Esri India and IIEST Shibpur launch Center of Geospatial Excellence

Oct 06, 2017, at 03:23 pm

Howrah, Oct 6 (IBNS): Esri India on Thursday announced the launch of a Centre of Geospatial Excellence (CoGE) in the eastern region in association with Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) Shibpur.

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to three for imaging of biomolecules

Oct 04, 2017, at 11:55 pm

Stockholm, Oct 4 (IBNS): The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 was on Wednesday awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for the development of cryo-electron microscopy, which both simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules.

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to three Americans for capturing gravity waves

Oct 04, 2017, at 05:56 am

Stockholm, Oct 04 (IBNS) The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".

Smartphone apps reduce depression, says study

Sep 24, 2017, at 12:54 am

Melbourne, Sept 23 (IBNS): New Australian-led research has confirmed that smartphone apps are an effective treatment option for depression, paving the way for safe and accessible interventions for the millions of people around the world diagnosed with this condition.

Birmingham builds world’s first clean cold congress on India initiative

Sep 19, 2017, at 02:22 am

London, Sept 18 (IBNS): The world’s first international congress dedicated to clean cold will see academic experts join leaders from industry and government to map a global response to ever-increasing global demands for cooling – it was announced on Monday.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft ends its historic exploration of Saturn

Sep 16, 2017, at 02:25 am

Washington, Sept 15 (IBNS): A thrilling epoch in the exploration of our solar system came to a close today, as NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its 13-year tour of the ringed planet.

Indian biotech leaders visit Birmingham for life science facilities briefing

Sep 09, 2017, at 03:32 am

Birmingham, Sept 8 (IBNS): A delegation of Indian biotech company leaders visited the University of Birmingham to see the life sciences cluster.

New device discovered which accurately identifies Cancer in seconds

Sep 07, 2017, at 08:57 pm

New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin has invented a powerful tool that rapidly and accurately identifies cancerous tissue during surgery, delivering results in about 10 seconds—more than 150 times as fast as existing technology.

Physical activity can lead to difference in diet preferences between males and females, MU study finds

Sep 07, 2017, at 12:39 am

London, Sept 6 (IBNS): Recent studies have shown that approximately 90 percent of adult Americans fail to reach the U.S. Department of Health guidelines for physical activity, which could be contributing to surging obesity rates.

Both chimpanzees and humans spontaneously imitate each other's actions, says study

Sep 07, 2017, at 12:29 am

London, Sept 6 (IBNS): Copying the behaviour of others makes us effective learners and allow skills, knowledge and inventions to be passed on from one generation to the next.

Gene related to brain damage in pre-term infants identified, finds study

Sep 07, 2017, at 12:26 am

London, Sept 6 (IBNS) A gene has been identified by a joint study by researchers at King’s College London, Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS), Inserim and Paris Diderot University that is thought to be associated with the types of brain damage that can be caused by pre-term birth.

Antarctic marine life may grow faster in a warming world, says study

Sep 06, 2017, at 12:32 am

London, Sept 5 (IBNS): A team of scientists has discovered that a 1°C rise in local sea temperature has massive impacts on an Antarctic marine community.

Ericsson expands its 5G portfolio

Sep 05, 2017, at 11:48 pm

London, Sept 5 (IBNS): Ericsson on Tuesday said it has introduced a new radio product, AIR 3246, for Massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (Massive MIMO), which is a complement to Ericsson’s global 5G radio offering.

NASA gets a night-time and under-the-hood look at Hurricane Irma

Sep 03, 2017, at 02:50 am

Washington, Sept 2 (IBNS): NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP Satellite provided a night-time and infrared look at the Atlantic’s latest hurricane that revealed the power under the clouds. NASA’s GPM also provided a look at the rainfall being generated by Hurricane Irma.

ISRO launches IRNSS-1H series satellite from Sriharikota

Sep 01, 2017, at 01:28 am

Sriharikota, Aug 31 (IBNS): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched IRNSS-1H series satellite on Thursday.

Paleontologists discover new species of sauropod dinosaur in Tanzania

Aug 27, 2017, at 01:01 am

New York, Aug 26 (IBNS): Paleontologists have identified a new species of titanosaurian dinosaur. The research is reported in a paper published this week in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology and is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Scientists solve mystery of blinking brown dwarfs

Aug 19, 2017, at 01:00 am

New York, Aug 18 (IBNS): Dim objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than the sun but more massive than Jupiter, have powerful winds and clouds -- specifically, hot patchy clouds made of iron droplets and silicate dust.

NASA study finds drought recoveries taking longer

Aug 17, 2017, at 12:18 am

Washington, Aug 16 (IBNS): As global temperatures continue to rise, droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe in many regions during this century.

NASA studies Tethered CubeSat Mission to study Lunar Swirls

Aug 09, 2017, at 10:25 pm

Washington, Aug 9 (IBNS): A novel mission concept involving two CubeSats connected by a thin, miles-long tether could help scientists understand how the Moon got its mysterious “tattoos” — swirling patterns of light and dark found at more than 100 locations across the lunar surface.

When you're blue, so are your Instagram photos, finds study

Aug 09, 2017, at 01:34 am

New York, Aug 8 (IBNS): When you're feeling blue, your photos turn bluer, too. And more gray and dark as well, with fewer faces shown. In other words, just like people can signal their sadness by body language and behavior—think deep sighs and slumped shoulders—depression reveals itself in social media images.

Can discrimination contribute to feelings of radicalization?, questions study

Aug 09, 2017, at 01:11 am

Washington, Aug 8 (IBNS): Muslim immigrants who feel marginalized and discriminated against in countries that expect them to integrate into their culture and society are more likely to experience psychological threats to their own significance that could be related to increased support of radicalism, according to new research presented at the American Psychological Association’s 125th Annual Convention.

India witnesses partial lunar eclipse on Monday

Aug 08, 2017, at 06:07 am

Kolkata, Aug 07 (IBNS) India on Monday night witnessed a partial lunar eclipse for two hours from 10-55 pm.

Partial lunar eclipse on Monday to be visible from India

Aug 07, 2017, at 09:42 pm

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IBNS): Weather permitting, most parts of India, will be able to view the partial lunar eclipse to take place on Monday, according to media reports.

Origin of human genus may have occurred by chance, finds study

Aug 06, 2017, at 11:44 pm

Washington, Aug 6 (IBNS): An often cited claim that humans, who are smarter and more technologically advanced than their ancestors, originated in response to climate change is challenged in a new report by a Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology researcher at George Washington University.

Planetary protection excites space fans of all ages

Aug 05, 2017, at 10:06 pm

Washington, Aug 5 (IBNS): The recent announcement for a position that NASA has had since the 1960s – Planetary Protection Officer – has generated a lot of excitement in the public, as well as comparisons to many sci-fi movie heroes.

New clues to Universe's structure revealed

Aug 05, 2017, at 10:05 pm

Washington, Aug 5 (IBNS): What is our universe made of, and has its composition changed over time?

ISRO and CSIR-NPL sign MoU for time and frequency traceability services

Aug 05, 2017, at 03:54 am

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IBNS): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Department of Space and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Ministry of Science and Technology, in New Delhi on Friday.

Despite heavy armor, new dinosaur used camouflage to hide from predators

Aug 05, 2017, at 02:37 am

Toronto, Aug 4 (IBNS): Researchers reporting in Current Biology on Aug 3 have named a new genus and species of armored dinosaur.

Twilight observations reveal huge storm on Neptune

Aug 05, 2017, at 02:36 am

New York, Aug 4 (IBNS): Spectacular sunsets and sunrises are enough to dazzle most of us, but to astronomers, dusk and dawn are a waste of good observing time. They want a truly dark sky.

Joint NASA-Brazil SPORT CubeSat Mission will unlock complex equatorial phenomena, lay groundwork for better space weather prediction

Aug 05, 2017, at 02:01 am

Washington, Aug 4 (IBNS) :NASA and a team of Brazilian space researchers have announced a joint CubeSat mission to study phenomena in Earth's upper atmosphere -- a region of charged particles called the ionosphere -- capable of disrupting communications and navigation systems on the ground and potentially impacting satellites and human explorers in space.