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	Russian MSU is in Top 100 of World’s Best Universities
	The Moscow State University has taken the 90th place in the international ranking of the world’s best universities by QS World University Rankings.
--11-06-2018--
	Space Research Faculty to Appear at Moscow State University
	Rector Victor Sadovnichy said that the faculty will train specialists in areas related to space exploration. The unique faculty opens in 2017.
--30-11-2016--
	Russian Scientists Engineer Antenna for Gravitation Waves of Neutron Stars
	The optic-acoustic antenna ORGAN will register gravitation waves from neutron stars and become an alternative to the American LIGO interferometers.
--24-10-2016--
	Excursions Around Modern Art Festival in Botanic Garden of MSU
	Modern art festival The Root of the New will be held in the Botanic Garden of the Moscow State University from September 14 to October 10.
--14-09-2016--
	Lomonosov Satellite to Study Supernova Explosions and Detect Meteors
	All scientific data obtained from the state-of-the-art satellite will be available to the world scientific community engaged in space physics.
--27-02-2016--
	Fundamental Physics Prize
	Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner established a third scientific award for mathematicians and awarded the new winners for scientific achievements in the fields of fundamental physics and science. Among the winners are the immigrant scientist from the USSR and Stephen Hawking’s successor.
--14-12-2013--
	Johann (Gregor) Mendel – Peas and Laws of Inheritance
	July 22 is the 189 anniversary of Gregor Mendel's birthday. Why should I bother, one may ask? That’s not the question to raise, because experiments of this talented scientist opened doors to one of the most wonderful sciences in the world – genetics.
--22-07-2011--
	Reconstruction: How Neanderthal People Hunted
	Russian anthropologists and biotechnologists have studied peculiar features of Neanderthal skeletons, which differed from skeletons of modern human beings, and reconstructed walk patterns and hunting strategies of ancient humans.
--20-01-2011--
	Crab Shells Protect Your Favourite Cheeses
	Biotechnologists from Moscow developed a new coating, made of chitosan, which can cover cheese during maturation and save it from rotting. New development is safe and edible, and soon will be ready for use in food industry.
--31-03-2010--
	Clean as Lotus
	Russian scientists from the physics faculty of Moscow State University and Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelemental Compounds applied a combination of two techniques and suggested an elegant solution to the burning problem of modern science.
--01-12-2009--
	Supercomputers Fight Thromboses
	Supercomputers and distributed computing help Russian scientists to create new pharmaceuticals, which fight thromboses, very quickly. Researchers found substances, which may become the basis for new effective therapy against thromboses and components for blood substitutes.
--03-10-2008--
	Russia Becomes Nano-Superpower
	Russia has a perfect chance to become a leading scientific power with highly developed nanotechnologies. All we need is making Russian science and education interdisciplinary.
--11-07-2008--
	Atomic Weights for Studying Proteins
	Scientists from Moscow State University suggest a revolutionary approach to studying interactions of protein molecules between themselves and various surfaces. This technique is based on so-called “atomic weights”, which is a unique measuring instrument
--11-03-2008--
	How Plants Get Older
	Plants seem to have no common mechanism for getting older. Different plants grow old at various rates, as well as due to various reasons. Science also has examples of so-called “non-ageing plants”.
--21-12-2006--
	Aboard or over the Board?
	Igor Melikhov, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and professor of Faculty of Chemistry of Moscow State University, comments on Russia’s nanotechnology state-of-the-art.
--20-09-2006--
	Moscow State University Today
	Moscow State University (MSU) is one of the leading centres of Russian science and culture. The university gained status of Russian self-administered (autonomous) higher educational institution in 1992, when the President of the Russian Federation signed an appropriate decree.
--20-10-2010--
	Main Building of Moscow State University
	The Main Building of Moscow State University (MB=GZ “Glavnoe Zdanie” in Russian) was designed by an architect – Rudnev Lev Vlavimirovich –, whose projects include various buildings all around Moscow and restoration of many Russian cities damaged during World War II. But Main Building design remains the masterpiece of Rudnev’s creativity; the architect paid much attention to the harmonious combination of future building with its environment.
--20-10-2010--

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	11 Russian Universities Listed among Top 500 in World Employment Rating
	QS Quacquarelli Symonds has published a new rating of the world’s universities as per the quality of graduates’ employment.
--11-09-2018--
	Moscow State University is in Top 3 Universities of BRICS
	According to the 4th annual report The BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings, the Moscow State University is one of the best three universities in BRICS.
--02-12-2016--
	Russia to Create the First Bank of All Life Forms in the World
	The first biomaterial bank of all living organisms on the Earth will be created by the Moscow State University, according to MSU president, Viktor Sadovnichy.
--25-12-2014--
	Pills to Stop Ageing, Russian Scientists Promise a Brave New World
	Russian scientists say they have created a new type of antioxidant which is expected to have an influence on mitochondrions - cells responsible for human organism ageing.
--12-12-2014--
	Botanical Garden Of The Moscow State University Calls For Help
	Over the last 15 years the number of garden workers taking care of the Main Botanical Garden's arboretum exposition lessened from 30 to 2 people. Their power is not enough to keep the order throughout the territory.
--30-11-2013--
	Resource Center of Modern Physics Will Appear In Russia
	Moscow State University, Tomsk Polytechnic University and the Altai State Technical University will join their efforts to create inter-university research and training resource center.
--30-09-2013--
	Lomonosov Moscow State University Is Back In the Global Ranks
	After the terrible year of 2012 when the Moscow State University was not included by The Times into its annual rating of global universities, Russia's oldest academic institution is back on the list at position 50.
--07-03-2013--
	Fourteen Russian Universities Entered World University Rankings
	Moscow State University placed only 116th, while St. Petersburg State University is on 253rd place in the annual QS World University Rankings
--13-09-2012--
	MSU Launched Project on the History of Humanity
	The Lomonosov Moscow State University, Microsoft and the University of California in Berkeley have launched an interesting scientific project ChronoZoom. It is a visualized on-line encyclopedia on the history of humanity, the origin of the universe and the development of life on Earth.
--23-03-2012--
	World’s Fastest Computer to Be Created for Moscow State University
	Development of a new supercomputer has been launched for the M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University.
--02-01-2012--
	MSU to Build an Observatory in Caucasus for $42mln
	In 2012-2013 the Russian State will fund the building of a Moscow State University observatory in the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia. The expenses are expected to amount to $42mln.
--07-11-2011--
	Author of the Ostankino Tower to be Given an Unusual Monument
	A unique monument of stainless steel will be put up to Nikolay Nikitin, a famous Russian architect and author of the Ostankino Tower - the highest freestanding structure in Eurasia.
--07-09-2011--
	Russian Telescope to Perform Star Census
	New space telescope, designed in Russia, will be installed at International space station for scanning the sky and collecting data for a new star catalogue.
--01-08-2011--