Vitamin D deficiency widespread across India
December 14th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 14 (ANI): The results of various studies show severe Vitamin D deficiency across India and Pakistan in all age groups, as well as insufficiency in populations of South-East and East ... Read more...
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‘Knot’ in ribbon at solar system’s edge ‘unties’
October 1st, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 01 (ANI): Maps produced by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has revealed that the unusual "knot" in the bright, narrow ribbon of neutral atoms emanating from the boundary between ... Read more...
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2.85bn people lived at risk of malaria in 2009
August 4th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 4 (ANI): A new evidence-based global distribution map has revealed that that 2.85 billion people lived at risk of infection with Plasmodium vivax parasite in 2009.91 percent of them ... Read more...
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Model to calculate earthquake risks goes global
June 3rd, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 3 (ANI): Scientists are working towards developing a global model that will calculate seismic risks and help them reduce vulnerability to seismic shocks.The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) will calculate seismic ... Read more...
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Russia launches two European satellites
November 2nd, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 2 (RIA Novosti) A carrier rocket with two European satellites has been successfully launched from the Plesetsk space centre in northwest Russia, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said ... Read more...
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European satellite to provide new insights into how water is cycled around Earth
November 2nd, 2009 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 2 (ANI): An European satellite that will provide major new insights into how water is cycled around the Earth, has been launched into space.According to a report by BBC News, ... Read more...
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Galactic magnetic fields may control boundaries of our solar system
October 17th, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 17 (ANI): The first all-sky maps developed by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft suggests that galactic magnetic fields may control the boundaries of our solar system.A "solar wind" of ... Read more...
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Soon, first all-sky map of the edge of the solar system
January 14th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has begun gathering data to build the first maps of the edge of the heliosphere, the region of space influenced by ... Read more...
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Amphibians can predict changes in biodiversity during rapid climate change
October 29th, 2008 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 29 (ANI): A new study has confirmed amphibians'' ability to predict changes in biodiversity during rapid climate change.
The study, by two University of California biologists, found that species turnover ... Read more...
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There are more bee species than mammals and birds combined
June 12th, 2008 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington , June 12 (ANI): Data from the newly completed checklists of bee species from the American Museum of Natural History has revealed that the species of these pollinators far exceeds ... Read more...
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Scientists identify conservation’s future battlegrounds
March 3rd, 2008 - 11:34 am ICT by admin
New York, March 3 (IANS) Scientists have developed a series of global maps that show where projected habitat loss and climate change are expected to drive the need for future reserves to ... Read more...
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Global maps to decide areas for building conservational reserves in future
March 2nd, 2008 - 12:11 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 2 (ANI): Biologists have developed a series of global maps that show where projected habitat loss and climate change are expected to drive the need for future reserves to prevent ... Read more...
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Climate change adversely impacting global river flows: Study
November 14th, 2007 - 2:09 am ICT by admin
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