Tremor felt in North Bengal, no casualty reported
Mar 13, 2016, at 05:53 am
Kolkata/Siliguri, Mar 12 (IBNS): A 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit the northern part of West Bengal on Saturday.
Satellites and Shipwrecks: Landsat satellite spots foundered ships in coastal waters
Mar 12, 2016, at 11:08 pm
Washington, Mar 12 (IBNS) An estimated 3 million shipwrecks are scattered across the planet’s oceans. Most maritime mishaps take place close to shore where hazards to navigation — such as rocks, reefs, other submerged objects and vessel congestion — are abundant. While there is a romantic association of shipwrecks and buried treasure, it is desirable to know where they are located for many other practical reasons. The ships may be of historical significance or, if the hard substrate of the ship has created a reef, of ecological significance.
NASA selects scientists for Mars Rover research projects
Mar 12, 2016, at 11:01 pm
Washington, Mar 12 (IBNS) NASA has selected 28 researchers as participating scientists for the Curiosity Mars rover mission, including six newcomers to the rover's science team.
Record annual increase of carbon dioxide observed at Mauna Loa for 2015
Mar 12, 2016, at 10:46 pm
Washington, Mar 12 (IBNS) The annual growth rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii jumped by 3.05 parts per million during 2015, the largest year-to-year increase in 56 years of research, as per US scientists.
Mar 12, 2016, at 10:33 pm
Washington DC, Mar 12 (IBNS) Far in the western hemisphere, scientists on NASA’s New Horizons mission have discovered what looks like a giant “bite mark†on Pluto’s surface. They suspect it may be caused by a process known as sublimation—the transition of a substance from a solid to a gas. The methane ice-rich surface on Pluto may be sublimating away into the atmosphere, exposing a layer of water-ice underneath.
Astronaut Scott Kelly to retire from NASA in April
Mar 12, 2016, at 02:51 pm
Washington, Mar 12 (IBNS) NASA astronaut and one-year crew member Scott Kelly will retire from the agency, effective April 1.
Water and sanitation likely to be best answer to Zika virus, say UN experts
Mar 12, 2016, at 02:44 pm
New York, Mar 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS):Improving water and sanitation services may be the best answer to addressing the outbreak of the Zika virus, according to United Nations human rights experts, who stress that such critical factors should not be in the shadow of hi-tech solutions being considered.
'World has much to learn from Japan,' UN chief says on anniversary of earthquake, tsunami
Mar 12, 2016, at 02:01 pm
New York, Mar 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The world has much to learn from Japan if it is to make progress on saving lives and livelihoods, and reducing disaster losses, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon underlined on the fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
Arts@CERN launches COLLIDE International Award
Mar 12, 2016, at 01:47 am
Geneva, Mar 11 (IBNS): Arts@CERN on Friday launched an international call for artists for the COLLIDE International Award-a new collaboration between CERN and FACT1.
Nuclear reactor in Gujarat shut down after leakage
Mar 12, 2016, at 01:16 am
New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS) A unit of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat has been shut down on Friday owing to hard water leakage and an emergency has been declared inside the plant though no nuclear radiation as been recorded, according to media reports.
NASA, Air Force perform rescue operations on Boeing Starliner
Mar 11, 2016, at 09:40 pm
California, Mar 11 (IBNS) NASA astronaut Suni Williams cannonballs off a Boeing CST-100 Starliner test article after NASA engineers and Air Force pararescuemen climbed aboard the spacecraft to simulate rescuing astronauts in the event of an emergency during launch or ascent.
NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Record-Breaking U.S. Astronaut
Mar 11, 2016, at 04:46 pm
Washington, Mar 11 (IBNS) On a second American record-breaking mission for 2016, NASA astronaut Jeff Williams is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station at 5:26 p.m. EDT Friday, Mar 18, with cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA Television launch coverage will begin at 4:30 p.m.
NASA Selects Instruments to Study Air Pollution, Tropical Cyclones
Mar 11, 2016, at 04:44 pm
Washington, Mar 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS) NASA has selected two proposals for new Earth science investigations that will put new instruments in low-Earth orbit to track harmful particulate air pollutants and study the development of tropical cyclones.
NASA Station leads way for improved measurements of Earth Orientation, shape
Mar 11, 2016, at 03:41 pm
Washington, Mar 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS) NASA has demonstrated the success of advanced technology for making precise measurements of Earth’s orientation and rotation – information that helps provide a foundation for navigation of all space missions and for geophysical studies of our planet.
PSLV-C32 successfully launches India's sixth Navigation Satellite IRNSS-1F
Mar 11, 2016, at 12:02 am
Sriharikota, Mar 10 (IBNS): In its thirty fourth flight (PSLV-C32), ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully launched the 1425 kg IRNSS-1F, the sixth satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) on Thursday from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
Syed Ali Geelani admitted in hospital
Mar 10, 2016, at 11:20 pm
Srinagar, Mar 10 (IBNS) Senior separatist leader and APHC chairman Syed Ali Geelani was admitted at a hospital in New Delhi after he complained of chest pain on Thursday.
India's sixth navigation satellite launched successfully
Mar 10, 2016, at 10:41 pm
Sriharikota, Mar 10 (IBNS) Indian rocket PSLV C-32 successfully put into orbit the country’s sixth navigation satellite, the 1,425-kg IRNSS-1F, around 20 minutes into flight, and at an altitude of 488.9 km, after a successful lift off from Sriharikota (Tamil Nadu) at 4pm on Thursday.
IMD indicates hailstorm or squall likely across India in next few days
Mar 10, 2016, at 07:21 pm
New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS) India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its bulletin on Thursday has said that thunderstorm accompanied with squall/hailstorm is likely at some places in the country over the next three or four days.
Mar 10, 2016, at 05:00 pm
Srinagar, Mar 10 (IBNS) The Meteorological Department on Thursday forecast heavy rains in plains and snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir Valley during the next three days and has advised people to remain vigilant.
Gujarat: Three die after consuming bhaang, about 300 odd critically ill
Mar 10, 2016, at 04:35 pm
Mehsana/Gujarat, Mar 10 (IBNS) Three people have died after consuming bhaang on mahashivratri in Gujarat's Mehsana district, according to reports.
Solar eclipse over South Pacific Ocean
Mar 10, 2016, at 02:55 pm
California, Mar 10 (IBNS) During the afternoon of March 9, 2016, a total solar eclipse was visible in parts of southeast Asia and a partial eclipse was visible in parts of Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and America Samoa.
NASA targets May 2018 launch of Mars InSight Mission
Mar 10, 2016, at 02:51 pm
California, Mar 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS) NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to study the deep interior of Mars is targeting a new launch window that begins May 5, 2018, with a Mars landing scheduled for Nov. 26, 2018.
UNAIDS piloting new mobile platform to better inform HIV patients, improve health care
Mar 10, 2016, at 02:47 pm
New York, Mar 10(Just Earth News/IBNS):Starting this month, a thousand people living with HIV in Côte d’Ivoire will receive additional health information through their mobile phones, the United Nations agency leading the world’s HIV/AIDS response announced on Wednesday.
West Bengal: School students fall sick after taking deworming medicine
Mar 10, 2016, at 06:07 am
Kolkata, Mar 9 (IBNS): Hundreds of school students became ill on Wednesday in several districts of West Bengal, after having government-provided deworming tablets, reports said.
Standardization of medical care for obese essential, says new IBC director B Ramana
Mar 09, 2016, at 08:28 pm
Kolkata, Mar 9 (IBNS) Considering the fast increasing numbers of bariatric surgeries performed in India and other Asian countries, standardization of medical care for obese and diabetic patients has become very important., said Dr. B Ramana, the new director of the International Bariatric Club (IBC).
Oppn. targets NDA on Sri Sri's Yamuna show; spiritual guru urges all to not politicise it
Mar 09, 2016, at 06:52 pm
New Delhi, Mar 9 (IBNS) The Opposition on Wednesday put the government on the mat in Parliament over the issue of spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's mega cultural event on the Yamuna flood plains even as a green tribunal is likely to pass its verdict on the festival during the day as the Art of Living founder urged parties to not politicise it.
NASA tests inflatable heat shield technology for deep space missions
Mar 09, 2016, at 04:03 pm
New york, Mar 9 (IBNS) Before NASA uses its new inflatable technology for slowing spacecraft that are entering the atmospheres of other planets, it will first need to be packed into the tight confines of a rocket.
NASA Glenn Technology pumps hope into broken hearts
Mar 09, 2016, at 03:46 pm
New York, Mar 9 (IBNS) Dr. Mark Rodefeld knows the hearts of children. As a pediatric heart surgeon at Indiana University, he’s spent decades fixing them.
NASA recognizes outstanding small businesses with industry awards
Mar 09, 2016, at 03:45 pm
New York, Mar 9 (IBNS) The winners of the Fiscal Year 2015 agency-level Small Business Industry Awards (SBIA) were announced Tuesday during the spring 2016 NASA Industry Forum meeting hosted by the agency’s Office of Small Business Programs at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
UN health agency warns more cases of Zika expected with ‘further geographic spread’
Mar 09, 2016, at 02:41 pm
New York, Mar 9 (IBNS):The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said the latest update on Zika virus is ‘alarming,’ with more cases expected in the coming months in a larger geographic area, and warned that modes of transion now include sexual intercourse as well as mosquito bites.