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The World health statistics 2012 report, released today, puts the spotlight on the growing problem of the noncommunicable diseases burden. One in three adults worldwide, according to the report, has raised blood pressure – a condition that causes around half of all deaths from stroke and heart disease. One in 10 adults has diabetes. “This report is further evidence of the dramatic [...]
Some 360,000 tonnes of milk poured down kitchen sinks in Britain creates a carbon footprint equivalent to exhaust emissions of 20,000 cars annually, or 100,000 tonnes of CO2, a study says. The study conducted at the University of Edinburgh, UK, identifies ways that consumers could also help curb greenhouse gas emissions – by reducing the amount of food they buy, [...]
Eating less fat and doing more exercise is the simplest and the straightest way to slimming, says a new study that vindicates a common sense approach to weight loss. Scientists at Harvard Medical School, Boston surveyed 4,000 obese adults and found those who followed the common sense advice were much more likely to lose weight than those who adopted fad [...]
Tiny particles of plaque removed from the teeth of our great great grandfathers may help decode their dietary habits and preferences, says a study. G. Richard Scott, associate professor of anthropology at the College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada, Reno, obtained samples of dental plaque from 58 skeletons buried in the Cathedral of Santa Maria in northern Spain dating [...]
When your dog gazes up at you lovingly, it may be difficult to tell what exactly is it thinking. Many dog lovers draw all kinds of inferences about how their pets feel about them, but no one has captured images of actual canine thought processes – until now. Researchers at the Emory University have developed a new method to scan [...]
The major achievements have been development of indigenous nuclear power reactor and associated fuel cycle technologies for the country’s three-stage nuclear power program in an international isolation and technology denial regime that lasted from 1974 to 2008. Today India is recognized globally as a country having advanced technology with impeccable non-proliferation record. Giving further details in reply to a question [...]
The spirit of self-reliance and national pride will come alive in vibrant colours with the display of state-of-the-art military systems and technologies by DRDO during the DefExpo India 2012. Designed and developed by the Indian brains, produced by Indian hands, customized for India’s diverse and often extreme conditions, with Indian soldiers at focal point. These pride possessions of our Armed [...]
A new report published by Oxford University’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) argues that a ‘carrot rather than stick’ approach might be recommended in the framing of any future press regulation. The report is the first comparative study of international press councils designed to inform the Leveson Inquiry and stimulate wider debate on UK press reform. It [...]
In a study published in the Royal Society journal Interface, Oxford University researchers David Porter and Fujia Chen examine the structure of silkworm cocoons, which are extremely light and tough, with properties that could inspire advanced materials for use in protective helmets and light-weight armor. “Silkworm cocoons have evolved a remarkable range of optimal structures and properties to protect moth pupae [...]
A national study suggests that a significantly greater number of highly educated women in their late 30s and 40s are deciding to have children – a dramatic turnaround from recent history. Among college-educated women, childlessness peaked in the late 1990s, when about 30 percent had no children, according to the new analysis of U.S. data. But childlessness declined about 5 [...]
After 13 years of satisfactory service, INSAT-2E, the last of the five satellites in the INSAT-2 series, has successfully completed its mission life. INSAT-2E was built with a planned mission life of 12 years and continued to function beyond its mission life. Launched on April 3, 1999 by the European Ariane-5 launcher, INSAT-2E was positioned at 830 East longitude in [...]
The Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1), launched by PSLV-C19 on April 26, 2012, has now been placed in its final Polar Sun-synchronous Orbit of 536 km height. It may be recalled that PSLV-C19 had placed RISAT-1 in a polar orbit of 470 km X 480 km. As planned, on April 27-28, 2012, the satellite propulsion system was used in four orbital [...]
The countdown for the launch early Thursday morning of a rocket carrying remote sensing satellite Risat-1 has begun in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, an ISRO official said, a step that will reinforce India’s global leadership in the field. The indigenous Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) with a life-span of five years would be used for disaster prediction and agriculture forestry, and [...]
If a robot develops a programming glitch that causes it to kill civilians, do we blame the robot, or the humans who created and deployed it? Such ethical questions are now emerging as advanced militaries develop autonomous robotic warriors to replace humans on the battlefield. Some argue that robots do not have free will and therefore cannot be held morally [...]
US Scientists claim to have made a major breakthrough in understanding the brain’s reward centre which could explain why many people find it literally impossible to resist temptation, be it food or sex. Researchers at Dartmouth College, found activity levels in a part of the brain known as the the nucleus accumbens allowed them to accurately predict people’s eating and [...]
Emotional upheaval is more likely to impose a heavier burden on women’s hearts than men’s, says a study. These findings show that coronary (heart related) blood flow actually increases in men during mental stress, but remains unchanged in women, explaining why they could be more susceptible to adverse cardiac events. Charity L. Sauder, Alison E. Thompson, Terrell Myers and Chester [...]
The Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) for Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C19)/Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1) mission, which met on April 21, 2012 at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota has cleared the launch of PSLV-C19/RISAT-1 mission at 05:47 hrs (IST) on Thursday, April 26, 2012. The 71-hour countdown commenced at 06:47 hours from April 23, 2012. During the Countdown, propellant-filling [...]
India demonstrated its Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capability on Thursday by successfully launching its most powerful and longest range missile, Agni-V, from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast. The 17-metre-long surface-to-surface ballistic missile lifted off majestically from a rail mobile launcher at 8.04 a.m. After a flight time of 20 minutes, the missile re-entry vehicle impacted the pre-designated target [...]
A British woman suffers from a rare metabolic disorder that makes her stink like rotten fish. Strangers shout at her in the streets and she even quit a job and took 10 showers a day to get rid of the smell. Claire Rhodes, a 34-year-old mother-of-four, has a disorder called Trimethylaminuria — also known as “fish odour syndrome” — where [...]
The time diaries of working age men and women in the UK reveal that women who went to college or university spent more time doing paid work and did less housework in the 2000s compared with similarly educated women in the 1970s. The study also shows that there has been a sharp drop in the amount of paid work being [...]
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