Saturday 04 July, 2009.
Sci-Tech

The interplanetary space probe Ulysses officially ceased operations on Tuesday after an 18-year voyage of roughly 5.5 billion miles (8.85 billion km) and nearly three complete orbits around the sun, NASA said.
Astronomers have detected what they claim is the first direct evidence of lightning on Mars, which are in fact signs of electrical discharges during dust storms on the Red Planet.
A new research by the University of Durham has revealed that intense heat from the first stars and black holes "killed" millions of would-be galaxies in the early universe.
A high-tech Unmanned Aerial Vehicle developed by a team of ten undergraduates from Delhi College of Engineering in New Delhi has won the prestigious Unmanned Aircraft System International Competition held recently in the US.
Microbiologists in Maharashtra have found 'magnetic bacteria' in the ancient Lonar lake formed due to meteorite impact, a finding that might open a vista for searching extra-terrestrial life.

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