Posts Tagged ‘India’
In India, test a billion people for HIV
BROWN (US) — Testing every person in India’s billion-plus population every five years for HIV would not only be cost-effective but also could save millions of lives for decades to come, a new study suggests. Continue…
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Society & Culture - Apr 29, 2013 10:55 - 0 Comments
Business will likely boom for livestock producers
PURDUE (US) — Stalled demand for ethanol and growing demand for meat in developing countries should boost the livestock industry, a new study predicts. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 28, 2013 8:32 - 0 Comments
Bias against girls can start in the womb
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Women in India and other male-dominated societies are more likely to get prenatal care when pregnant with boys, new research reveals. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 13, 2013 14:31 - 1 Comment
Prenatal exposure to DDT linked to hypertension
UC DAVIS (US) — Girls exposed to high levels of the pesticide DDT while in the womb are three times more likely to develop high blood pressure as adults. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 17, 2012 11:11 - 5 Comments
Modern math solves Ramanujan’s ‘vision’
EMORY / YALE / STANFORD (US) — Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s death-bed letter from 1920 has yielded a formula that could help physicists studying black holes. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 17, 2012 10:26 - 1 Comment
In India, no clear perks of private school
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Contrary to past research, private school students in India do not outperform their counterparts in public schools, a new study finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 4, 2012 13:38 - 4 Comments
In rural India, women’s groups target witch hunts
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Women’s groups tied to a microcredit loan program have organized to stop witch hunts—common and sometimes deadly events in the tea plantations of Jalpaiguri, India. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 6, 2012 11:38 - 0 Comments
Team reveals human, monkey malaria genomes
NYU (US) — Scientists have sequenced the genomes of several species of malaria, revealing both good and bad news about the deadly parasite. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 1, 2012 12:11 - 0 Comments
In developing world, 150 million can’t sleep
U. WARWICK (UK) — The first pan-African and Asian analysis of sleep problems reveals that an estimated 150 million adults in the developing world suffer from sleep-related problems. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 22, 2012 15:05 - 1 Comment
Global study finds drop in physical activity
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — A new study finds a global decline in activity levels and predicts a continuing rise in inactivity in countries around the world. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 16, 2012 13:49 - 0 Comments
As global incomes rise, diabetes follows
STANFORD (US) — Health experts expect the number of diabetics in developing countries to increase as incomes rise around the world. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 21, 2011 11:57 - 0 Comments
In India, reported crimes against women surge
U. WARWICK (UK) — An increase in female representation in local politics has caused a significant rise in documented crimes against women in India, a new report shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 3, 2011 16:52 - 0 Comments
Solar tablets coming to schools in India
RICE (US) — The I-slate, a low-cost electronic version of the hand-held blackboard slates used by millions of Indian children, has proven to be an effective learning tool, according to a yearlong study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 4, 2011 12:31 - 3 Comments
Soy snacks combat hunger in India
U. ILLINOIS (US) — Adding curry to protein-rich soy is giving hungry children in India a healthy snack that tastes good and is good for them. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 5, 2011 11:21 - 2 Comments
Rice: 10,000 varieties from 1 source
NYU/WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — A study of the genome of domesticated rice shows the crop had its beginnings from a single origin about 9,000 years ago in the Yangtze Valley of China. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 13, 2011 9:36 - 0 Comments
Delhi policy clears pollution haze
BROWN (US) — Radical changes in air quality regulations in Delhi, India, have had a significantly positive effect on the health of city residents, especially low-income men, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 28, 2010 12:43 - 0 Comments
GM crop grows jobs for women in India
U. WARWICK (UK)—The use of a particular genetically modified (GM) crop in India produced massive benefits in the earnings and employment opportunities for rural Indian women, a new study shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 22, 2010 16:44 - 1 Comment
China, India need to partner for the planet
MICHIGAN STATE (US)—In a recently published report in the journal Science, researchers advocate using scientific collaboration to help break down political barriers between China and India, two nations with growing economies and populations—and growing influence on the global environment. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 17, 2010 10:44 - 1 Comment
Mini river delta could help predict flooding
U. PENN (US)—An interdisciplinary team of physicists and geologists has made a major step toward predicting where and how large floods occur on river deltas and alluvial fans. (more…)
