Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! UK Limited. All rights reserved. http://in.news.yahoo.com/science.html en-en Fri, 16 May 2008 17:31:00 +0530 5 http://in.news.yahoo.com/science.html /images/logo.gif 30 140 http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080516/r_t_ians_sc/tsc-microsoft-to-finally-give-software-f-1bdf89b.html /indiaabroad/20080516/r_t_ians_sc/tsc-microsoft-to-finally-give-software-f-1bdf89b_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 17:31:00 +0530 New York, May 16 (IANS) After a long dispute, Microsoft has agreed to offer Windows for the computers of 'One Laptop Per Child' (OLPC) educational project for children in developing nations. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-natural-nuclear-reactors-might-be-op-f32bc39.html /ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-natural-nuclear-reactors-might-be-op-f32bc39_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 16:35:02 +0530 London, May 16 (ANI): Two scientists have claimed that uranium could become sufficiently concentrated at the base of Earth's mantle to ignite self-sustained nuclear fission, as in a human-made nuclear reactor. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-el-nino-might-have-influenced-ferdin-f32bc39.html /ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-el-nino-might-have-influenced-ferdin-f32bc39_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 16:35:02 +0530 Washington, May 16 (ANI): Unusual weather conditions associated with an El Nino event might be a major factor that influenced Ferdinand Magellan's historic circumnavigation of the globe, according to a new research paper. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-fish-in-us-lake-undergo-rapid-revers-f32bc39.html /ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-fish-in-us-lake-undergo-rapid-revers-f32bc39_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 16:35:02 +0530 Washington, May 16 (ANI): A new study has found that nature can sometimes witness a rapid 'reverse evolution', with the prime example being a little fish called the threespine stickleback in Lake Washington, US. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-now-3-d-super-road-maps-of-planets-a-f32bc39.html /ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-now-3-d-super-road-maps-of-planets-a-f32bc39_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:35:00 +0530 Washington, May 16 (ANI): Scientists are developing technology that could one day help in building three dimensional 'super road maps' of planets and moons. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-the-1940s-guide-for-making-female-wo-f32bc39.html /ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-the-1940s-guide-for-making-female-wo-f32bc39_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:35:00 +0530 London, May 16 (ANI): They are known for gossiping in the office and spend a lot of time in the loo, but when it comes to getting work from the female employees, a lot has to be kept in mind. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-one-third-of-nitrogen-entering-world-f32bc39.html /ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-one-third-of-nitrogen-entering-world-f32bc39_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:35:00 +0530 Washington, May 16 (ANI): A new research by an international team of scientists has found that as much as a third of the nitrogen entering the world's oceans from the atmosphere is man-made. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-non-human-primates-vital-for-neurosc-f32bc39.html /ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-non-human-primates-vital-for-neurosc-f32bc39_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:05:00 +0530 London, May 16 (ANI): Monkeys have long been used as an alternative to humans for various experimental studies, and now a new review has backed the concept by claiming that non-human primates will continue to be a significant, if small, part of neuroscience research. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-pandas-had-sensed-china-quake-before-f32bc39.html /ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-pandas-had-sensed-china-quake-before-f32bc39_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 14:05:01 +0530 Washington, May 16 (ANI): If eyewitness accounts are to be believed, pandas had sensed the massive earthquake that shook central China on May 12, with the animals behaving strangely just minutes before the quake struck. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-indian-astronomers-measure-temperatu-f32bc39.html /ani/20080516/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-indian-astronomers-measure-temperatu-f32bc39_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 14:05:01 +0530 London, May 16 (ANI): A team led by Raghunathan Srianand of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Pune, India, has measured what the temperature of the Universe was 11 billion years ago, when it was just a fifth its current age. ANI