Uttar Pradesh: Forest officials hotfooting to track man-eating tigress of Pilibhit
Feb 11, 2017, at 05:32 pm
Lucknow, Feb 11 (IBNS): Forest officials have employed drone cameras and other tracking devices to locate the man-eating tigress roaming the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh, according to media reports on Saturday.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx begins Earth-Trojan Asteroid search
Feb 10, 2017, at 10:12 pm
Washington, Feb 10 (IBNS): A NASA spacecraft begins its search Thursday for an enigmatic class of near-Earth objects known as Earth-Trojan asteroids. OSIRIS-REx, currently on a two-year outbound journey to the asteroid Bennu, will spend almost two weeks searching for evidence of these small bodies.
NASA, UCI reveal new details of Greenland Ice loss
Feb 10, 2017, at 09:48 pm
Washington, Feb 10 (IBNS): Less than a year after the first research flight kicked off NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland campaign last March, data from the new program are providing a dramatic increase in knowledge of how Greenland's ice sheet is melting from below.
Centre okays use of drones for vigilance in Kaziranga National Park
Feb 10, 2017, at 06:24 pm
Guwahati, Feb 10 (IBNS) : To check the fast growing killing spree ofone- horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park (KNP), the Assam forest department will now use drones for vigilance in the world heritage site.
Cancer genes still alive in body after death: Study
Feb 10, 2017, at 08:18 am
Toronto, Feb. 9 (IBNS): Researchers from the University of Washington were of the opinion that certain genes in the body, including cancer genes, remained alive even after someone is clinically declared dead, media reports said.
Australia: Massive ancient undersea landslide found near Great Barrier Reef
Feb 09, 2017, at 09:39 pm
Brisbane, Feb 9 (IBNS): Scientists have discovered evidence of massive ancient undersea landslide next to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, according to media reports on Thursday.
ADB climate operations reach $3.7 billion in 2016
Feb 08, 2017, at 10:30 pm
Manila, Feb 8 (IBNS): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved $3.7 billion in climate finance investments in 2016, according to recently released figures — marking a 42% boost from the $2.6 billion reached in 2015. Estimates show that in 2016, climate finance from ADB’s internal sources reached a record $2.65 billion for climate mitigation and $1.08 billion for climate adaptation.
NASA's Curiosity Rover sharpens paradox of ancient Mars
Feb 07, 2017, at 03:12 pm
Washington, Feb 7 (IBNS): Mars scientists are wrestling with a problem. Ample evidence says ancient Mars was sometimes wet, with water flowing and pooling on the planet’s surface.
5.8 earthquake hits Uttarakhand
Feb 07, 2017, at 02:47 pm
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale hit Uttarakhand on Monday as tremors were felt in several north Indian states including national capital New Delhi.
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Scientists around the world, Canada offer lab space to colleagues affected by U.S. travel ban
Feb 07, 2017, at 03:23 am
Toronto, Feb 6 (IBNS): Scientists and academics from around the world, including Canada, have agreed to offer laboratory and office space to researchers stranded by the U.S. travel ban, media reports said.
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Canada: 1st medical 3D modelling for prosthetic limbs launched in Ottawa Hospital
Feb 07, 2017, at 02:31 am
Toronto, Feb 6 (IBNS): The Ottawa Hospital, Ontario had launched a new medical 3D printing program, which facilitated easier and less expensive manufacture of prosthetic limbs, media reports said.
Tata Power committed to transform 56 villages in India under Model Village programme
Feb 06, 2017, at 10:26 pm
Mumbai/ Kolkata, Feb 6 (IBNS): Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, has always undertaken several initiatives to improve the standard of living of its communities through various interventions in the field of education, income generation, agriculture, and many more. In line with this endeavor, Tata Power has committed to transform 56 villages in India as part of its Model Village Programme.
Feb 05, 2017, at 11:01 pm
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched Measles Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign in the country at a function in Bengaluru, here on Sunday.
New type of T-cell identified as 'key player' in development of rheumatoid arthritis
Feb 04, 2017, at 12:27 am
London, Feb 3 (IBNS): A team of scientists from the UK and the US have identified a genetically-distinct subset of helper T-cell associated with tissues affected by rheumatoid arthritis.
Health ministry warns about spread of infection in hospitals through cellphones
Feb 03, 2017, at 09:11 pm
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IBNS): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Friday, has cautioned people about the spread of infection in hospitals from cell phones.
Deoghar in Jharkhand to get an AIIMS says Minister Kulaste
Feb 03, 2017, at 08:56 pm
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IBNS): Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Faggan Singh Kulaste, on Friday, replied to a series of queries on the health sector, in the Lok Sabha.
NASA makes an epic update to website for daily Earth pics
Feb 03, 2017, at 02:30 pm
Washington, Jan 3 (IBNS): NASA has upgraded its website that provides daily views of the Earth from one million miles away. NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) camera imagery website was recently updated allowing the public to choose natural or enhanced color images of the Earth and even zoom into an area on the globe.
World Wetlands Day: Maharashtra seeks Ramsar site tag for its flamingo sanctuary
Feb 02, 2017, at 06:38 pm
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IBNS): World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on Feb 2 to raise awareness of about this unique geographical area which is integral to the well-being of the globe
Role of terrestrial biosphere in counteracting climate change may have been underestimated: Research
Feb 02, 2017, at 05:01 am
Birmingham, Feb 1 (IBNS): New research has suggested that the capacity of the terrestrial biosphere to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) may have been underestimated in past calculations due to certain land-use changes not being fully taken into account.
Pop! goes the hearing, balloon study suggests
Feb 01, 2017, at 03:12 am
London, Jan 31 (IBNS): A common birthday party favour can blow up into a problem for children—but also a bigger conversation about hearing loss, say University of Alberta researchers.
Heart failure survival rates show no improvement, says study
Jan 31, 2017, at 11:12 pm
London, Jan 31 (IBNS): Survival rates for people suffering from heart failure have not improved since 1998, according to a study led by University of Oxford researchers.
Bengal Chamber Initiates holds workshop on safe uses of pesticides
Jan 30, 2017, at 06:04 pm
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IBNS): The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCC&I) in collaboration with Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL) and Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) organised a workshop on safe uses of pesticides in Kolkata recently.
Anti Leprosy Day: JP Nadda urges people to raise awareness
Jan 30, 2017, at 05:35 pm
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IBNS): Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda urged citizens to spread awareness about leprosy on Anti Leprosy Day.
Jan 30, 2017, at 01:17 am
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a collective effort to completely eliminate the ‘treatable disease’ of leprosy from India.
Canada: Climate change causes bird's plumage to evolve, study suggests
Jan 30, 2017, at 12:26 am
Toronto, Jan 29 (IBNS): According to a new study white head patch on male species of Ficedula albicollis-- a small bird that breeds in Europe and overwinters in sub-Saharan Africa-- was found to shrink as climate warms, media reports said.
Toronto: Researchers identify birthplaces of monarch butterfly to help conserve species
Jan 28, 2017, at 04:49 am
Toronto, Jan. 27 (IBNS): Researchers at the University of Guelph, near Toronto are studying in great depth birthplaces of monarch butterflies that overwinter in Mexico, to help them guide conservation efforts for the declining species, media reports said.
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Norovirus confirmed in Toronto’s Humber College
Jan 25, 2017, at 06:09 pm
Toronto, Jan 25 (IBNS): Toronto Public Health (TPH) has confirmed the outbreak of Norovirus in Humber College, Toronto, that left nearly 215 students sick, media reports said.
NOAA’s GOES-16 Satellite sends first images to Earth
Jan 24, 2017, at 02:45 pm
Washington, Jan 24 (IBNS): GOES-16, the first spacecraft in NOAA’s next-generation of geostationary satellites, has sent the first high-resolution images from its Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument. Included among them are a composite color full-disk visible image of the Western Hemisphere captured on January 15, 2017. Created using several of the ABI’s 16 spectral channels, the full-disk image offers an example the satellite’s advanced technology.
Jan 22, 2017, at 03:47 am
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IBNS): Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs) which are Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) such as heart attacks and stroke, Diabetes, Chronic Respiratory Diseases (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases and Asthma) and Cancer inter alia account for over 60% of all mortality in India. Of these, nearly 55% are premature mortality.
Jan 20, 2017, at 10:47 pm
Mumbai, Jan 20 (IBNS): In honour of its platinum jubilee year (2016–2017), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai, will host a first of its kind conference themed “Healthcare: A Commodity or Basic Human Need?†from Jan 27 to 29.