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	Suicide Gene Makes Stem Cells Suitable for Therapy
	Cultivable pluripotent stem cells are under close attention of researchers all over the world due to their enormous potential for curing a vast range of human degenerative diseases, which demand tissue replacement therapy. These cells have two unique properties: they can transform into any known cell types in an organism, and they also are able to indefinitely proliferate in vitro with all their fantastic properties kept unchanged.
--05-08-2011--
	Easy Way to Monitor Your Health
	Physicists from Novosibirsk are on the way to designing a biological sensor for easy and cheap diagnostics of various pathologies, as well as detection of tiniest amounts of hazardous substances in gas and liquid media.
--03-08-2011--
	Biofuel from Organic Sediments
	Shallow and nicely heated water reservoirs are notable for high biomass production and increased amount of organic matter. Such water reservoirs often “bloom” during a period of explosive propagation of algae, and their bottom is covered with a thick layer of organic sediments. Russian scientists suggest using this organic matter for making biological fuel, an alternative for hydrocarbon fuel.
--29-07-2011--
	Making Solar Batteries Cheaper and More Effective
	Solar batteries become more and more widely used in common life, and photovoltaics (photoelectric transformation of solar energy) is claimed to be one of most promising fields of renewable energy. Russian researchers know how to make these batteries cheaper and more effective.
--27-07-2011--
	Crystals from Novosibirsk for the Whole World
	Know-how of Novosibirsk scientists provides world electronic industry with laser and scintillation crystals of extremely high quality.
--22-07-2011--
	Johann (Gregor) Mendel – Peas and Laws of Inheritance
	July 22 is the 189^th 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--
	Are Gold Nanoparticles Toxic?
	Gold nanoparticles are these days often used in medicine for purposes of treating and diagnostics of various diseases. However, scientists from all over the world have hot arguments about possible toxicity of this product of nanotechnologies and ability of these particles to cause mutations in living beings.
--14-07-2011--
	Psoriasis and Atherosclerosis – Anything in Common?
	Research, performed in Russia and other countries, revealed that formation processes of psoriatic and atherosclerotic plaques could have common mechanisms.
--08-07-2011--
	Shall Your Neurons Survive?
	Existing treatment for the Parkinson's disease improves motion behaviour of patients, but do not protect their neurons from deterioration and death. This means these drugs eliminate sysmptoms, but don't really cure the disease. Russian researchers currently work on a treating agent, which can prevent neuros from dying, and are testing the drug.
--08-07-2011--
	No Killer Solar Flare to Happen: Russian Scientists Promise
	Recently British newspapers announced another “end of the world” happening within the next 18 months, when extremely powerful solar flare would destroy the whole industry of power engineering and all electronic devices on our planet, as well as orbital space ships and satellites. Russian physicists advise to keep calm and do not believe these gloomy prophecies.
--22-06-2011--
	Hello! Your Cancer Treatment Has Arrived
	Russian researchers have developed a new type of composite nanoparticles, which successfully deliver porphyrines (for combating cancer) to target tissues. Luminescence can enhance photodynamic effect and helps control distribution of nanoparticles in living tissues.
--17-06-2011--

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	The Election Of the President Of the Russian Academy Of Sciences
	The election of the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) will be held on 29 May this year on the General Assembly of RAS.
--29-01-2013--
	Smart Coatings for Rockets and Aircrafts
	Researchers from Russia created nano-coatings for rocket nozzles and important components of combat aircrafts.
--03-08-2011--
	Foxes Domesticated – First Time Since Ancient Times
	Scientists from Novosibirsk successfully reproduced a great biological experiment of ancient human beings – animal domestication.
--28-07-2011--
	Remains of Genghis Khan’s Nephew Presumably Unearthed
	Russian archeologists from the Far East worked eastwards from lake Baikal and unearthed human remains, which are believed to belong to khan Esunke, Genghis Khan’s nephew.
--27-07-2011--
	RadioAstron Project: Mirror Opening Successful
	Two days ago a mirror of a space radiotelescope, installed aboard “Spektr-R” space vehicle, was successfully opened.
--25-07-2011--
	New Archeological Findings in Chelyabinsk Region
	Archeologists, who work at the Island of Faith in Chelyabinsk Region, unearthed fragments of unusual ceramic tableware.
--22-07-2011--
	Lecture on Animal Domestication – Also Online
	Geneticists from Novosibirsk will tell everyone, who bothers visiting their website, about animal domestication and early intellectual achievements of mankind.
--22-07-2011--
	Another Comet Discovered by Russian Scientists
	Russian astronomers officially announced the discovery of a new short-period comet, which was named P/2011 NO1. This is the second comet, discovered by the Russians within recent seven months.
--20-07-2011--
	Short Sleep During Daytime Promotes Learning
	Russian researchers found out that short daytime sleep helped settle words into memory.
--20-07-2011--
	Catalytic Agent for Gasoline Quality Improvement Developed
	Researchers from Omsk made a first commercial lot of a new catalytic agent for improving quality of gasoline.
--10-06-2011--
	New Space Ship for Sun Monitoring to Appear
	Russian physicists will soon end developing a new type of space ships for monitoring the Sun from a very close distance – less than Mercury’s orbit.
--26-05-2011--