Athens : Three large wildfires churned across Greece on Saturday, with one threatening whole towns and cutting a line across Evia, the country”s second-largest island, isolating its northern part. Others engulfed forested mountainsides and skirted ancient sites, leaving behind a trail of destruction that one official described as “a biblical catastrophe.” A flotilla of 10 … Read more
The Gulf of St. Lawrence has warmed and lost oxygen faster than almost anywhere else in the global oceans. The broad, biologically rich waterway in Eastern Canada drains North America’s Great Lakes and is popular with fishing boats, whales and tourists. A new study led by the University of Washington looks at the causes of … Read more
Provides once in a lifetime opportunity to cricket lovers in India to become the ‘Largest Fan of the Match’ Udaipur. India’s cricket lovers are in for a sporty and luxurious treat this cricket season as Royal Stag makes it largein the international cricket space – bagging its spot as the Associate Sponsors for the upcoming … Read more
For the 30 per cent of Canadians who live within 500 metres of a major roadway, a new study reveals that the type of vehicles rolling past their homes can matter more than total traffic volume in determining the amount of air pollution they breathe. A two-year U of T Engineering study has revealed large … Read more
Wind and solar farms are known to have local effects on heat, humidity and other factors that may be beneficial — or detrimental — to the regions in which they are situated. A new climate-modeling study finds that a massive wind and solar installation in the Sahara Desert and neighboring Sahel would increase local temperature, … Read more
New work from Carnegie’s Ethan Greenblatt and Allan Spradling reveals that the genetic factors underlying fragile X syndrome, and potentially other autism-related disorders, stem from defects in the cell’s ability to create unusually large protein structures. Their findings are published in Science. Their work focuses on a gene called Fmr1. Mutations in this gene create … Read more
Udaipur : Spread over an area of over 4000 sq. mtrs, the Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM) Udaipur exhibition brought in throngs of people to its colourful displays. This time the exhibition also occupied an outdoor space of over 3200 sq mtrs. Over 150 public and private sector companies set up stalls to display Agri … Read more
