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.

Modi calls for collective effort to completely eliminate ‘treatable disease’ of leprosy from India

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.

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.

Health Ministry to launch population based prevention, screening and control programme for five non-communicable diseases

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.

Tata Memorial Centre to host a three-day conference aimed to drive opinion and implementable action in providing universal healthcare in India

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.

NASA, NOAA Data show 2016 warmest year on record globally

Jan 19, 2017, at 02:25 pm

Washington, Jan 19 (Just Earth News): Earth’s 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Microsoft supports Sankara Eye Hospital to launch Maitri

Jan 19, 2017, at 03:55 am

Bengaluru, Jan 18 (IBNS): Reiterating its commitment towards eyecare, Microsoft has collaborated with Sankara Eye Hospital, Bengaluru to launch Maitri, a customized rehabilitation bus that visits remote villages in Karnataka to identify citizens suffering from vision problems and provide comprehensive rehabilitation services.

Cabinet apprised of the MoU between ISRO and JAXA

Jan 18, 2017, at 11:14 pm

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been apprised of theMemorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on Nov 11, 2016 at Tokyo, Japan between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for cooperation in the field of outer space.

Cabinet approves India’s membership in the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), South Korea

Jan 18, 2017, at 10:59 pm

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval to the proposal for India’s taking full membership of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) Governing Council.

CERN experiment reports sixfold improved measurement of the magnetic moment of the antiproton

Jan 18, 2017, at 10:29 pm

Geneva, Jan 18 (IBNS): In a paper published today in the journal Nature Communications, the BASE collaboration at CERN reports the most precise measurement ever made of the magnetic moment of the antiproton, allowing a fundamental comparison between matter and antimatter.

NBCC signs MoU with AIIMS for redevelopment of residential quarters at West Ansari Nagar campus and Ayur Vigyan Nagar campus

Jan 18, 2017, at 12:49 am

New Delhi, Jan 17 (IBNS): The NBCC (India) Limited, under the Ministry of Urban Development, signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday, for redevelopment of residential quarters at West Ansari Nagar campus and Ayur Vigyan Nagar campus at a total cost of Rs. 4,698 crores.

Gartner says that 20 percent of organizations will use smartphones in place of traditional physical access cards by 2020

Jan 17, 2017, at 09:50 pm

New York, Jan 17 (IBNS): In 2016, less than 5 percent of organizations used smartphones to enable access to offices and other premises.

Gartner says more than 40 percent of data science tasks will be automated by 2020

Jan 16, 2017, at 11:20 pm

New York, Jan 16 (IBNS): More than 40 percent of data science tasks will be automated by 2020, resulting in increased productivity and broader usage of data and analytics by citizen data scientists, according to Gartner, Inc.

America’s largest animal circus closes after 146 years, ADI calls on all circuses to end wild animal acts

Jan 16, 2017, at 03:22 am

Washington, Jan 15 (IBNS): Animal Defenders International (ADI) on Sunday said it has welcomed the announcement by Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus to close its animal shows from May, citing declines in ticket sales after earlier announcing a ‘mood shift’ among their consumers .

OTBL launches environment conservation program for Gujarat schools

Jan 14, 2017, at 09:28 pm

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IBNS): ONGC TERI Biotech Limited (OTBL) has recently launched a new educational programme called ‘Protectors of the Environment’ to sensitize and motivate young school children and adults in environment conservation under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.

Fourteen-year-old Gujarat boy signs Rs. five-crore deal for production of his anti-landmine drone

Jan 14, 2017, at 06:23 pm

Ahmedabad, Jan 14 (IBNS) : A 14-year-old Gujarat boy has signed an agreement worth Rs. 5 crore for a feasibility study on commercial production of a drone he has created to detect and defuse landmines in war fields, NDTV reports.

Vice President calls for balanced approach between creation of clinical health infrastructure and demands of public health

Jan 14, 2017, at 01:17 am

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS): M. Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India has called for a balanced approach between the creation of clinical health infrastructure and the demands of public health when evaluating the overall needs of the country’s health requirements.

Pioneering SESAME light source circulates first beam

Jan 13, 2017, at 04:32 am

Allan, Jordan, Jan 12 (IBNS): A beam circulated for the first time in the pioneering SESAME synchrotron at 18:12 (UTC+3) on Thursday. The next step will be to store the beam, CERN said in a statement.

Not just Delhi, Air in most Indian cities hazardous; Greenpeace report

Jan 11, 2017, at 09:46 pm

New Delhi| Jan 11 (IBNS): Damning information obtained by Greenpeace India through online reports and Right to Information applications from State Pollution Control Boards across India, shows that none of the Indian cities comply with standards prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and very few cities in southern India comply to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) standards.

More than 6,000 turtles stuffed in sacks for smuggling recovered from Amethi house

Jan 11, 2017, at 05:35 pm

Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, Jan 1 (IBNS) : In a massive seizure rarely known to have been made anywhere in India, police have rescued more than 6,000 turtles, stuffed in sacks for smuggling, after a raid in a house in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, NDTV reported.

Hubble captures ‘Shadow Play’ caused by possible planet

Jan 10, 2017, at 03:09 pm

Washington, Jan 10 (IBNS): Searching for planets around other stars is a tricky business. They’re so small and faint that it’s hard to spot them. But a possible planet in a nearby stellar system may be betraying its presence in a unique way: by a shadow that is sweeping across the face of a vast pancake-shaped gas-and-dust disk surrounding a young star.

ISIC partners Vaidyaraja to establish Multi Medicine Facility in Delhi

Jan 10, 2017, at 01:56 am

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IBNS): Indian Spinal Injuries Centre is partnering Netherlands-based Ayurvedic medicine chain Vaidyaraja to start a multi-medicine facility in India that will bring all streams of alternative medicine including Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopathy, Naturopathy and many more indigenous medical systems under the same banner.

Giant Antarctic iceberg set to break away, say Swansea researchers

Jan 07, 2017, at 01:16 am

New York, Jan 6 (IBNS): An iceberg expected to be one of the 10 largest ever recorded is ready to break away from Antarctica, according to Swansea University scientists.