Three killed in cloudburst in Jammu
Jul 20, 2017, at 05:44 pm
Srinagar, Jul 20 (IBNS) : Three people were killed in cloudburst and heavy rain in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday night, media reports said.
New findings suggest a genetic influence on aging into the 90s but not beyond
Jul 20, 2017, at 02:25 am
New York, July 19 (IBNS): A month before they are born, fetuses carried by American mothers-to-be can distinguish between someone speaking to them in English and Japanese.
Major event aims to tackle climate change in Bangladesh
Jul 19, 2017, at 09:30 pm
London, July 19 (IBNS): A major international event aimed at transforming how environmental and conservation issues are tackled in Bangladesh will be held in the UK on Thursday.
One social hour a week in dementia care improves lives and saves money, says study
Jul 19, 2017, at 02:53 am
London, July 18 (IBNS): Person-centred activities combined with just one hour a week of social interaction can improve quality of life and reduce agitation for people with dementia living in care homes, while saving money.
Over a thousand Delhiites renew hope for a greener planet and pledge to Go Solar
Jul 18, 2017, at 11:40 pm
New Delhi, July 18 (IBNS): After a month long campaign to spread awareness about rooftop solar, Greenpeace India found that 1,043 residents of Delhi want to solarise their rooftops.
Scientists name new species of Dinosaur after Canadian icon
Jul 18, 2017, at 12:30 am
Toronto, July 17 (IBNS): Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Philip J Currie Dinosaur Museum have identified and named a new species of dinosaur in honour of renowned Canadian palaeontologist Dr. Philip J. Currie. Albertavenator curriei, meaning "Currie's Alberta hunter".
Mamata Banerjee wishes Indian astronomers for identification of 'Saraswati'
Jul 18, 2017, at 12:05 am
Kolkata, July 17 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wished Indian astronomers who identified a previously unknown large supercluster of galaxies called now as "Saraswati".
Daily crosswords linked to sharper brain in later life, says study
Jul 17, 2017, at 11:51 pm
London, July 17 (IBNS): Experts at the University of Exeter Medical School and Kings College London analysed data from more than 17,000 healthy people aged 50 and over, submitted in an online trial.
India’s oldest tigress dies in Assam state zoo
Jul 17, 2017, at 02:39 am
Guwahati, July 16 (IBNS) : Swati, believed to be the oldest tigress in India, died at the age of 21 in the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati on Sunday morning, officials said.
Low iron levels may increase risk of heart disease, says study
Jul 17, 2017, at 01:29 am
London, July 16 (IBNS): People with low iron levels may be at greater risk of heart disease, according to a new study involving UCL scientists.
UK : 27 contact lenses found in woman's eye
Jul 17, 2017, at 01:23 am
London, July 16 (IBNS): In a bizarre incident, an eye specialist in the UK found 27 contact lenses stuck in the eye of a woman, media reports said.
New limits to functional portion of human genome reported
Jul 16, 2017, at 10:41 pm
New York, July 16 (IBNS): An evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston has published new calculations that indicate no more than 25 percent of the human genome is functional.
Surging heat may limit aircraft takeoffs globally, says study
Jul 15, 2017, at 02:51 am
New York, July 14 (IBNS): Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for many aircraft around the world to take off in coming decades, says a new study.
Why mosquitoes should not be eliminated, feels study
Jul 15, 2017, at 02:12 am
London, July 14 (IBNS): A Purdue researcher and a team of scientists working on a new insecticide argue that mosquitoes should not simply be made extinct due to their role in various ecosystems.
Babies born big more likely to become obese children, says study
Jul 15, 2017, at 01:25 am
New Delhi, July 14 (IBNS): Infants born with a high birthweight are more likely to become obese children, a new study from the UVA Children’s Hospital suggests.
Diet rich in tomatoes cuts skin cancer in half in mice, says study
Jul 15, 2017, at 01:01 am
New York, July 14 (IBNS): Daily tomato consumption appeared to cut the development of skin cancer tumors by half in a mouse study at The Ohio State University.
Stanford scientists discover how dense, extraterrestrial ice can form in just billionths of a second
Jul 14, 2017, at 11:42 pm
London, July 14 (IBNS): Stanford researchers have for the first time captured the freezing of water, molecule-by-molecule, into a strange, dense form called ice VII , found naturally in otherworldly environments, such as when icy planetary bodies collide.
Mosquitoes should not be eliminated: Research
Jul 14, 2017, at 05:03 am
West Lafayette, Ind., July 13 (IBNS): A Purdue researcher and a team of scientists working on a new insecticide argue that mosquitoes should not simply be made extinct due to their role in various ecosystems.
New till receipt design could make us healthier, say academics
Jul 14, 2017, at 04:54 am
Birmingham, July 13 (IBNS): A new traffic light system which uses till receipts to display nutritional information for an entire supermarket shop could revolutionise the way we buy food, say academics at Birmingham City University in the UK.
14,000 people evacuated in British Columbia Wildfire, Williams Lake under high alert
Jul 14, 2017, at 03:09 am
Ottawa, July 13 (IBNS): Almost 14,000 people were evacuated from their homes following a wildfire in British Columbia's Interior which raged since last Friday.
Giant Antarctica iceberg twice the size of Luxembourg breaks off
Jul 13, 2017, at 08:49 pm
London, Jul 13 (IBNS) : A giant iceberg twice the size of Luxembourg and one of the largest ever recorded, has broken off an ice shelf on the Antarctic peninsula and is now adrift in the Weddell Sea, media reports said.
Union Minister Rijiju arrives in Assam to take stock of flood situation
Jul 13, 2017, at 07:59 pm
Guwahati, July 13 : While Assam is still struggling with a devastating flood.which has already claimed 45 lives and affected over 1.7 million people of 24 districts out of 32, Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju, arrived on Thursday in the state, to take stock of the situation and submit a report to the Centre.
The one trillion tonne iceberg: Larsen C Ice Shelf rift finally breaks through
Jul 13, 2017, at 01:42 am
Washington, July 12 (IBNS): A one trillion tonne iceberg – one of the biggest ever recorded - has calved away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, after a rift in the ice, monitored by the Swansea University-led MIDAS project, finally completed its path through the ice.
First battery-free cellphone makes calls by harvesting ambient power
Jul 13, 2017, at 12:36 am
Washington, July 12 (IBNS): University of Washington researchers have invented a cellphone that requires no batteries — a major leap forward in moving beyond chargers, cords and dying phones. Instead, the phone harvests the few microwatts of power it requires from either ambient radio signals or light.
Coffee bubble phobia may be deep-seated aversion to parasites, says study
Jul 13, 2017, at 12:00 am
London, July 12 (IBNS): Some people experience intense aversion and anxiety when they see clusters of roughly circular shapes, such as the bubbles in a cup of coffee or the holes in a sponge.
Lip-syncing Obama: New tools turn audio clips into realistic video
Jul 12, 2017, at 11:19 pm
Washington, July 12 (IBNS): University of Washington researchers have developed new algorithms that solve a thorny challenge in the field of computer vision: turning audio clips into a realistic, lip-synced videoof the person speaking those words.
Hidden stars may make planets appear smaller
Jul 12, 2017, at 09:17 pm
Washington, July 12 (IBNS): In the search for planets similar to our own, an important point of comparison is the planet's density.
Cabinet approves creation of three posts of Directors for three new AIIMS
Jul 12, 2017, at 09:14 pm
New Delhi, Jul 12 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, approved the creation of three posts of Directors in the three new AIIMS at Mangalagiri near Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, Kalyani in West Bengal and Nagpur in Maharashtra.
Rescue operations in full swing in landslide-hit village near Sagalee in Arunachal Pradesh
Jul 12, 2017, at 07:42 pm
Itanagar, Jul 12 (IBNS): Rescue operations are in full swing to retrieve bodies of those killed in a massive landslide at Laptap village in Sagalee, Arunachal Pradesh, according to media reports on Wednesday.
LHC experiments delve deeper into precision
Jul 12, 2017, at 01:42 am
Geneva and Venice, July 11 (IBNS): The world’s particle physics community is meeting this week in Venice (Italy) for the EPS International Conference on High Energy Physics. Dozens of new results from the full existing datasets of the Large Hadron Collider experiments are being presented for the first time.