Now, mobile apps that can help you remain healthy

Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 12:38

Researchers have developed two mobile apps for people wanting to keep their distance from health threats like E. coli-contaminated lettuce or the flu.

Develop an ecosystem that protects IP: US industry to FM

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 13:23

Seeking an ecosystem in India that rewards and protects intellectual property, the US industry has urged Finance Minister P Chidambaram to lift the FDI caps in important sectors like insurance and defence.

80% terrestrial ecosystems could undergo change due to climate change

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 11:43

Over 80 percent of the world`s ice-free land could undergo profound ecosystem transformation by 2100, a new study has revealed.

New map to overcome climate change created

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 15:20

Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Queensland, and Stanford University have produced a roadmap that identifies the world`s most vulnerable and least vulnerable areas in the age of climate change.

Indian start-up NowFloats to compete in Start Tel Aviv event

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 15:12

Indian technology start-up NowFloats will be the country's entry to the 'Start Tel Aviv Competition' in Israel in October this year.

Arctic sea-ice loss` debilitating effects on wildlife revealed

Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013, 18:47

With sea ice at its lowest point in 1,500 years, ecological communities in the Arctic are being affected by its continued and even accelerated melting over the next decades, a new study has revealed.

Tropical ecosystems emit carbon dioxide when temperatures rise

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 20:14

Researchers have found that tropical ecosystems can generate significant carbon dioxide when temperatures rise, unlike ecosystems in other parts of the world.

Satellite imaging could help maintain sustainable ecosystem

Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 19:43

Satellites have shown how we can promote economic development in an environmentally sustainable manner by putting a price on nature`s resources.

China`s biggest ever algal bloom turns Yellow sea green

Last Updated: Friday, July 5, 2013, 10:08

China’s Yellow sea has been hit by the largest ever growth of alga with vast waves of green growth washing onto it shores. It is the largest ever recorded Algal bloom recorded in China.

Biomass of northern hemisphere forests mapped

Last Updated: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 10:27

The biomass of the northern hemisphere`s forests has been mapped with greater precision to help improve our understanding of the carbon cycle and our prediction of Earth`s future climate.