Smoking changes DNA!!!

Experimants on ice done by Canadian scientists suggets so...smoking fathers can mutate certain genes in their offspring.

"Pedagogical" difference in Math

There is a marked difference in teaching of math between teachers of US and their Asian counterparts, says a study of UCI (University of California, Irvine).

The stress is "analogies". Where the teachers of US and Asia do use same analogies (cognitive support), the Asian teachers score more points due to the fact that they more frequently utilize spatial supports, mental and visual imagery, and gestures that encourage active reasoning.

The less cognitive support of the US teachers may result in students retaining less information, learning in a less conceptual way, or misunderstanding the analogies and learning something different altogether.

IIT JEE 2007

Achin Bansal has topped IIT-JEE 2007 exam.

Ankita Sharma top among girls (AIR 55)

On the genesis of Nanotechnology

The philosophy of Nano technology was first propunded by Richard Feynman in his lecture "There's plenty of room at the bottom"delovered at an American Physical Society meeting at Caltech on 29 Dec.
The term "nanotechnology" was defined by Tokyo Science University professor Norio Taniguchi.

China fee waiver

China has decided to waive fees for students training to become teachers in six elite universities. The brunt to be borne by the central budget.

India, anyone???

Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan

http://www.abelprisen.no/nedlastning/2007/varadhan_en.pdf

IIT Kanpur developing Robot for ISRO

IIT Kanpur is developing a SMARTNAV robot for ISRO for India's proposed moon mission (Chandrayaan) in 2011.
Now, what is a SmartNav?
-SmartNav is a vehicle navigation system from Trafficmaster. It uses GPS satellites for its working. But GPS on the Moon!!!???Ummmmmm...