Five years after the Chelyabinsk Meteor: NASA leads efforts in planetary defense
Feb 20, 2018, at 02:27 pm
Washington, Feb 20 (IBNS): A blinding flash, a loud sonic boom, and shattered glass everywhere. This is what the people of Chelyabinsk, Russia, experienced five years ago when an asteroid exploded over their city the morning of Feb. 15, 2013.
Calcium may play a role in the development of Parkinson’s disease: Study
Feb 20, 2018, at 01:27 am
London, Feb 19 (IBNS): Researchers have found that excess levels of calcium in brain cells may lead to the formation of toxic clusters that are the hallmark of Parkinson’s disease.
Strategy in the blink of an eye, finds study
Feb 18, 2018, at 01:57 am
New York, Feb 17 (IBNS): If a brief event in our surroundings is about to happen it is probably better not to blink during that moment.
Household cleaning can be as bad as smoking for lung function: Study
Feb 18, 2018, at 01:45 am
New York, Feb 17 (IBNS): Cleaners who have regularly used cleaning sprays over 20 years were found to have reduced lung function equivalent to smoking 20 cigarettes a day over the same period, a UiB-study shows.
Female hormones may be linked to asthma, finds study
Feb 18, 2018, at 01:43 am
London, Feb 17 (IBNS): Fluctuations in female sex hormones could play a role in the development of allergies and asthma, a major review of evidence suggests.
Frequent night shift work boosts likelihood of Type 2 diabetes, finds study
Feb 18, 2018, at 01:40 am
New York, Feb 17 (IBNS): Healthcare workers, security guards and other employees who periodically work the night shift are significantly more likely to have Type 2 diabetes than workers who work only days, according to a sweeping new study by researchers from CU Boulder and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston.
UMD researchers find gene that may greatly increase strawberry production
Feb 17, 2018, at 11:46 pm
New York, Feb 17 (IBNS): Researchers at the University of Maryland have identified and isolated a gene that is directly involved in the way strawberry plants grow, spread and produce fruit.
Long-lived Mars Rover opportunity keeps finding surprises
Feb 17, 2018, at 10:03 pm
Washington, Feb 17 (IBNS): NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity keeps providing surprises about the Red Planet, most recently with observations of possible "rock stripes."
Strong 7.2M earthquake hits Mexico
Feb 17, 2018, at 04:37 pm
Mexico City, Feb 17 (IBNS): A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.2 hit Mexico on Friday, damaging several buildings, though no deaths were reported.
ISRO planning to launch Chandrayaan-2 mission around April this year: Dr Jitendra Singh
Feb 17, 2018, at 01:37 am
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IBNS): Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh said that Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch Chandrayan-2 Mission around April this year.
Those scented products you love? NOAA study finds they can cause air pollution
Feb 17, 2018, at 12:54 am
Washington, Feb 16 (IBNS): Emissions from volatile chemical products like perfumes, paints and other scented consumer items now rival vehicles as a pollution source in greater Los Angeles, according to a surprising new NOAA-led study.
Hubble sees Neptune's mysterious shrinking storm
Feb 17, 2018, at 12:46 am
Washington, Feb 16 (IBNS): Three billion miles away on the farthest known major planet in our solar system, an ominous, dark storm – once big enough to stretch across the Atlantic Ocean from Boston to Portugal – is shrinking out of existence as seen in pictures of Neptune taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Five years after the Chelyabinsk Meteor: NASA leads efforts in planetary defense
Feb 17, 2018, at 12:36 am
Washington, Feb 16 (IBNS): A blinding flash, a loud sonic boom, and shattered glass everywhere. This is what the people of Chelyabinsk, Russia, experienced five years ago when an asteroid exploded over their city the morning of Feb. 15, 2013.
Supermassive Black Holes are outgrowing their Galaxies
Feb 17, 2018, at 12:17 am
Washington, Feb 16 (IBNS): The biggest black holes in the Universe are growing faster than the rate of stars being formed in their galaxies, according to two new studies using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes.
Asthma medication linked to infertility
Feb 16, 2018, at 09:12 pm
Adelaide, Feb 16 (IBNS): Women with asthma who only use short-acting asthma relievers take longer to become pregnant than other women, according to international research led by the University of Adelaide.
First expedition to newly exposed Antarctic ecosystem
Feb 15, 2018, at 10:19 pm
New York, Feb 15 (IBNS): A team of scientists, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), heads to Antarctica this week (14 February) to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been hidden beneath an Antarctic ice shelf for up to 120,000 years.
New study reveals Australia’s most endangered ocean ecosystem
Feb 15, 2018, at 10:16 pm
Melbourne, Feb 15 (IBNS): A new study has found almost all of Australia’s shellfish reefs have disappeared, making them the country’s most threatened ocean ecosystem.
Feb 15, 2018, at 08:33 pm
New York, Feb 15 (IBNS): The individual commitments made by parties of the United Nations Paris Agreement are not enough to fulfill the agreement’s overall goal of limiting global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Self-defeating humour promotes psychological well-being, study reveals
Feb 15, 2018, at 01:22 am
New York, Feb 14 (IBNS): UGR researchers from the Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre (CIMCYC) have established that individuals who frequently use self-defeating humour—aimed at gaining the approval of others through self-mockery—exhibit greater levels of psychological well-being.
Digital liver scanning technology could halve number of liver biopsies
Feb 14, 2018, at 10:08 pm
London, Feb 14 (IBNS): A study jointly led by the University of Birmingham and University of Edinburgh has revealed that a new scanning technology could almost halve the number of liver biopsies carried out on people with fatty liver disease.
Newly discovered gene may protect against heart disease,finds study
Feb 14, 2018, at 09:43 pm
New York, Feb 14 (IBNS): Scientists have identified a gene that may play a protective role in preventing heart disease.
One or more soda a day could decrease chances of getting pregnant: Study
Feb 14, 2018, at 09:33 pm
New York, Feb 14 (IBNS): The amount of added sugar in the American diet has increased dramatically over the last 50 years.
Feb 14, 2018, at 12:26 am
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IBNS): Affordability of health insurance is the need of the hour; this was stated by K. Sanath Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, National Insurance Company Ltd at an ASSOCHAM organized day-long conference on “National Insurance ASSOCAHM Summit-Connecting Wellness to Insurance” here on Tuesday.
Brain scans show why people get aggressive after a drink or two
Feb 14, 2018, at 12:24 am
Melbourne, Feb 13 (IBNS): UNSW scientists measuring blood flow in the brain to better understand why people often become aggressive after drinking alcohol have found that brain areas that temper aggression shut off when people drink.
Sibling bullying makes psychotic disorders three times more likely: Study
Feb 14, 2018, at 12:13 am
London, Feb 13 (IBNS): People who were bullied by siblings during childhood are up to three times more likely to develop psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia in early adulthood, according to new research by the University of Warwick.
Video of Octopus hatching from its egg becomes viral on social media
Feb 13, 2018, at 09:47 pm
New York, Feb 13 (IBNS): Netizens are enjoying watching another miracle of nature in a video posted on the official Facebook page of the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center.
Can Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Be Treated?
Feb 13, 2018, at 04:16 am
At some point in life, we have all checked the gas knob twice, double-checked the iron plug and the lock of the front gate. While most of us do not give these instances a second thought, for those with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), these experiences may become both debilitating and distressing. People with OCD experience severe anxiety because of obsessive thoughts. These obsessions can be ideas, images or maybe thoughts that are unwanted and do not go away. Compulsions, on the other hand, are behaviors that are done repeatedly with an aim to relieve anxiety. Obsessions and compulsions often go hand in hand. For example, if one believes to be contaminated all the time and is obsessed with that feeling, they might feel compelled to repeatedly wash their hands.
J P Nadda launches National Deworming initiative
Feb 10, 2018, at 11:19 pm
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IBNS): J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched the National Deworming Day at a function at Gurugram, on Saturday.
New 3D vision discovered in praying mantis
Feb 10, 2018, at 01:18 am
London, Feb 9 (IBNS): Miniature glasses have revealed a new form of 3D vision in praying mantises that could lead to simpler visual processing for robots.
Could a protein called klotho block dementia and aging?, finds study
Feb 10, 2018, at 01:12 am
New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): Neurologist and neuroscientist Dr. Dena Dubal, Ph.D., is taking an innovative approach to battling neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.