Beijing to shut polluting industries
May 10th, 2012 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 10 (IANS) China has announced a new crackdown on polluting industries which are major contributors to the capital's emissions.The Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) said it will ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Cutting edge drug to protect brain from stroke
March 1st, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, March 1 (IANS) In a lab setting experiment, Scientists have perfected a cutting-edge drug to protect the brain against the damaging effects of a stroke, thus accelerating the process ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Ozone not healing
October 21st, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) Scientists worldwide are looking for evidence that the ozone layer is beginning to heal, but this year's data from Antarctica does not hint at a turnaround.National ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Now steps taken in labs to create ‘inorganic life’
September 18th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 18 (IANS) Scientists have taken tentative steps towards creating 'life' from inorganic chemicals, which may later become 'inorganic biology'.Lee Cronin, who teaches chemistry at the College of Science ... Read more...
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World’s tiniest electric motor unveiled
September 5th, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) Chemists have created the world's tiniest electric motor, which is no bigger than a molecule.The development may potentially pave the way for a new class of ... Read more...
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Soon, a pill to keep stress at bay!
April 21st, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 21 (ANI): A breakthrough by researchers at Leicester University may lead to the development of a pill that will beat stress.Scientists have worked out the brain chemistry that turns a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Full genetic blueprint of blood cancer offers new insights
March 24th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 24 (ANI): For the first time, US scientists have mapped the full genetic blueprint of 'multiple myeloma', a form of blood cancer.The study from 38 cancer samples might now offer ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Gulf spill air pollution could shed light on urban air quality
March 11th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 11 (ANI): NOAA researchers discovered an important new mechanism by which air pollution particles form, which could change the way urban air quality is understood and predicted.The NOAA-led team showed ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
How Super Bowl games cause morning-after spike in ozone air pollution
February 4th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): A new study has found that that the bright light from sports stadiums and urban street lights may boost daytime levels of ozone, a key air pollutant.C-and-EN Associate ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
New model paves way for drugs to fight Parkinson’s disease
February 2nd, 2011 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): New drugs to combat Parkinson's disease (PD) may soon be available, for researchers have developed a new mammalian model for studying a specific gene mutation commonly found in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Excess light at night can contribute to air pollution: Study
December 16th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): A study by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado has ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Evolution on Earth was quickened by heat: Study
December 3rd, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 3 (ANI): Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found that the time required for evolution on a warm Earth is shorter than critics might expect.Enzymes, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New study brings longer life closer to reality
December 2nd, 2010 - 11:40 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 2 (ANI): A team of scientists from Texas has made important discoveries that bring longer life spans much closer to reality.The research describes how scientists "activated" life extension in the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Unmanned aircraft to look for life on Mars
November 16th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 16 (ANI): A scientist has proposed the use of an unmanned aircraft to Mars to tap into an unknown area where orbiters would be too far to reach and rovers ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Secrets behind what makes people attractive revealed
October 25th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 25 (ANI): A study into why some people are more attractive than others has found that it may all be due to oxidative stress and antioxidants.Psychologists have discovered that men ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Coming soon: Stronger, more durable plastic consumer products
October 21st, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): Long awaited advances in reducing the cost of certain catalysts - substances that kick-start chemical reactions - have led to production of super-strong forms of the world's most ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Cream that gives you natural tan
October 17th, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 17 (IANS) Where to find fake tan that doesn't streak and smudge or give an orange glow? Doctors could have the answer, in the form of a cream that triggers ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
‘Dry water’ could offer new way to absorb and store CO2, fight global warming
August 26th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 26 (ANI): A powdered sugar like material, called "dry water," could provide a new way to absorb and store carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Snake venom studies paves way for therapies for heart disease, cancer
July 30th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 30 (ANI): In a study on how the body responds to toxins in snake venom, Japanese scientists have reported that their findings could help in the development of therapies for ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
How key enzyme repairs sun-damaged DNA
July 26th, 2010 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 26 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers have witnessed how an enzyme works at the atomic level to repair sun-damaged DNA.The discovery may prove to be a stepping-stone in future ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Boffins discover plants’ “nervous system”
July 15th, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 15 (ANI): Plants "remember" and "react" to information encrypted in light as well as transmit information about light intensity and quality from leaf to leaf, a process that is strikingly ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Novel delivery device for gene therapy developed
July 7th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 7 (ANI): Researchers have created a nanoparticle that appears to effectively deliver genetic material into cells with minimal toxic effects.In lab experiments, the researchers have found that this device, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Chemicals that fix one ecological problem worsen another
June 17th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 17 (IANS) Chemicals that helped fix a global ecological crisis in the 1990s - the hole in Earth's protective ozone layer, for instance - may be raising another problem such ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Chemicals that solve one environmental problem may worsen another
June 17th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 17 (ANI): Scientists are reporting that chemicals used to revert one environmental disaster, may actually worsen another.Chemicals that helped solve a global environmental crisis in the 1990s - the hole ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists identify new antiviral defense
June 16th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 16 (ANI): Canadian researchers have discovered a new way the body combats respiratory viral infections.Scientists from the University of Montreal and the University of Montreal Hospital Research Center explain how ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Chemicals that protected ozone layer in 1990s may be worsening acid rain
March 4th, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 4 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that chemicals that helped solve a global environmental crisis in the 1990s, namely, the hole in Earth's protective ozone layer, may ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists create RNA molecule that may shed light on origin of Earthly life
February 23rd, 2010 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 23 (ANI): Scientists have created an extremely small RNA molecule that can catalyze a key reaction needed to synthesize proteins, the building blocks of life, which could be a substantial ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Nanotech catalyst may green chemical manufacturing
February 17th, 2010 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Feb 17 (IANS) A new nanotech catalyst developed by chemists offers industry an opportunity to reduce the use of expensive and toxic heavy metals.
Although chemists have long been aware of ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Fire sweeping through inner solar system may have burned up Earth’s carbon
January 20th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 20 (ANI): Scientists have attributed the mysterious carbon deficit on our planet to fire sweeping through the inner solar system that may have scorched away much of the carbon from ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists target American East Coast rocks for locking away CO2
January 5th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 5 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have said that buried volcanic rocks along the heavily populated coasts of New York, New Jersey and New England, as well as further ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Nations sign accord for 1 bn euro laser
December 1st, 2009 - 2:00 am ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Dec 1 (DPA) Ten nations signed an accord in Hamburg to build a giant X-ray laser machine at a cost of more than 1 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to do scientific ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Meteor impacts may have cooked up life on Earth
November 6th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 6 (ANI): A new research by scientists has confirmed that the organic matter needed for the origin of life could have been delivered to Earth through meteoritic impacts early in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New evidence supports 19th century idea on formation of Earth’s oil and natural gas
November 5th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 5 (ANI): Scientists are reporting laboratory evidence supporting the possibility that some of Earth's oil and natural gas may have formed in a way much different than the traditional process ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Volcanoes played pivotal role in ice age that caused mass extinction 450 mln yrs ago
October 27th, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 27 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that volcanoes played a pivotal role in a deadly ice age 450 million years ago that ultimately killed two-thirds of all species on the planet.These ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Over-the-counter vitamin-like substance could slow down Parkinson’s progression
September 22nd, 2009 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 22 (ANI): In a large-scale clinical trial in US and Canada, researchers at Rush University Medical Center are trying to find out if an over-the-counter vitamin-like substance, in high doses, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |