Technology News for November 27, 2007

Bionic arm gives hope to amputated soldiers
Doctors have fitted a US marine with a bionic arm that can be controlled by thought alone, giving a sigh of relief to a number of soldiers who have lost their limbs in wars. ANI

Electronic shirts get closer to reality
Scientists have come a step closer to making fabrics embedded with electronics a reality. ANI

Experts produce high-performance thin field transistors from carbon
Georgia Tech researchers have reportedly produced high-performance field transistors using thin films of Carbon 60, also known as fullerene. ANI

Scientists create drought-resistant tobacco plants
Researchers at the University of California, Davis have created drought-resistant tobacco plants that can survive through long dry periods. ANI

New theory suggests salamanders relocated 25,000 kilometres from America to Asia
A new research on the history of ancient amphibians has indicated that salamanders once relocated almost 25,000 kilometres from America to Asia. ANI

Mars rover stuck in loose soil
Reports indicate that NASAs Mars Rover Spirit has stuck in what appears to be loose soil in a region having steep and northern-tilting slopes. ANI

Scientists stress on preventive strategies to fight eco migrations
A new study by scientists has stressed on preventive strategies to minimize the impact of environmental migrations due to climate change. ANI

Americans may be of East Asian descent
Anthropologists and archaeologists have always mooted whether a relatively small number of people from Siberia who trekked across a Bering Strait land bridge about 12,000 years ago gave rise to the natives of North and South America, or it was the result of an influx of people from other parts of Asia or Polynesia by land and sea, which began about 30,000 years ago. ANI

Scientists decode genome of yeast
Researchers at the University of Toronto have successfully mapped all 70,000 nucleosomes in yeast. ANI

Gay men more likely to be right-handed: Study
A new study has provided a new twist on the connection between sexual orientation and right or left-handedness, claiming that gay or bisexual men have an elevated incidence of extreme right-handedness. ANI

Scientists melt million year old ice in search for ancient microbes
Scientists have melted ice dating back to a million year from an ancient lake two miles beneath the frozen surface of Antarctica, in search of microorganisms. ANI

Global warming caused marine mass extinction event 251 million years ago
Researchers have discovered that the mass extinction event in oceans at the end of the Permian period about 251 million years ago happened because of a slow, drawn out demise of deep sea creatures caused due to global warming. ANI

Indian American ecologist proposes human-centric maps of ecosystems
An Indian American ecologist and a colleague have proposed a radically new system of human-centric maps of ecosystems of the world, which can prove to be an alternative to the current system of classification. ANI

Storing CO2 deep in the earth may help tackle climate change
A study has found that storing carbon dioxide (CO2) deep below the earths surface could be a safe, long-term solution to one of the planets major contributors to climate change. ANI

Flowering plants evolved into five groups 5 million years ago
A new study by scientists has shed light on early plant evolution by finding that flowering plants had evolved into five groups in a short period of less than 5 million years. ANI

Tree bark - natures best detector for airborne chemicals
Researchers at the Indiana University have tracked the airborne distribution of chlorinated flame retardant by discovering the chemical, Dechlorane Plus in the bark of trees across the north-eastern United States. ANI

14BC disease-ridden rams may have been mankinds first bio-weapons
Disease-ridden rams may have been used as the first bio-weapon, dating back to the 14th century BC, according to a new review. ANI

Your fingerprints may soon replace credit cards
Are you afraid that using a credit card for shopping may make you a victim of an ID fraud? Well, now a new technology based on personalised fingerprints is here to address your worries. ANI

14BC disease-ridden rams may have been mankinds first bio-weapons
Disease-ridden rams may have been used as the first bio-weapon, dating back to the 14th century BC, according to a new review. ANI