moon race
Jan 10, 2018, at 01:55 am
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IBNS): India's first space start up,TeamIndus, has dropped out of the Moon race, media reports said.
Millions of children across Somalia vaccinated against measles in UN-backed campaign
Jan 09, 2018, at 01:42 pm
New York, Jan 9 (JEN): One million children aged six months to 10 years in Puntland and 4.2 million across Somalia were reached during a five-day measles campaign that wrapped up on Sunday, the United Nations has reported.
Lithuania joins CERN as Associate Member State
Jan 08, 2018, at 10:26 pm
New York, Jan 8 (IBNS): Lithuania has joined CERN as one of its Associate Member State.
NASA study: First direct proof of Ozone hole recovery due to chemicals ban
Jan 08, 2018, at 02:29 pm
Washington, Jan 8 (IBNS): Measurements show that the decline in chlorine, resulting from an international ban on chlorine-containing manmade chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), has resulted in about 20 percent less ozone depletion during the Antarctic winter than there was in 2005 — the first year that measurements of chlorine and ozone during the Antarctic winter were made by NASA’s Aura satellite.
6 magnitude earthquake hits India-Myanmar border, tremors felt in Manipur
Jan 07, 2018, at 10:51 pm
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter Scale hit regions around the India-Myanmar border on Sunday as tremors were also felt in Manipur, officials said.
Dog caught on camera sledding all by herself in snow, video goes viral
Jan 06, 2018, at 10:15 pm
New York, Jan 6 (IBNS): In an interesting video, which has become viral, a cute dog could be seen enjoying the chill of winter as it was caught on camera sledding all by herself in the snow.