New Delhi: Industrialised nations of the Global North, such as the US and Germany, are responsible for 90 per cent of excessive levels of carbon dioxide emissions and could be liable to pay a total of USD 170 trillion in compensation to low-emitters like India to ensure climate change targets are met by 2050, according…
New Delhi: Vitamin D deficiency is more common in children with tuberculosis (TB) than those not infected by the bacterial disease, according to a study conducted in hospitalised patients in Telangana. The study, recently published in the journal Cureus, also found that a severe form of vitamin D deficiency — less than 10 nanogrammes per…
New Delhi: Serious heart attacks are more likely to happen at the start of the working week than at any other time, according to a study. The researchers at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland analysed data of 10,528 patients across Ireland admitted to hospital between…
New Delhi: Examining langurs and odd-nosed monkeys provided scientists with evidence that social behaviours, such as extended care by mothers, evolved by adapting to live in extremely cold climatic conditions in the long-run. Other social behaviours that they studied included increased infant survival and being able to live in large complex multilevel societies. For the first…
New Delhi: One in six unvaccinated individuals report experiencing COVID-19 health effects up to two years after infection, according to a new study published in The British Medical Journal. The study from University of Zurich, Switzerland, and other institutes examined 1,106 unvaccinated adults with an average age of 50 with a confirmed infection between 6…
New Delhi: A new study has linked hypertension, brought about by high salt intake, with emotional and cognitive dysfunction. The study from Fujita Health University, Japan, found high salt intake to contribute to unwanted signalling between blood pressure regulation system and certain lipid molecules, thereby causing dysfunction in the brain. Cognitive impairment has been linked to…
Beijing/Jiuquan: China on Monday announced plans to send a manned mission to the moon by 2030 for lunar scientific exploration, amid its deepening space race with the West. The announcement was made by Lin Xiqiang, Deputy Director of the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), as China is preparing to send a third set of astronauts to…
Sriharikota (AP): ISRO’s GSLV rocket carrying navigation satellite NVS-01 lifted off from this spaceport on Monday. ISRO aims to augment continuity of the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) services with the launch of the satellite. The 51.7 metre tall rocket lifted off majestically from the second launch pad at this space port here, located about…
New Delhi: Researchers have showed that coastal ecosystems globally are a net greenhouse gas sink for carbon dioxide (CO2), but emissions of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) counteract some of the CO2 consumption by these sinks. From tropical lagoons to polar fjords, from coastal mangrove forests to underwater seagrass communities, many coastlines around the…
New Delhi: Climate change is likely to abruptly push up to 30 per cent species over tipping points as their geographic ranges reach unforeseen temperatures, according to a study. The researchers found that if the planet warms by 1.5 degrees Celsius, 15 per cent of species they studied will be at risk of experiencing unfamiliarly…
