Monash stem cell centre signs $4.1bn deal with US
Melbourne's Australian Stem Cell Centre and a leading US university with $US3 billion ($A4.1 billion) to spend have sealed a unique deal that forms one of the most significant groups in regenerative
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East African water clash slams Nile Treaty
In a debate that may lead to confrontation between Egypt and eastern Africa nations over the River Nile, Kenya's members of parliament have voiced concern over the legality of an international treaty
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Smog Digest: February 2010
Smog digest is a news service on vehicular pollution based on news clippings selected from leading Indian newspapers and newsmagazine. It also highlights the key developments from South Asian countries.
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Sikkim shows the country path to healthcare
GANGTOK: Sikkim is the second–smallest State in India in terms of area after Goa. It is also the least populated in the country with just 6,00,000 people. Yet, in some matters, this Himalayan State towers over others, leading the way where the rest of India falters. Among the most innovative schemes undertaken in this State is the Comprehensive Annual and Total Check–up for Healthy (CATCH) Sikkim. This programme is aimed at tracking the health status of people in the State, so prevention, rather than cure, can become the order of the day when it comes to public health.
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Ramadoss plans DU rehab centre
The Delhi University (DU) will soon get a rehabilitation centre to help students quit smoking and drinking, Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Tuesday. He was speaking at a programme on "smoking-free campus" organised by the students' union organisation. "The Delhi University is leading the anti-tobacco programme and I promise that very soon the varsity will get a rehabilitation centre," he said. According to World Lung Organisation data, out of the 40,000 students studying in the North Campus of the university, 24 per cent boys and seven per cent girls are smokers.
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Distinct but spatially overlapping intestinal niches for Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
<p>Antibiotic resistance among enterococci and γ-proteobacteria is an increasing problem in healthcare settings. Dense colonization of the gut by antibiotic-resistant bacteria facilitates their spread
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H1N1 vaccine trials start today
Even as questions are raised about the efficacy of the H1N1 vaccine, India has given leading French pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur permission to start trials from Wednesday. While the trials will take about three weeks, the single dose vaccine will be available from the second week of February.
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MoEF finally gets together its act on acid batteries menace
The Union ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) has initiated moves to regularise collection of used lead acid batteries for recycling. The ministry held their first round of talks with the
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Gender and climate resilient agriculture: an overview of issues
Climate change impacts are gendered. Many UN and international conferences have constantly highlighted women and their work environment relationships over time and have concluded that environmental change
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Smog Digest: January 2010
Smog digest is a news service on vehicular pollution based on news clippings selected from leading Indian newspapers and newsmagazine. It also highlights the key developments from South Asian countries.
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GM plants: Questions and answers
Genetically modified foods do not pose a threat to human health or the environment and will aid in feeding a growing world population in a sustainable manner, the Royal Society says. It published a factual
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Nazims' help sought to fight Hepatitis-B
Sindh (Pakistan) Minister for Health and Population Welfare Ehsan Ahmad has said that Hepatitis-B is a deadly disease which kills 1.1 million people in the world every year and leads to a high
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Concentration of selected toxic metals in groundwater and some cereals grown in Shibganj area of Chapai Nawabganj, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
<p> This study is an attempt to assess the extent of toxic metals, including Pb, Cd, Cr, Mn and As in groundwater and some cereals collected from Shibganj area of Chapai Nawabganj, Rajshahi,
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'Energy' drinks packed with caffeine, finds CSEs latest study
<p>Centre for Science and Environment’s Pollution Monitoring Lab carries out tests on leading ‘energy’ drink brands like Red Bull and Cloud 9. Finds high levels of caffeine in 44 per cent of the samples.</p>
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Kids losing sleep over tech toys: survey
“80 per cent of school students are getting less than eight hours of sleep on school days” Children aged between 10 and 18 are spending an average of six to seven hours a day using some kind of electronic
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Vital Ozone Graphics 3: 25th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol
The efforts of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol have, over the last 25 years, translated scientific realities into political decisions leading to concrete action on the ground. The experience of this
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2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report
The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania conducts research on the role policy institutes play in governments and civil societies around the world. Often referred
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Thailand
Gemologists in Bangkok say that hundreds of dangerously radioactive gemstones are circulating in Asian markets and some of them have found their way into finished jewellery. Tests conducted by
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Altered primate offers promise for research
Researchers say they have produced the first genetically modified primate, a development that could lead to better ways to study drugs for treating human diseases such as Alzheimer's and AIDS.
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Alcohol is the leading killer in Finland
Alcohol is now the leading killer of Finnish adults, with consumption reaching an alltime high last year in the Nordic nation, officials said. More than 2,000 people between the ages of 15 and 64