Citizen scientists help NASA researchers understand Auroras

Mar 09, 2016, at 01:16 am

California, Mar 8 (IBNS) Space weather scientist Liz MacDonald has seen auroras more than five times in her life, but it was the aurora she didn’t see that affected her the most.

NASA to provide live coverage for March 8 solar eclipse

Mar 09, 2016, at 12:56 am

California, Mar 8 (IBNS) NASA, in partnership with the Exploratorium Science Center in San Francisco, will host activities around the Mar 8 total solar eclipse, including opportunities to talk with solar scientists and live coverage of the eclipse originating from Woleai island in Micronesia.

Union health minister informs Rajya Sabha about state food testing labs

Mar 08, 2016, at 09:18 pm

New Delhi, Mar 8 (IBNS) Union health minister J P Nadda, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, said that no funds have been provided for upgradation of state food testing laboratories from 2012-13 to 2015-16 as far as the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is concerned.

NASA awards contract for test evaluation, support

Mar 08, 2016, at 03:42 pm

California, Mar 8 (IBNS) NASA has awarded a contract to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, for continued test and operations support at the agency’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

NASA analyzes March 7 U.S. Pacific Northwestern Storm System

Mar 08, 2016, at 03:35 pm

California, Mar 7 (IBNS) NASA's RapidScat instrument spied tropical-storm-force winds in a weather system affecting the Pacific Northwestern U.S. and southwestern Canada on Mar 6 and Mar 7.

NASA, Honeywell bring Hip-Hop education show to West Coast

Mar 08, 2016, at 03:20 pm

California, Mar 8 (IBNS) NASA and Honeywell are visiting the West Coast with the FMA Live! Forces in Motion show for a spring 2016 tour designed to ignite students' interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

World Meteorological Organization Secretary General Petteri Taalas meets Harsh Vardhan

Mar 08, 2016, at 01:11 am

New Delhi, Mar 7 (IBNS) Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva Dr Petteri Taalas, called on the Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Harsh Vardhan, in New Delhi on Monday.

Dead fish clutter lake in the middle of Bengaluru

Mar 07, 2016, at 08:38 pm

Bengaluru, Mar 7 (IBNS) Thousands of dead fish were found floating in Bengaluru's Ulsoor Lake on Monday morning but no reason has been cited for the same, according to media sources.

NASA scientific balloon team hopes to break flight duration record with New Zealand launch

Mar 05, 2016, at 02:32 pm

Washington, Mar 4 (IBNS) After years of tests and development, NASA’s Balloon Program team is on the cusp of expanding the envelope in high-altitude, heavy-lift ballooning with its super pressure balloon (SPB) technology.

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.