Rapid, large-scale, coordinated action needed to beat pollution – UN chief
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:33 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): Noting the severity of the threats posed by pollution to both people and the planet, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the need for rapid, large-scale and coordinated action by all actors to make the world pollution-free.
Pt Ramnarayan Sharma National Ayurved Award for leading Ayurveda practitioners
Dec 04, 2017, at 08:14 pm
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IBNS): President of India Ram Nath Kovind presented the Pt Ramnarayan Sharma National Ayurved Award for the years 2008-2014 at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday.
Rising levels of HIV drug resistance, says study
Dec 03, 2017, at 12:26 am
London, Dec 2 (IBNS): HIV drug resistance is approaching and exceeding 10% in people living with HIV who are about to initiate or reinitiate first-line antiretroviral therapy, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Behaviour not indicative of pain in stressed babies, says study
Dec 03, 2017, at 12:24 am
London, Dec 2 (IBNS): In stressed newborn babies, behaviour alone is not a reliable way of assessing pain, according to new UCL and UCLH research.
Lifespan prolonged by inhibiting common enzyme, finds study
Dec 03, 2017, at 12:21 am
London, Dec 2 (IBNS): The lifespans of flies and worms are prolonged by limiting the activity of an enzyme common to all animals, finds a UCL-led study.
Marriage may help stave off dementia, says study
Dec 03, 2017, at 12:12 am
London, Dec 2 (IBNS): Marriage may lower the risk of developing dementia, concludes a UCL-led synthesis of the available evidence published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
Take the driver’s seat on sea level science
Dec 02, 2017, at 11:46 pm
WashIngton, Dec 2 (IBNS): A new NASA sea level simulator lets you bury Alaska’s Columbia glacier in snow, and, year by year, watch how it responds. Or you can melt the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and trace rising seas as they inundate the Florida coast.
Study finds reading information aloud to yourself improves memory
Dec 02, 2017, at 09:50 pm
Ontario, Dec 2 (IBNS): You are more likely to remember something if you read it out loud, a study from the University of Waterloo has found.
Type 1 diabetes as common in adults as children, but many adults are misdiagnosed, says study
Dec 02, 2017, at 01:10 am
London, Dec 1 (IBNS): Type 1 diabetes is not predominantly a ‘disease of childhood’ as previously believed, but is similarly prevalent in adults, new research published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology shows.
Countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to accelerate road safety measures
Dec 02, 2017, at 12:36 am
Phuket, Thailand, Dec 1 (IBNS): Alarmed at the increasing incidence of deaths and injuries in road crashes, mostly involving motorcyclists and other vulnerable road users, countries in WHO South-East Asia Region today committed to accelerate action for road safety.
HIV directly impacts brain: study
Dec 01, 2017, at 10:51 pm
New York, Dec 1 (IBNS): Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers have discovered that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) directly impacts the brain in the early stages of the infection.
FSU researcher finds link between excessive screen time and suicide risk
Dec 01, 2017, at 10:22 pm
New York, Dec 1 (IBNS): New research presents compelling evidence that the more time teenagers spend on smartphones and other electronic screens, the more likely they are to feel depressed and think about, or attempt, suicide.
Union Cabinet approves the National Nutrition Mission
Dec 01, 2017, at 06:57 pm
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of National Nutrition Mission (NNM), the media reported on Friday.
Cyclone Ockhi heads for Lakshadweep Islands
Nov 30, 2017, at 11:03 pm
Chennai, Nov 30 (IBNS): Heavy rains lashed Tamil Nadu's coastal areas as a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has turned to Cyclone Ockhi.
Male-pattern baldness and premature greying associated with risk of early heart disease, finds study
Nov 30, 2017, at 09:59 pm
Kolkata, Nov 30 (IBNS): Male-pattern baldness and premature greying are associated with a more than fivefold risk of heart disease before the age of 40 years, according to research presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India (CSI).
Parts of Kerala lashed by heavy rain, Cyclonic Storm Ockhi hovering over Comorin region
Nov 30, 2017, at 07:48 pm
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IBNS): Heavy rain lashed southern and central parts of Kerala on Thursday, an outcome of Cyclonic Storm ‘OCKHI’, which lay over Comorin area of the southern peninsula, according to media reports.
Global response to malaria at crossroads: WHO
Nov 30, 2017, at 03:46 pm
Washington, Nov 30 (IBNS): After unprecedented global success in malaria control, progress has stalled, according to the World malaria report 2017.
WASP-18b has smothering stratosphere without water
Nov 30, 2017, at 03:44 pm
Washington, Nov 30 (IBNS): A NASA-led team has found evidence that the oversized planet WASP-18b is wrapped in a smothering stratosphere loaded with carbon monoxide and devoid of water.
Four decades and counting: New NASA instrument continues measuring Solar energy input to Earth
Nov 30, 2017, at 01:39 am
Washington, Nov 29 (IBNS): We live on a solar-powered planet. As we wake up in the morning, the Sun peeks over the horizon to shed light on us, blanket us with warmth and provide cues to start our day. At the same time, our Sun’s energy drives our planet’s ocean currents, seasons, weather and climate. Without the Sun, life on Earth would not exist.
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 itâ€, 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.