* Bananas are good for digestion - and to make paper, even ropes. Pulp from three northeastern banana species made high-strength writing and printing paper; dried, treated fibres of banana sheaths were twined into rope by scientists at the Regional Research Laboratory in Jorhat.* Monitoring the scrawly graphs of earthquake-recording equipment can be a painstaking process. So scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre trained an artificial neural network - a computer programme that tries to mimic the pattern recognition process of the human brain - to detect and identify weak seismic signals.* Milk goes sour irritatingly soon. Try camel milk and see the difference: it is more stable at room temperature than cow and buffalo milk and takes longer to go sour, report scientists at the National Research Centre on the Camel. Unfortunately, Mother Dairy has no plans for camel milk.Published By: AtMigration Published On: Mar 9, 1998--- ENDS ---
