Some birds are just as smart as apes

Mar 05, 2016, at 12:23 am

Bochum, Mar 4 (IBNS) At first glance, the brains of birds and mammals show many significant differences. In spite of that, the cognitive skills of some groups of birds match those of apes.

Versatile instrument to Scout for Kuiper belt objects

Mar 04, 2016, at 03:02 pm

California, Mar 4 (IBNS) At the Palomar Observatory near San Diego, astronomers are busy tinkering with a high-tech instrument that could discover a variety of objects both far from Earth and closer to home.

Marking World Wildlife Day, UN calls for global actions to save planet’s most iconic species

Mar 04, 2016, at 02:41 pm

New York, Mar 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): “Time is running out” to end wildlife poaching that threatens some of the world’s most iconic species, such as elephants, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday as the United Nations marked World Wildlife Day.

Methane snow on Pluto’s peaks

Mar 04, 2016, at 02:06 pm

California, Mar 4 (IBNS) One of Pluto’s most identifiable features, Cthulhu (pronounced kuh-THU-lu) stretches nearly halfway around Pluto’s equator, starting from the west of the great nitrogen ice plains known as Sputnik Planum.

Tata Steel inaugurates Tata Digital Health Services in Jamshedpur

Mar 04, 2016, at 12:35 am

Jamshedpur/ Kolkata, Mar 3 (IBNS): Tata Steel on Thursday launched the Tata Digital Health services at Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur.

DDA pulled up by NGT regarding World Culture Festival permission

Mar 03, 2016, at 09:01 pm

New Delhi, Mar 3 (IBNS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Thursday about the permission granted to the Arto of Living Foundation to hold the World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplains in east Delhi, according to media reports.

India , United States partner on Cancer and traditional medicine research efforts

Mar 03, 2016, at 06:59 pm

New Delhi, Mar 3 (IBNS) The first U.S.-India Workshop on Traditional Medicine began in New Delhi on Thursday.

Heavy snow disrupts life in Moscow

Mar 03, 2016, at 05:11 pm

Moscow, Mar 3 (IBNS) Early snow on Wednesday disrupted life in Moscow, according to reports.

Mystery feature evolves in Titan's Ligeia Mare

Mar 03, 2016, at 02:37 pm

California, Mar 3 (IBNS): These images from the Radar instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft show the evolution of a transient feature in the large hydrocarbon sea named Ligeia Mare on Saturn's moon Titan.

Atmospheric river storms can reduce Sierra snow: Study

Mar 03, 2016, at 02:26 pm

California, Mar 3 (IBNS) A new study by NASA and several partners has found that in California's Sierra Nevada, atmospheric river storms are two-and-a-half times more likely than other types of winter storms to result in destructive “rain-on-snow” events, where rain falls on existing snowpack, causing it to melt. Those events increase flood risks in winter and reduce water availability the following summer.

Cholera-like disease ‘piggybacking’ on El Nino to reach new shores: Study

Mar 03, 2016, at 01:38 am

London, Mar 2 (IBNS) New research just published has highlighted how El Nino could be transporting and spreading waterborne diseases like cholera thousands of miles, across oceans, with significant impacts for public health.

7.9 earthquake hits south-west of Sumatra

Mar 03, 2016, at 01:05 am

Jakarta, Mar 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS) An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale hit south-west of Sumatra island in Indonesia on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.

Dead dolphin washes ashore in Mumbai beach

Mar 02, 2016, at 07:40 pm

Mumbai, Mar 2 (IBNS) A dead dolphin washed up on a Mumbai beach on Wednesday, reports said.

Astronauts Scott Kelly, Mikhail Kornienko return to Earth after a year in space

Mar 02, 2016, at 05:21 pm

Washington, Mar 2 (IBNS) NASA astronaut and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth Tuesday after a historic 340-day mission aboard the International Space Station.

First gene for grey hair found

Mar 02, 2016, at 03:32 pm

London, Mar 2 (IBNS) The first gene identified for greying hair has been discovered by an international UCL-led study, confirming greying has a genetic component and is not just environmental.

Setting up of new cancer research centres

Mar 01, 2016, at 08:46 pm

New Delhi, Mar 1 (IBNS) In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Union health minister J P Nadda stated India has prepared and adopted a National Action Plan and Monitoring Framework for Non Communicable Diseases in response to a WHO resolution on cancer prevention and control.

Govt. issues travel advisory over Zika virus

Mar 01, 2016, at 08:45 pm

New Delhi, Mar 1 (IBNS) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India has issued travel advisory that pregnant women or women who are trying to become pregnant should defer or cancel their travel to the affected areas.

Total eclipse of Sun to occur on Mar 9, partial phase is to be visible in India

Mar 01, 2016, at 08:42 pm

New Delhi, Mar 1 (IBNS) A total eclipse of the Sun will occur on Mar 9, the Ministry of Earth Science said on Tuesday.

NASA begins work to build a quieter supersonic passenger Jet

Mar 01, 2016, at 03:31 pm

California, Mar 1 (IBNS) The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA's award of a contract for the preliminary design of a “low boom” flight demonstration aircraft.

NASA technology transfer roadshow stops in Texas

Mar 01, 2016, at 03:30 pm

California,Mar 1 (IBNS) NASA’s Technology Transfer program will host events on March 9 and 10 in the El Paso, Texas, area and Las Cruces, New Mexico, to discuss how students and entrepreneurs can capitalize on NASA’s technology research and development.

Many announcements in health budget are welcomed: PFI

Mar 01, 2016, at 03:03 am

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IBNS): Poonam Muttreja,Executive Director, Population Foundation of India, on Monday said many of the announcements in the health budget are very welcomed.

Union Budget 2016: Healthcare finally takes centre stage, says Apollo

Mar 01, 2016, at 02:20 am

Chennai, Feb 29 (IBNS) : Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited, today welcomed the transformative budget presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

Researchers find association between oral bacteria and esophageal cancer

Mar 01, 2016, at 02:05 am

Louisville, Feb 29 (IBNS) University of Louisville School of Dentistry researchers have found a bacterial species responsible for gum disease, Porphyromonas gingivalis, is present in 61 percent of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).

PM greets the scientists and science lovers on National Science Day

Feb 28, 2016, at 07:57 pm

New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the scientists and science lovers on National Science Day.

West Bengal doctor fined 25.5 lakh INR for botched up surgery

Feb 28, 2016, at 12:42 am

Kolkata, Feb 27 (IBNS) In a major judgment delivered on Friday, the W.B. State Commission has awarded a compensation of Rs. 25.5 lakh against a senior neurosurgeon and retired head of Neurosurgery at R.G. Kar Medical Hospital.

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, researchers available to discuss one-year mission

Feb 27, 2016, at 10:15 pm

California, Feb 27 (IBNS) NASA will share the completion of American astronaut Scott Kelly’s one-year mission aboard the International Space Station with live television coverage of his return to Houston on Wednesday, March 2, and two news briefings on Mar 4.

NASA tests life-detection drill in earth’s driest place

Feb 27, 2016, at 10:08 pm

California, Feb 27 (IBNS) In a harsh environment with very little water and intense ultraviolet radiation, most life in the extreme Atacama Desert in Chile exists as microbial colonies underground or inside rocks.

NASA’s IBEX Observations pin down Interstellar Magnetic Field

Feb 27, 2016, at 01:29 pm

California, Feb 27 (IBNS) Immediately after its 2008 launch, NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spotted a curiosity in a thin slice of space: More particles streamed in through a long, skinny swath in the sky than anywhere else.

Effective nutrition and sanitation key to reap India's demographic dividend

Feb 26, 2016, at 07:08 pm

New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) The Economic Survey 2015-16 presented on Friday in the Parliament by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley highlights that relatively low cost maternal and early life health and nutrition programs offer very high returns on investments.

The Frozen Canyons of Pluto’s North Pole

Feb 26, 2016, at 03:45 pm

California, Feb 26 (IBNS): The ethereal scene captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft tells yet another story of Pluto’s diversity of geological and compositional features—this time in an enhanced color image of the north polar area.