Warm-up exercise helps tiny shrews survive icy waters
July 5th, 2012 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
This behaviour is unexpected because lower body temperatures enable diving mammals to stay underwater for longer. Heating up doesn't make sense as animals use up oxygen more quickly when they are ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Four race horses succumb to heat wave in Bengal
June 7th, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) The ongoing heat wave in Bengal, which has already claimed 45 human lives, is also taking toll on animals as four race horses have succumbed to ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Fossils of bird-like dinosaurs discovered in Australia
May 18th, 2012 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, May 18 (IANS) Seven different killer dinosaurs once inhabited what is now southeastern Australia, ranging in size from cat-sized killers to a nine-metre-long T. Rex-like predator.
The discovery represents ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Turmeric compound shows promise in Parkinson’s
March 21st, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 21 (IANS) Curcumin, a compound present in popular Indian spice turmeric, is showing promise in preventing the clumping of proteins that cause Parkinson's disease.A team led by Basir ... Read more...
Posted in World |
‘Rework climate change models to save snails’
February 8th, 2012 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 8 (IANS) Some of the world's smallest creatures like snails are in danger of becoming extinct unless climate change models are reworked to save them.Snails usually play a ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Now, a wristband that alerts husbands when wives are suffering from PMT
February 23rd, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 23 (ANI): A wristband that changes colour when women are suffering from pre-menstrual tension has been designed to make men a bit more understanding at certain times of the month ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
98.6 degrees Fahrenheit ideal to keep fungi and food at bay
December 23rd, 2010 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 23 (ANI): Two researchers have discovered that 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius) is ideal temperature to ward off fungal infection and keep food at bay."One of the mysteries about ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Our body temperature best for keeping fungi at bay
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) Our 37 degrees Celsius body temperature is just warm enough to ward off fungal infection and obviate the need for snacking, says a study. "One of the ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Free lunches for birds as Kashmir’s wetlands freeze
December 20th, 2010 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
By F. Ahmed
Srinagar, Dec 20 (IANS) With water bodies frozen due to sub-zero temperatures, thousands of migratory birds in Kashmir Valley are fighting for food and space in reserves here. So they ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Trials set for body chilling anaesthesia
September 27th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 27 (IANS) A technique for chilling the trauma patients before surgery will now help save them from certain death, says a new research.
The ground-breaking method will shut down their ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
‘Life-extending’ dietary supplement helps lemurs lose weight
June 22nd, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 22 (ANI): In a study on lemurs, researchers found that resveratrol-known as dietary supplement for its supposed life-extending effects-could result in significant weight loss in these primates.This is the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Giant sea reptiles were warm-blooded: Study
June 11th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 11 (ANI): A new study has revealed that giant reptiles that lived in the dinosaur-era seas might have been warm-blooded.Researchers found that ancient ocean predators could possibly control their ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Heat wave claims over 150 in a month in Gujarat
May 28th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 28 (IANS) Over 150 people, including 55 in Ahmedabad alone, have lost their lives in the last one month due to the relentless heat wave sweeping Gujarat, official sources said ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
New method ‘to determine if dinosaurs were warm or cold-blooded’
May 25th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 25 (ANI): Scientists have introduced the first method to directly measure body temperatures of extinct vertebrates and help reconstruct temperatures of ancient environments.The study, by researchers from five institutions including ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Climate change could make our planet uninhabitable
May 5th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 5 (IANS) Reasonable worst-case scenarios for global warming could lead to deadly temperatures for humans in coming centuries, says a new research.
Researchers for the first time have calculated the ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Future temperatures could surpass liveable limits
May 5th, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 5 (ANI): In what could be called the worst scenarios for global warming, the temperatures could reach such heights that it would be impossible for humans to survive on the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Kentucky Universities to receive $500k for commercialization of new technologies
February 13th, 2010 - 4:16 am ICT by BNO News
FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY (BNO NEWS) – Six awards totaling $556,137 will be given to Kentucky State Universities in order to help them commercialize promising emerging technologies, Governor Steve Beshear announced on Friday.The Kentucky ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Oz kids as young as 10 taking cocktail of drugs, caffeine to boost sports performance
August 22nd, 2009 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 22 (ANI): In a bid to boost sports performance, children as young as 10 in Australia are consuming drugs and caffeine drinks, a leading expert has warned.Reports suggest an increased ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Goa yet to receive thermal scanners for swine flu: health minister
August 6th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 6 (IANS) Goa, the country's leading tourist destination, is yet to receive thermal scanners from the civil aviation ministry to scan incoming passengers for swine flu symptoms, Health Minister Vishwajeet ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Ancient pterosaur’s wings unlike any found in living animals
August 5th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 5 (ANI): A new study, which examined an ancient Chinese pterosaur fossil, has found that the membranes in the creature's wings contain a complex pattern of fibers not found ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Eating more and using less energy made dinos gigantic
July 9th, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, July 9 (ANI): A US scientist has said that some dinosaurs grew larger than today's elephants because they ate more and used less energy.According to a report in ABC Science, the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Swine flu continues to spread in Asia
June 20th, 2009 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, June 19 (Xinhua) The number of confirmed influenza A/H1N1 cases continued to rise in most of Asian countries Friday.
New Zealand now reported 216 confirms cases. It was moving to ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Swine flu: Thermal scanners to be installed at Delhi airport (Lead)
June 12th, 2009 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Thermal scanners, which scan the body temperature of a person, will be installed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport for early detection of suspected influenza A(H1N1) ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Tropical lizards may be in serious threat from global warming
March 4th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 4 (ANI): A new research has indicated that lizards living in tropical forests in Central and South America and the Caribbean could be in serious peril from rising temperatures ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
”Mini-hibernation” crucial to mammals” winter survival too
January 6th, 2009 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 6 (ANI): A dormant state called torpor could be as important in helping small mammals to survive cold winters as hibernation.
Zoologists Gerhard Kortner and Fritz Geiser from the University ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Chinese taikonauts prepare for spacewalk
September 27th, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 27 (Xinhua) Two Chinese taikonauts have moved from re-entry module of Shenzhou-VII spacecraft to its orbital module, starting preparations for the country's first spacewalk mission. According to the Beijing Aerospace ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Ice baths may be secret of success at Beijing Olympics
August 9th, 2008 - 7:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 9 (ANI): An Australian Institute of Sport specialist says that plunging into cold water can help improve an athletes performance during the Olympics by two to three per cent. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Sewer gases can also be a boon in surgery
March 25th, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 25 (IANS) Hydrogen sulphide, whose presence one associates with the smell of rotten eggs, is not only known to kill workers in sewers, but also improve chances of survival in ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
New device monitors vital signs and sends data wirelessly
February 24th, 2008 - 4:35 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Singapore, Feb 24 (DPA) Scientists have developed a device that monitors vital signs such as blood pressure and pulse rate and sends the data to a wireless receiver, they said Sunday. Singapore ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Altered sleeping patterns among hibernating animals linked to global warming
February 3rd, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 3 (ANI): New evidence has suggested that the sleeping patterns of hibernating animals have been altered due to rising temperatures from global warming, which could bring them to the brink ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |