Copyright \xa9 Yahoo! Web Services India Pvt Ltd. All Rights Reserved. http://in.news.yahoo.com/science-indiaabroad.html en-en Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:41:00 +0530 5 http://in.news.yahoo.com/science-indiaabroad.html /images/logo.gif 30 140 http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080829/982/tsc-indian-american-programmes-robots-to.html /43/20080829/982/tsc-indian-american-programmes-robots-to_1 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:41:00 +0530 Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) An Indian-American professor of engineering has programmed a robot that can sense your head turning left a fraction of a second before your body makes that left turn. That turn of the head is the cue it will pick up to keep following. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080829/982/tsc-human-eyes-evolved-for-x-ray-vision.html /43/20080829/982/tsc-human-eyes-evolved-for-x-ray-vision_1 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:30:00 +0530 New York, Aug 29 (IANS) The use of both eyes to view the world around us has long been associated with a 3-D vision. But a new study by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has uncovered an eye-popping advantage to binocular vision: our ability to see through things. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080828/982/tsc-india-develops-hybrid-mustard-seed-b.html /43/20080828/982/tsc-india-develops-hybrid-mustard-seed-b_1 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:06:00 +0530 New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) India has developed a better variety of hybrid seed of mustard, which it is saying will catapult the output of the country's key oil crop. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080828/982/tsc-heart-attack-patients-who-stop-stati.html /43/20080828/982/tsc-heart-attack-patients-who-stop-stati_1 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:39:00 +0530 London, Aug 28 (IANS) Patients discontinuing statin medication after acute myocardial infarction, increased their risk of dying over the next year, said researchers at McGill University. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080828/982/tsc-sanctuaries-unable-to-protect-indian.html /43/20080828/982/tsc-sanctuaries-unable-to-protect-indian_1 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:55:00 +0530 Sydney, Aug 28 (IANS) Many of the sanctuaries for coral reefs in the Indian Ocean are unable to protect the reefs from the worst of climate change, a team of international scientists has warned. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080827/982/tsc-new-technique-can-lift-fingerprints.html /43/20080827/982/tsc-new-technique-can-lift-fingerprints_1 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:00:00 +0530 Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) The state-of-the-art forensic method that can identify fingerprints on bullets could now be used to lift them from bomb fragments even after they have been wiped off. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080827/982/tsc-lady-killer-or-sexually-active-tag-n.html /43/20080827/982/tsc-lady-killer-or-sexually-active-tag-n_1 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:43:00 +0530 Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) Most males want to project themselves as honourable, self-reliant and respected, rather than being perceived as attractive, sexually active or as lady killers. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080827/982/tsc-want-to-go-north-ask-a-cow.html /43/20080827/982/tsc-want-to-go-north-ask-a-cow_1 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:25:00 +0530 London, Aug 27 (IANS) The cow is considered sacred in India. Now scientists know it is also a dependable, navigational compass. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080826/982/tsc-animals-adapt-vocal-signals-to-socia.html /43/20080826/982/tsc-animals-adapt-vocal-signals-to-socia_1 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:13:00 +0530 Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) Animals can tailor their calls, chirps, barks and whistles to their social situation, according to a host of psyhological studies. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080826/982/tsc-new-system-makes-wifi-networks-more.html /43/20080826/982/tsc-new-system-makes-wifi-networks-more_1 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:09:00 +0530 New York, August 26 (IANS) Terrorists hacking into American Ken Heywood's WiFi Internet connection in Mumbai recently, to email bombing threats, has highlighted the vulnerability of shared Internet communications. IANS