Adapt, move or die: animals and plants react to climate change, reveals study
Aug 30, 2018, at 09:56 pm
Birmingham, Aug 30 (IBNS): Nature is on the move as plants and animals react to the threat of extinction from climate change by changing their location or behaviour – a critical review reveals.
Aug 30, 2018, at 04:41 pm
Kolkata, Aug 30 (IBNS): Sanjiban Hospital (Howrah, India) and Lincoln University College Malaysia recently signed an agreement to launch a Doctor of Medicine program at Sanjiban Hospital campus.
New method to detect early cancer using malaria protein from UNSW, Sydney
Aug 29, 2018, at 06:55 pm
Sydney, Aug 28 (IBNS): Researchers have come up with a new method to detect cancer in its early stages by way of a malaria protein that sticks to cancer tumour cells in the blood.
As children in Ebola-affected areas of DR Congo head back to school, UNICEF ramps up support
Aug 29, 2018, at 08:26 am
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): As the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gears up for the upcoming academic year – with some 250 schools in Ebola-affected health zones – the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is scaling up education; health and water; sanitation; and hygiene programmes to assist children and their teachers.
Deadly swine fever threatens Asia, UN agriculture agency warns, urging regional collaboration
Aug 29, 2018, at 08:23 am
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): The rapid onset of the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) in China has been detected in areas a thousand kilometres apart – posing an imminent threat to other Asian countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Tuesday.
Aug 28, 2018, at 07:10 pm
A New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): As announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day address, India’s first Indian human mission will be launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) by 2022.
NASA unveils 'before and after' images of flood-hit Kerala
Aug 28, 2018, at 06:08 pm
Washington, Aug 28 (IBNS): NASA has unveiled images where it has shown the destruction caused by floods in the Indian city of Kerala.
As carbon dioxide levels climb, millions at risk of nutritional deficiencies: Study
Aug 28, 2018, at 04:31 pm
New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from human activity are making staple crops such as rice and wheat less nutritious and could result in 175 million people becoming zinc deficient and 122 million people becoming protein deficient by 2050, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
6.2 earthquake hit Lombok Island, no casualty so far
Aug 28, 2018, at 04:01 pm
Jakarta, Aug 28 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesia's Lombok Island on Tuesday, as per United States Geological Survey website.
Happy older people live longer, say researchers
Aug 28, 2018, at 03:05 pm
New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): Happy older people live longer, according to researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. In a study published today in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, the authors found that an increase in happiness is directly proportional with a reduction in mortality.
Lack of access to clean water, toilets puts children’s education at risk, says UN
Aug 28, 2018, at 11:42 am
New York, Aug Aug 28 (IBNS): Millions of children are going to school without basic hygiene facilities, and the goal of universal access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene remains “a huge challenge,” the United Nations warned on Monday
Gut enzymes could hold key to producing universal blood: Study
Aug 26, 2018, at 06:28 pm
New York, Aug 26 (IBNS): For blood transfusions to be safe, the donor and patient blood types must match. Now researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a new, more powerful group of enzymes that can turn any type of blood into the universally usable type O—expanding the pool of potential blood donors and making blood matching safer and easier.
Men place less value on care-oriented careers like nursing: UBC study
Aug 26, 2018, at 06:14 pm
London, Aug 26 (IBNS): Men assign less importance to care-oriented careers than women do, possibly because men internalize different values than women, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia.
Research identifies all the different ways the sea supports human wellbeing
Aug 25, 2018, at 04:03 pm
London, Aug 25 (IBNS): A study led by the University of Liverpool that catalogued all of the links between marine biodiversity and the different ways we rely on the sea found more than 30 ways it supports well-being including providing a source of nutrition, supplying raw materials and supporting recreational activities.
Better sleep linked with family tree strength: Study
Aug 25, 2018, at 03:59 pm
London, Aug 25 (IBNS): The question of why we sleep has been a longstanding subject of debate, with some theories suggesting that slumber provides respite for the brain, which allows it to filter out insignificant neural connections, build new ones, strengthen memories and even repair itself.
Meet the virtual pooch that could help prevent dog bites: Study
Aug 25, 2018, at 03:52 pm
London, Aug 25 (IBNS): A virtual dog could soon be used as an educational tool to help prevent dog bites, thanks to an innovative project led by the University’s Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC).
People with low muscle strength more likely to die prematurely: Study
Aug 25, 2018, at 03:36 pm
New York, Aug 25 (IBNS): Individuals with weaker muscles do not typically live as long as their stronger peers, according to new research from the University of Michigan.
Study finds a timescale for the origin and evolution of all of life on Earth
Aug 25, 2018, at 03:25 pm
New York, Aug 25 (IBNS): Palaeontologists have long sought to understand ancient life and the shared evolutionary history of life as a whole.
Study finds death rates from stroke 'declining overall', but increasing in some countries
Aug 25, 2018, at 03:19 pm
New York, Aug 25 (IBNS): New research, published today in the European Heart Journal, shows that deaths from conditions that affect the blood supply to the brain, such as stroke, are declining overall in Europe but that in some countries the decline is levelling off or death rates are even increasing.
Eating breakfast burns more carbs during exercise and accelerates metabolism for next meal
Aug 25, 2018, at 03:15 pm
New York, Aug 25 (IBNS): Eating breakfast before exercise may “prime” the body to burn carbohydrates during exercise and more rapidly digest food after working out, University researchers have found.
DR Congo: Ebola outbreak spreads to eastern ‘no-go’ zone surrounded by rebels
Aug 25, 2018, at 07:56 am
New York, Aug 25 (IBNS): Rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is escalating inside the vast country’s Ebola-hit North Kivu province, putting millions at risk, the United Nations refugee agency warned on Friday.
5 magnitude earthquake hits Andaman Islands, no casualty
Aug 24, 2018, at 06:54 pm
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter Scale hit Andaman Islands on Friday, as per Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
Aug 24, 2018, at 05:41 pm
New York, Aug 24 (IBNS): Previous research has shown that higher temperatures fueled by climate change could have major impacts on birds in the U.S. that are already considered threatened.
Ontario Science Centre showcases QUANTUM: The Exhibition
Aug 24, 2018, at 03:10 pm
Toronto, Aug 23 (IBNS): QUANTUM: The Exhibition opened its doors at the Ontario Science Centre on Aug 18 with this Canadian-made showw exploring the research of the scientists who study at the quantum level to better understand the natural world.
Hawaii ravaged by flash floods, landslides as Hurricane Lane approaches
Aug 24, 2018, at 01:19 pm
Honolulu, Aug 24 (IBNS): Hawaii is presently fighting a series of calamities as the category three Hurricane Lane approaches its land.
Canada: NASA chiefs discover water on the moon
Aug 23, 2018, at 09:05 pm
Ottawa, Aug 23 (IBNS): National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently confirmed an abundance of water on the Moon situated in hundreds of patches of ice deposited in the north and south poles, media reports said.
Aug 23, 2018, at 08:41 am
New York, Aug 23 (IBNS): United Nations agencies must join forces at the policy level and refuse interference from tobacco companies in their programmes so the destructive impact of tobacco can be effectively addressed and lives can be saved, the head of the UN tobacco control treaty watchdog (WHO FCTC Secretariat) told UN News on Wednesday.
NASA gets up close with Greenland's melting ice
Aug 22, 2018, at 07:36 pm
Washington, Aug 22 (IBNS): With a new research plane and a new base to improve its chances of outsmarting Atlantic hurricanes, NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland campaign takes to the sky this week for its third year of gathering data on how the ocean around Greenland is melting its glaciers.
7.3 earthquake hits Venezuela, no casualty
Aug 22, 2018, at 09:49 am
Caracas, Aug 22 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 7. 3 on the Richter Scale hit Venezuela's northeast coast on Wednesday, US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Cyclone Warning Centre to be set up in Thiruvananthapuram within a month
Aug 21, 2018, at 05:33 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): With several incidents of tropical cyclones and severe weather events striking over Kerala and Karnataka coasts in the recent times, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences is proposing to set up a Cyclone Warning Centre in Thiruvananthapuram.