Japan quake damages world's most powerful microscope
Tokyo, June 29 : A powerful earthquake that struck Japan's Osaka region has damaged a microscope with the highest resolution in the world, an official said on Friday.
The high voltage tank of the Ultra-high Voltage Electron Microscope (UHVEM), which occupies an entire room in one of the research centres at Osaka University, and its circuits were badly damaged, the director of the department, Hidehiro Yasuda, told Efe news.
"Research will be affected for at least a year," said Yasuda.
Osaka University was one of the worst damaged by the 6.1 magnitude quake that struck the region on June 18, leaving several students and teachers injured, putting their research projects in jeopardy, the university said in a statement.
Five people were also killed in the temblor.
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Tumakuru: Man, absconding after killing his wife 27 years ago, arrested
Tumakuru (Karnataka), Sep 27: A 70-year-old man was arrested for allegedly setting his wife on fire 27 years ago, police said on Friday.
Ningappa had been absconding since 1997 after he was charged in the incident in Nonavinakere police station limits, they said.
"The arrest was made as part of solving long pending cases," a police official said.
According to police, Nanjappa set his wife ablaze by pouring kerosene on her over domestic issues. She succumbed to injuries in hospital.
He was arrested three days ago when he happened to visit his village.
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"It was a long pending case and now we caught him back. He came back to his village and his son started contacting him and through that connection, we caught him. It was a case of domestic violence. While she was admitted in hospital, the woman had given a dying declaration saying her husband had beaten her and poured kerosene on her," Tumakuru Superintendent of Police Ashok K V told PTI.
"A dying declaration is undeniable and no one can protect the accused in such cases. Initially, it was a case of attempt to murder but after she succumbed to injuries, it was converted into a case of murder," he said.
