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Mikhail Lomonosov
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Herman Hess
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Pyotr Semenov-Tian Shansky
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| 14 January 1827 - 11 March 1914 |
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Vladimir Vernadsky
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| March 12, 1863 - January 6, 1945 |
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Vasily Dokuchaev
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| March 3, 1846 - November 8, 1903 |
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Sophia Kovalevskaya
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| January 15, 1850 - February 10, 1891 |
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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
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| September 17, 1857 - September 19, 1935 |
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Alexander Butlerov
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| September 3, 1828 - August 5, 1886 |
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Igor Kurchatov
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| January 12, 1903 - February 7, 1960 |
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Georg Wilhelm Richmann
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| July 11, 1711 - June 26, 1753 |
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Ivan Yefremov
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Valentina Tereshkova
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George Gamow
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Yakov Zeldovich
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Ivan Sechenov
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Sergey Chetverikov
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Nikolai Zinin
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Alexander Gorodnitsky
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Fyodor Bredikhin
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Sergey Blazhko
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| November 17, 1870 - February 11, 1956 |
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Vasiliy Struve
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| April 4, 1793 - November 23, 1864 |
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Nikolay Emanuel
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| September 18, 1915 - December 8, 1984 |
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Alexey Favorsky
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| February 20, 1860 - August 8, 1945 |
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Aristarkh Belopolsky
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| July 1, 1854 - May 16, 1934 |
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Alexander Fersman
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| 27 October, 1883 - May 20, 1945 |
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Alexander Chizhevsky
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| February 7, 1897 - December 20, 1964 |
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Sergey Botkin
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| September 5, 1832 - December 12, 1889 |
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Vladimir Bekhterev
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| January 20, 1857 - December 24, 1927 |
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Ilya Mechnikov
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| May 16, 1845 - July 16, 1916 |
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Nikolai Semenov
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| April 3, 1896 - September 25, 1986 |
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Pavel Cherenkov
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Ilya Frank
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| October 23, 1908 - June 22, 1990 |
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Igor Tamm
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| July 8, 1895 - April 12, 1971 |
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Lev Landau
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| January 22, 1908 - April 1, 1968 |
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Aleksandr Prokhorov
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| July 11, 1916 - January 8, 2002 |
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Andrei Sakharov
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| May 21, 1921 - December 14, 1989 |
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Leonid Kantorovich
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Pyotr Kapitsa
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Zhores Alferov
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Mikhail Chumakov
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Vladimir Obruchev
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| October 10, 1863 - June 19, 1956 |
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Yuri Senkevich
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| 03 March 1937 - 25 September 2003 |
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Konstantin Gedroits
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| 25 March 1872 - 5 October 1932 |
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Boris Stechkin
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| 5 August 1891 - 2 April 1969 |
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Vladimir Engelhardt
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| 21 November 1894 - 10 July 1984 |
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Efficient Method of Teaching Electronic Noses Developed in Russia
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| This development is of great importance for practitioners, since it can be used to create an "ideal" electronic nose, which is a stable and simple technical tool for analyzing the composition of gas media.
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Tomsk Scientists Devised Fast Method for Manufacturing Implants
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| The technology omits the stage of making the prototype and thus cuts down the implant manufacturing to a single stage only.
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| --29-05-2018-- |
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New Antibiotics to be Obtained from Siberian Plants in Tomsk
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| According to scientists, such drugs cause much fewer side effects than synthetic drugs.
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| --27-05-2018-- |
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Novosibirsk Nuclear Physics Institute to Become an Integration Center for ITER Members
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| Scientists of the European Union, India, China, Korea, Russia, USA and Japan are working on the engineering of the International Experimental Thermonuclear Reactor.
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| --27-05-2018-- |
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Russian Scientists Reinforce Steel with Laser and Nanoparticles
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| The researchers found that laser processing and making surface layers strengthened with nanocarbon materials enhance the hardness of the modified material over five times.
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| --22-04-2018-- |
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Material for Bone Implants with Self-Recovery Properties Created in Moscow
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| Scientists of the Composite Materials Center at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys have developed a material for bone implants with the ability to recover its own cracks.
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| --20-04-2018-- |
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Exoplanet Discovered in the Big Dipper with Help of Russian Know-How
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| A new planet outside the Solar System has been discovered with the help of a unique method developed by Russian scientists.
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| --18-04-2018-- |
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Terahertz Radiation Generator Engineered by Russian Physicists
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| In the future, waves of this type can be adapted for ultra-high-speed information transfer, real-time monitoring of live cells and many other purposes.
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| --14-04-2018-- |
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The MOON – the City of the First
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| April 12 launches the All-Russian competition of scientific, technical and creative projects "The Moon: the City of the First." The competition is organized within the framework of the 8th All-Russian Science Festival "NAUKA 0+"
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| --12-04-2018-- |
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Diamond-Like Glass of High Density Created by Scientists from Russia, Germany and the US
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| The substance obtained opens door to new opportunities for ultra-high-speed electronic devices, quantum computers, space technologies and other modern equipment.
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| --30-03-2018-- |
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Why Moscow Engineers Grow Cosmic Algae in Basement
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| Engineer Alexander Shaenko and his project team 435nm have designed a photobioreactor, which is indispensable in space travel.
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| --19-03-2018-- |
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"Live Bandages" Invented in Russia
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| Biodegradable bandages from polycaprolactone nanofibres double the growth of tissue cells, which promotes regeneration of damaged tissues, as well as prevents scarring after severe burns.
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| --17-02-2018-- |
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Luminous Molecules Help to Detect Toxicity of Nanomaterials
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| Bioluminescent molecules have been isolated from marine bacteria Vibrio fischeri.
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| --27-11-2017-- |
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Artificial Soil for Land Reclamation Invented by Scientists from Krasnoyarsk
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| The developers explain that the soil looks like a light carpet and can be spread almost anywhere.
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| --11-09-2017-- |
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Scientists from Russia and Germany Implement Project for Utilization of Algae Waste
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| Out of the residual biomass of algae plants, scientists want to receive a material for wastewater treatment.
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| --07-09-2017-- |
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“Future Power Grids” Week at EXPO 2017
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| The thematic exposition of the Future Power Grids is held in the Russian pavilion at EXPO 2017 in Astana.
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| --31-08-2017-- |
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Russia Can Build a New Fast Neutron Reactor within 10 Years
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| Currently, Rosatom is conducting examination of the finalized design of the BN-1200 Reactor.
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| --29-06-2017-- |
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Russia and France will Co-Develop Technologies for Promising Aircraft Engines
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| Planned joint research is aimed at improving the economy and environmental friendliness of civil aviation transport.
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| --28-06-2017-- |
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Siberian Biotechnologists Developed Bacterial Agent to Prevent Drainage Blockages
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| There are analogues of such a product both in Russia and abroad, but the new formulation is several times more efficient and much cheaper.
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| --28-06-2017-- |
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Method for Exact Dating of Finds in Arctic Underground Ice
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| According to the professor of Moscow State University Yuri Vasilchuk, the new technology will be useful to archaeologists, paleobiologists and even house builders.
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| --16-06-2017-- |
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Training Course on Arctic Development Prepared by Russian and German Scientists
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| The English-language course will tell students about the current state policy in the Arctic, as well as legal acts regulating activities in the North.
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| --29-04-2017-- |
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Yamal Archaeologists Study Ancient Horn Armor Found in the Arctic
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| Researchers of the Scientific Center for Arctic Studies investigate elements of ancient horn armor found at the Ust-Poluy archaeological site.
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| --26-03-2017-- |
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Smartphone Application for Ñounting Grains Invented in Siberia
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| Scientists of the Cytology and Genetics Institute have developed the SeedCounter app, which enables a smartphone to obtain data on the quantity and quality of grains in a wheat ear.
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| --24-03-2017-- |
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Siberian Scientists Created Compound that Reddens in Cold
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| Scientists of the International Tomography Center (ITC), RAS, have developed a unique complex substance that enhances its color in cold.
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| --11-03-2017-- |
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Russian Scientists to Create Universe in Vitro
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| Researchers have asked themselves whether it is possible to create such conditions in a limited space that this area would later expand into a fragment of the universe.
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| --28-02-2017-- |
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Method of Synthesizing New Biomaterials for Bone Surgery Developed in Russia
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| Scientists of the Far Eastern Federal University have developed a technology to create a new ceramic biomaterial for regenerative bone surgery.
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| --20-02-2017-- |
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Growth of Wound Healing Cells Accelerated in Russia
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| Russian scientists have developed a fundamentally new and inexpensive method for accelerating the cell growth by using nanoparticles of cerium dioxide.
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| --31-01-2017-- |
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Russian Scientists Suggest Exploring Arctic Waters with Smart Elevator
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| The Smart Elevator technology already operating in the Black Sea can be easily transferred to the Arctic to meet the challenges of operational oceanography.
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| --31-01-2017-- |
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New Method of Short-Term Earthquake Prediction Developed in Far East of Russia
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| This technology is offered for the first time ever.It is suitable for large islands, such as the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, and the like.
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| --29-01-2017-- |
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Russian and South Korean Scientists to Decipher Genome of Fossil Animals
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| DNA molecules of the cell nuclei have been extracted from the bones of a mammoth, a bison, a horse, a rhino, an elk, a deer and a wolf.
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| --28-01-2017-- |
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Exoskeleton by Russian Technologies Can Accelerate upto 30 Kmh
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| The mechanism has been designed for enhancing human physical abilities in several spheres from medical to military.
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| --24-11-2016-- |
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Scientists from Five Countries to Study Age and Potential of Minerals in Siberia
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| Large igneous deposit provinces often predetermine generation of minerals, in particular deposits of non-ferrous, precious, ferrous and rare metals, as well as diamonds.
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| --11-11-2016-- |
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Detergent Microgels of Apple Nanoparticles Developed in the Urals
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| Our scientists have developed and patented eco-friendly gels made of organic components, cellulose and pectin which are received from wood and apple millcake.
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| --20-10-2016-- |
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Over 1000 Delegates Attended BIOTECHMED Conference in Gelendzhik
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| Russia's largest conference in biotechnologies - BIOTECHMED - was held in Gelendzhik. More than 1000 people took part in its business program.
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| --05-10-2016-- |
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Siberian Scientists Developed Eco-Friendly Method of Removing Oil from Lakes
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| The new method does not require any chemical agents and can be applied even in winter time.
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| --13-05-2016-- |
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Russian Scientists Designed Model of Space Debris Movement
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| It will help to reduce the probability of the collision of satellites with artificial objects in the Earth orbit.
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| --16-01-2016-- |
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Russian Scientists Created New Material for Invisible Raincoat
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| Scientists of the Moscow Physics and Technology Institute and the Landau Pure Physics Institute of RAS have developed a two-dimensional metamaterial of silver elements, which refracts light in a special way.
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| --30-12-2015-- |
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Russian Physicists Won Competition for Super Collider Project
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| The new supercollider in the European Nuclear Research Center (CERN) will be based on the project by Russian scientists. Its creation was discussed by 68 institutes from dozens of countries over two last years.
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| --27-12-2015-- |
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Scientists Developed Model of Oil Synthesis on Border of Earth's Mantle and Core
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| The hypothesis of production of the first organic molecules on the border with the Earth core may complement to popular theories, according to which the organic chemistry was brought to the Earth by comets or asteroids.
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| --26-12-2015-- |
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Russian Scientists to Find 4,5 Million-Year-Old Meteorites in Antarctica
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| Participants of the first Meteoric Expedition to Antarctica, which will be started on December 15, intend to find fragments of unknown types of meteorites that are 4,5 million years of age.
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| --25-10-2015-- |
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Russian Scientists: Dinosaurs were Wiped out by Increased Earth Gravity
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| Having analysed paleontologic data on the evolution of 11 largest overland animals over 150 million years, they came to the conclusion that huge dinosaurs developed in the conditions of lower gravity.
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| --21-10-2015-- |
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Russian Exploration of Space, Arctic and Antarctic is beyond Sanctions
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| The sanction policy pursued by some European states and the USA towards Russia has not hampered the countries' collaboration in space exploration and studies of the Arctic and the Antarctic.
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| --22-09-2015-- |
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A Unique Endoscopic Complex Will Be Produced In Russia
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| A unique endoscopic complex “Landysh” surpassing its foreign analogues, a “smart” capsule for examination of the gastrointestinal tract, will for the first time be produced in Russia.
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| --24-07-2015-- |
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Robot Rescuers to Show up for Work in Russia
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| Domestic robot rescuers will soon help guard the safety of people in Russia. Anthropomorphic robot rescuers were presented at the 8th International Salon of Security Facilities.
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| --27-05-2015-- |
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Fragments Of Pliosaur Found By Russian Scientists
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| A new species of pliosaur - the largest floating Jurassic reptile - was found on the territory of Ryazan oblast. The discovery was made by the scientists of the RAS and the members of the project group at the Museum of Paleontology named after Yu. Orlov (Moscow.)
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| --29-09-2014-- |
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New Polymeric Materials
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| The experts of several Russian research centres have found a way of creating polymeric materials with hardness significantly higher than that of a diamond.
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| --14-09-2014-- |
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Russian Science of the 18th Century
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| The 18th century became the epoch of creating the system of secular education and science, which were practically absent earlier in Russia.
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| --21-08-2014-- |
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Second Expedition of Arctic Floating University
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| The second expedition of “Arctic Floating University” started from Arkhangelsk in August. It is an innovative educational project where young researchers of the Arctic get the knowledge and skills in the real-world conditions of the northern seas.
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| --10-08-2014-- |
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The New Scientific Satellites Aimed at Elves
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| "RELEK" scientific research satellite began to study the work of "natural accelerators" in the upper atmosphere.
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| --09-07-2014-- |
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Effect Of Weightlessness: New Scientific Experiments
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| New scientific experiments making it possible to investigate the effect of weightlessness on living organisms will be conducted on the ISS with mice, fish and quail eggs.
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| --22-06-2014-- |
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Fundamental Physics Prize
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| 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.
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| --14-12-2013-- |
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Robots will Replace the Guards
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| The first robot patrol appeared in “Sokolniki” park in September. Automatic surveillance systems that can capture the image and transmit it to the desk of the officer on duty, as well as to respond to the motion, started working in the capital.
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| --26-09-2013-- |
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Scientists From Yakutia Discovered a New Civilization
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| Traditionally science divides humanity into 12 civilizations of Asia, America, Africa, Europe and Oceania. Scientists from Yakutia proposed an option that besides classic local civilizations there was an Arctic or Circumpolar civilization. Scientific communities have already admitted their version.
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| --26-07-2013-- |
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Space Oddity: Chris Hadfield Safely Lands to Millions of YouTube Views
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| In the space of his own career, Space Oddity has remained David Bowie's most commercially successful hit. Almost prophetically written a few months before Apollo II mission, a story of an unfortunate spaceman Major Tom told the earthlings that "planet Earth is blue", which was then confirmed by the Apollo photographs. Many years later, Commander Chris Hadfield used his final day at the International Space Station to record his own cover of Bowie's song. This double tribute - both to the song and to David Bowie, whose exhibition at the Victoria and Albert in London runs till August - has amassed millions of views on YouTube.
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| --14-05-2013-- |
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Russian Scientists Developed an Express Encephalitis Test
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| Summertime is the period when many of us prefer to go to the woods for a traditional Russian-style barbeque called shashlyki. Unfortunately, this may also be the time when we are most susceptible to the encephalitis and Lyme disease caused by tick bites. Russian scientists have recently developed an express-test to help quickly discover, whether or not a tick was a virus carrier.
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| --14-05-2013-- |
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Media Markt Pioneers in Retail RFID
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| Media Markt retail becomes the first retail chain to introduce RFID, or smart tags, into the Russian retail market. Russia-IC looks at the pilot project and the technology which has made stock-keeping a far easier process that when using barcodes.
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| --20-11-2012-- |
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Call For Papers: European Identity Seminar at the Kazan Federal University, December 2012
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| An international interdisciplinary seminar on defining and constructing the European identity takes place at the Kazan Federal University in Tatarstan on December 6-7, 2012. Seminar's working languages are Russian and English. The deadline for abstract submission is November 4, 2012.
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| --30-10-2012-- |
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Willem Barentsz Ship Remains Discovered Near Arkhangelsk
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| A recent expedition by Dmitry Kravchenko, a long-term explorer of the last journey of Willem Barentsz, has ended with an unexpected discovery of four fragments of the carvel bottom frames. Next year the group of scientists hope to find all remains of the sunken carvel.
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| --29-10-2012-- |
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Russian Spartan 300 Uses Paul Ekman's Findings To Detect Deviant Behaviour
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| Russian scientists and psychologists have created a system Spartan 300 to detect deviant behaviour in the crowd. The system uses the findings of Prof. Paul Ekman research into psychology of facial expressions, body movements, and speech patterns.
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| --29-10-2012-- |
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Russians Scientists Discovered the Remains of Female Weavers from the Golden Horde
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| Russian archaeologists have for years been studying the burial ground Mayachny Bugor situated near Krasnoyarskoe Mound in Astrakhan Region. Evgeny Pererva from Volgograd branch of the Russian Academy of Horticulture studied 84 female sculls and came to conclusion that the Golden Horde women used their teeth either to make fishing nets, or to weave cloths.
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| --28-09-2012-- |
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Petersburg Scientists Design New Rear-View Car Mirrow
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| Petersburg scientists designed a new kind of rear-view mirror: it now combines spherical and aspherical mirror elements. The new design now allows a driver to better see the road and cars behind and around his vehicle. The first roadtests were successful.
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| --28-09-2012-- |
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The Feast of Science and Education at the 6th Festival of Science
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| The 6th Festival of Science that took place between 7 and 9 October 2011 has once again drawn in massive crowds of people of all ages and walks of life, interested or involved in scientific research and academic studies. Russia-InfoCentre asked Elizaveta Arapova, an historian and staff member of the Museum of History of the MSU, to tell our readers what awaited the visitors of the Festival Fair. Turns out, it wasn't just food for thought...
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| --26-10-2012-- |
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People from the Urals Region you Should Know
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| Summing up the month of the Urals region on our site, we want to present you the list of the most prominent and famous Ural people, who was born or spent most of their life there. This list will help you to navigate among many talented Russian people and find the person, you want to learn more about.
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| --05-10-2011-- |
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The Fukushima Disaster News: Isotopes from Japan Arrived to Krasnoyarsk
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| Latest issue of 'Journal of Environmental Radioactivity' contains a paper by Russian researchers that covers distribution of radioactive isotopes from Fukushima nuclear power plant in space and time.
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| --02-12-2011-- |
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Enrich Your Diet with Omega-3 Fatty Acids from Dragon Flies
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| According to Russian researchers, dragon flies play a major role in transfer of nutrients, essential for terrestrial dwellers, from water to the shore.
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| --19-08-2011-- |
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Russian Nobel Laureates
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| The full list of Russian Nobel laureates, including short information about them and links to the big biographic and theme articles from our site.
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| --12-08-2011-- |
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Neutrons against Cancer
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| Bombarding a tumor with a neutron beam is a promising technique of radiation therapy. However, this kind of therapy is not widely used, because it needs large-scale neutron accelerators, requiring separate buildings.
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| --09-03-2011-- |
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Russia’s Space Ambitions
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| After the International space station stops its activities, Russian researchers suggest using it as a basis for a high-latitude orbital space station.
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| --09-02-2011-- |
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Mars Landing Simulation Practice Started
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| Participants of a famous simulation of manned mission to Mars, called “Mars-500”, are now at most interesting stage of the project – VIRTU technology guides six volunteers, isolated from any external influence possible, through a process of a future “landing” on the Red planet.
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| --04-02-2011-- |
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Clinical Trials of Insulin in Russia are Probably Fake
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| Former top manager of MannKind, an American biotechnological company, sues his employers for falsifying results of clinical trials of their anti-diabetes drug in Russia. Diabetes is a group of metabolic problems, due to which human body doesn't produce enough insulin to control blood sugar (Type I), or organism's cells do not adequately react to insulin produced (Type II).
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| --10-11-2010-- |
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Nobel Prize Fished from the Trash
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| Two Russian-born scientists have won the Nobel Prize of $1.5 million for Physics, for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene. One of the two is the first individual to take home both the Nobel and the Ig Nobel.
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| --06-10-2010-- |
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How Artificial Reefs Can be Useful?
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| Russian scientists claim that artificial reefs are extremely popular with marine inhabitants. Researchers from the Institute of Marine Biology (Far East branch of Russian academy of sciences) say that if Russian coastal shallow waters were filled with such reefs, catches of various commercial species of fish, invertebrates and algae will grow significantly.
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| --28-07-2010-- |
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Mars-500 Chronicles: One Month of Total Isolation
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| It has been 30 days already, since participants of the Mars-500 project were locked in special flight-imitating facilities. There are only 490 days of Martian mission simulation left.
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| --09-07-2010-- |
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Observing Nanoparticles in an Organism – Now Easier
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| Today various nano-substances, created for medical purposes, attract attention of many medics, biologists and physicists. Studies of magnetically controlled precise drug delivery by means of magnetic nanoparticles are of specific interest to scientific and medical community.
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| --02-07-2010-- |
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Why don't People Fall, when their Arms Swing?
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| When a standing person moves, any kind of motion changes body configuration, and centre of body’s mass shifts. In order to prevent a moving person from falling, a huge coordinated work of muscles, responsible for motion, and postural muscles, helping keep upright body position, is carried out. Russian scientists from the Institute of Information Processing (Russian Academy of Sciences) decided to find out how mentioned coordination was conducted
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| --30-06-2010-- |
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Animals that are Now Lost
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| Darwin Museum of Moscow welcomes visitors – new exhibition “Disappearing World” tells them about extinct and endangered animals.
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| --16-06-2010-- |
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How Space Bodies Collide with Earth: Possible Scenarios
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| Russian mathematicians and physicists calculated consequences of possible collisions of natural cosmic bodied with our planet’s atmosphere and surface, and worked out a collision classification
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| --09-06-2010-- |
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New Materials for Aircraft Engines Created
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| Russian researchers from the Institute of Metals Superplacticity Problems (Russian academy of sciences) developed a new technology for creating 3D and flat sheet materials with homogeneous nanostructure.
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| --28-05-2010-- |
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Large Hadron Collider to Be Modernized
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| Russian scientists from the Institute of Nuclear Physics, located in the city of Novosibirsk, build a new facility, which will enhance LHC’s performance 100 times.
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| --19-05-2010-- |
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Solar Wind Removed Water from Venus
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| Solar wind removed a significant amount of water from Venus’s atmosphere – this is what data from automatic interplanetary station “Venus-Express” revealed to astronomers. The probe also shed light on characteristic patterns of winds in the atmosphere of the brightest planet on our night sky.
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| --13-10-2009-- |
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Don’t Allow Your Job to Exhaust You
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| Does positive attitude, or absorption in work, as psychologists say, help avoiding professional exhaustion? Two points of view exist – some researchers say that positive attitude never accompanies professional exhaustion, some think it does, unfortunately.
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| --25-08-2009-- |
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Most Important Inventions of the XX century – Russian Version
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| All-Russia Public Opinion Research Centre (VCIOM) published data on what inventions, made in the 20th century, Russian people considered to be most important, and what discoveries our fellow nationals were waiting for in the 21st century.
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| --30-06-2009-- |
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Dark Side of GM Plants
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| Over 125 million hectares in the world are currently under transgenic or genetically modified plants, and about one-fifth (21-23%) of these plants are resistant to pests. Recent research showed that plants, producing bacterial toxins, which kill pests, might have negative effect on our environment.
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| --19-05-2009-- |
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What’s that Smell?
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| Russian biophysicists and economists found out, which components form smell of porcini (Boletus edulis) and oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus). Scientists advise how to cook these mushrooms to preserve their delicious aroma.
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| --05-05-2009-- |
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New Point of View on Bermuda Triangle
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| Researchers from the Russian city of Tumen suggest a new hypothesis of the Bermuda Triangle mystery. Scientists link the famous effect with accumulation of gas hydrates in Atlantic waters.
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| --29-04-2009-- |
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How Multicellular Organisms Appeared?
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| How multicellular organisms came into the world, happily inhabited by unicellular organisms? Perhaps the explanation is self-organization of individual cells into multicellular agglomerations, Russian biologist believes.
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| --21-04-2009-- |
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Young Scientists for Russia
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| Students of Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI) recently presented some of their scientific projects, and, honestly speaking, their innovations heat the imagination of not only ordinary people.
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| --10-02-2009-- |
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Russian Priorities in Space
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| According to RosCosmos, Russia has four main priorities in space. Here are a few words about each of them.
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| --27-01-2009-- |
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Cure-All or Kill-Them-All?
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| Nanoparticles can get into various types of cells and accumulate there; they travel along blood and lymphatic vessels and cause oxidative stress and inflammation. Nanoparticles can cause death of laboratory animals. Russian scientists discussed how prevent possible cure-all from becoming an invisible killer
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| --09-12-2008-- |
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Andrey Kolmogorov - Numbers Rule the World
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| Andrey Kolmogorov was the Soviet king of mathematics - he reigned everything, which had numbers in it.
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| --10-09-2008-- |
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Emil Lenz - One Science is not Enough
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| Emil Lenz was among those geniuses, whose playground lied in several scientific fields. What we would have done without Lenz's law, I wonder?
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| --27-08-2008-- |
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Microexplosions Result in Nanodiamonds
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| Despite the sharp interest to nanodiamonds and rapid development of this industrial branch, Russian scientists still remain trendsetters in growing tiny diamonds, but it is getting harder every day.
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| --26-07-2008-- |
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Yakov Zeldovich - Black Holes and Distant Galaxies
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| Zeldovich Yakov Borisovich, famous Soviet physicist and astrophysicist, made an enormous contribution to explanation of the surrounding world.
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| --14-01-2009-- |
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Mstislav Keldysh – Grey Matter is what Matters
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| Mstislav Keldysh is a world famous mathematician and physicist of Russian origin, father of space flights.
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| --24-04-2008-- |
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Nikolai Kibalchich - Science for Terrorism
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| Kibalchich Nikolai Ivanovich, a famous Russian inventor and father of first Russian jet engine and flying vehicle and a revolutionary, did his best to make the world better.
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| --10-04-2008-- |
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Yuri Lisyansky – Round the World in Three Years
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| Yuri Lisyansky, world-famous Russian voyager, was the first three times in his life: he was the first Russian to complete round-the-world sea voyage; he discovered an island in the Pacific and found the way from Russian America to Kronstadt
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| --21-03-2008-- |
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Ivan Kulibin - Bursting with Inventions
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| Ivan Petrovich Kulibin is a famous Russian self-taught engineer and inventor, whose name became common for all technically gifted persons.
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| --06-03-2008-- |
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Leonard Euler’s Scientific Heritage
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| Total of Euler’s works boggles imagination – over 800 published works amount to 30 000 printed pages and consist of 600 articles for Saint-Petersburg’s Academy of Sciences, 130 articles published in Berlin, 30 articles for various European journals, 15 memoir volumes and 40 other books – all this will come off the press as 72 volumes of Euler’s scientific heritage (Opera omnia).
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| --07-02-2008-- |
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Leonard Euler - Ancestor of Russian Mathematics
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| Leonard Euler is a genial Swiss-born mathematician and founder of Russian school of mathematics. Tireless scientist writes about 30 000 pages, touching nearly every natural science.
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| --07-02-2008-- |
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Pavel Yablochkov - Let it be Light!
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| Pavel Yablochkov, Russian electric engineer, inventor and entrepreneur, is the giant on whose "arcing" shoulders stands Thomas Edison with his incandescent lamps.
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| --15-01-2008-- |
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Nanobioelectronics: Prospects of New Science
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| Nanobioelectronics is a new, rapidly developing discipline, combining achievements of nanoelectronics and molecular biology. Integration of nanoelectronic devices and such complex biological structures as cells throws a bridge between biotechnology and nanobioelectronics.
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| --27-12-2007-- |
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Trofim Lysenko – Genes don’t Exist
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| Trofim Denisovich Lysenko is a well-known Russian “scientist”, “biologist” and “agronomist”, academician of Russian Academy of Sciences and winner of numerous national prizes, who nearly killed genetics
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| --18-12-2007-- |
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Life Threat is not in Vodka!
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| Russian scientists in cooperation with their English and German colleagues have studied effect of alcoholism on life interval of adult men of Russian city of Izhevsk and came to an interesting conclusion.
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| --06-12-2007-- |
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Nikolay Vavilov - Plants, Genes and Betrayal
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| Nikolay Ivanovich Vavilov, world famous Russian botanist, plant-breeder, geneticist, geographer and science organizer, is killed for bringing knowledge to mankind
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| --18-12-2007-- |
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Surprising Soya Sweets
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| Genetically modified organisms (GMO) make trouble between scientists.
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| --06-12-2007-- |
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Nano-Satellites – Future of the Future
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| Third millennium has started not very long ago and brought us a new stage of development of tiny space vehicles – micro- and nano-satellites. Small space crafts are already widely used for Earth remote sensing, ecological monitoring, earthquake predicting and studies of ionosphere.
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| --20-09-2007-- |
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Nearest Future of Russian Power Engineering
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| Eminent Russian scientists tend to think that future of Russian power engineering lies in building thousands small heat and power plants with modern gas-turbine units, which allow rapid increase of power production and saving gas.
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| --16-09-2007-- |
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Is Having Babies a Problem?
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| Infertility in Russia becomes a crucial factor, having a significant effect on demographic situation in the country.
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| --07-08-2007-- |
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Have a Cocktail Without Harming Your Health
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| On the one hand, alcohol-containing drinks damage cardio-vascular system, but on the other – a glass of red wine is ambrosia for heart. Should people drink alcohol, or not, and what to do when so many tasty drinks surround you?
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| --26-06-2007-- |
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Mysteries of the Antarctica Solved Soon
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| Many mysteries of the Antarctic continent have been already solved, but even more of them are waiting for an answer to be found. For example, scientists still fail to calculate balance of the Antarctic ice sheet, i.e. its annual snow income and iceberg and melting losses.
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| --19-06-2007-- |
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Oleg Losev – Pioneer of Optoelectronics
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| The majority of encyclopedic sources state the year, when conventional light-emitting diodes first appeared, to be 1962, soon after diode laser has been invented. However, light-emitting diodes have appeared much earlier, as a result of the research of Soviet inventor, physicist Oleg Vladimirovich Losev
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| --26-07-2008-- |
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Evil Creatures Threaten Invertebrates
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| Invertebrates, inhabiting Russian north-eastern seas, are in real danger – the situation reminds of a standard Hollywood thriller. However, human beings are drama characters too, and they are even capable of changing the situation.
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| --22-05-2007-- |
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Alexander Popov – Knitting Communication Web
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| Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and electrical engineer, is famous for his invention of wireless electrical communication.
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| --11-05-2007-- |
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Russian Aeronautics Centre – Happy 60th Anniversary
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| The Russian Centre of Aeronautical Science and Technology in Zhukovsky, a Moscow satellite town, is celebrating its sixtieth anniversary on Friday.
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| --24-04-2007-- |
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Russians in Space
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| Russian spacecraft manufacturer Energia has come out with several ideas for Russian space programme for the period up to 2050. Mentioned suggestions for the Russian space programme consist of four stages.
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| --02-02-2007-- |
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Sergey Korolev - Universe Beating in his Heart
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| Bearing the Title of Hero of Socialist Labour, being the winner of the Lenin Prize (one of the highest awards in the USSR) and the academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sergey Pavlovich Korolev is a creator of Russian strategic missile weapons of medium and intercontinental range and founder of applied space exploration.
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| --18-01-2007-- |
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Enemies to Become Allies
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| Russian scientists have suggested a technique for detecting stomach cancer – bacteria are invisible though indispensable human helpers.
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| --15-01-2007-- |
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Unbidden Guests of the Black Sea
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| Several years ago the ecosystem of the Black sea was nearly collapsed, but this time human beings were not to blame.
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| --12-01-2007-- |
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Humidity Rules Earth’s Climate
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| Recent years have seen a surprising ball of the Earth’s elements. A procession of fires, floods and droughts makes one involuntarily think about the stability of climate on our planet. Scientists do their best to find the solution to this problem.
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| --29-12-2006-- |
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Metamorphoses of Amphibia
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| It took primitive amphibians a long time to switch from aquatic to ground way of life. Evolution made these transformations concentrate on a short stage of individual development leading to appearance of a real metamorphosis. Thyroid hormones became the regulators of all transformations.
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| --28-12-2006-- |
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How Plants Get Older
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| 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”.
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| --21-12-2006-- |
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Let Bacteria Sleep
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| It seems unbelievable, but every third Earth’s dweller has latent form of tuberculosis. Scientists from the Russian Institute of Biochemistry have found a new approach to searching a solution to this very important problem.
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| --18-12-2006-- |
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Poisonous Breath of the Seas
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| About 17 million people dwell on the shores of Russian seas – about 12 per cent of the population. Scientific research has revealed striking results – all Russian seas are contaminated with pesticides – chlororganic compounds for fighting pests: pollutants, considered to be most hazardous for human health.
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| --14-12-2006-- |
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Anomalous Zones of Russia: Medveditskaya Chain
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| Medveditskaya Chain is a place where car brakes failure may occur at any moment, where watch starts clocking wrong, and where one may come across silvery fog that leaves burns on people’s skin.
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| --31-10-2011-- |
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Everyone Needs a Drop of Poison
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| The lack of even such toxic elements as nickel, cadmium and lead may cause dysfunctions. That is why some animals eat red toadstools – they contain cadmium.
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| --18-10-2006-- |
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Euphoria of Space Research
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| The Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences has announced the beginning of the new space year.
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| --16-10-2006-- |
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Attention: Consciousness!
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| Now scientists are planning further studies of mysterious object called human consciousness.
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| --12-10-2006-- |
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Pushchino Science Centre – Happy Anniversary!
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| There’s no doubt that Pushchino`s scientists will cope with all challenging tasks – they have everything a researcher needs: modern working facilities, talent and good thinking potential.
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| --06-10-2006-- |
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The Moon to Warm Mankind
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| First stage of the Moon’s exploration – building of a small station with several crewmembers – is scheduled for 2020-2025.
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| --02-10-2006-- |
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120 Million Years of Chewing
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| Russian paleontologists have studied the upper molar tooth structure of the Kielantherium mammal and have made an interesting conclusion – this animal was one of the first mammals, who learned to chew food.
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| --26-09-2006-- |
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Aboard or over the Board?
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| 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.
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| --20-09-2006-- |
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Fight over Poincare Hypothesis
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| Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman has made a breakthrough, he suggested several new ideas together with developing and accomplishing the method, suggested by Richard Hamilton in the eighties of the last century.
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| --04-10-2007-- |
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New “Livelong” Information Carriers from Russia
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| Production of new generation information carriers has been launched in Saint Petersburg. The know-how holders claim their invention will be able to protect authors from illegal copying of their creations.
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| --04-10-2007-- |
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Passports Based upon Genetics to Define Person’s Destiny
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| Genetic analysis will tell people what to do, what field to choose for employment and even what diseases to cure.
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| --01-08-2007-- |
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AIDS in Russia: what Scientists Think and what They Actually Do
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| Russia lacks national concept for fighting AIDS! The country should finally start to fight for its youth, shouldn’t it?
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| --01-08-2007-- |
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Some Facts about Stem Cells
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| Stem cells are now one of the most mysterious biological objects. Many myths and rumors surround these though small but important pieces of flesh.
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| --01-08-2007-- |
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Apes Use Tools – does this Mean they are Intelligent?
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| People often consider animals, which use various tools, to be extraordinary intelligent, but sometimes our "little brothers and sisters" use tools in such a way that drops a hint of doubt in this common point of view.
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| --01-08-2007-- |
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Small Encyclopedia of Big Pseudo-Science
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| Even listing all theories, which deserve "pseudo-science" title seems to be a difficult task. Besides the new chronology of Mr. Fomenko, academician, this list often includes astrology, alchemy and "cold thermonuke", bioenergoinformatics and torsion field theory, "polar hole and hollow Earth" hypothesis, big-foot (yeti), atlantes and somati - subjects of ophthalmologist Muldashev search. This article is a brief review of only some of these theories.
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| --01-08-2007-- |
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Where to See Sun Eclipse in Russia
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| Total eclipse starts 8 hours 36 minutes UT (universal time) in Brazil around eastern end of South America. The middle of the eclipse will be spotted at 10 hours 11 minutes UT (tmax= 4 min 11 sec) in Africa on the border between Libya and Chad. It ends at 11 hours 46 minutes UT in Mongolia close to the Russian border.
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| --01-08-2007-- |
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1904
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| Ivan Pavlov - "in recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged"
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| --29-12-2010-- |
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908
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| Ilya Mechnikov - "in recognition of his work on immunity"
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| --29-12-2010-- |
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1956
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| Nikolai Semenov - "for his researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions"
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| --29-12-2010-- |
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1958
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| Pavel Cherenkov, Il'ja Frank, Igor Tamm - "for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect"
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| --29-12-2010-- |
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1962
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| Lev Landau - "for his pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium"
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| --29-12-2010-- |
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964
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| Nikolay Basov, Aleksandr Prokhorov - "for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle"
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| --29-12-2010-- |
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1975
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| Andrei Sakharov - The Nobel Peace Prize
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| --29-12-2010-- |
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The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1975
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| Leonid Kantorovich - "for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources"
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| --29-12-2010-- |
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1978
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| Pyotr Kapitsa - "for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics"
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| --29-12-2010-- |
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1987
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| Joseph Brodsky - "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity"
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| --29-12-2010-- |
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1990
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| Mikhail Gorbachev - "for his leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of the international community"
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| --29-12-2010-- |
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2000
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| Zhores I. Alferov - "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics"
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| --29-12-2010-- |
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2003
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| Alexei Abrikosov, Vitaliy Ginzburg - "for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids"
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| --29-12-2010-- |
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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Launches a Course at Coursera
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| The course is meant for 100% online learning: each module consists of video lectures, self-study materials and tests.
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| --11-02-2020-- |
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Russian Manufacturer of Surgical Robots Attracted Investments from RDIF
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| The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) invested in the manufacturer of surgical robots Assisted Surgical Technologies (AST).
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| --11-11-2019-- |
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Information Satellite Systems Took Part In Paris Air Show-2015
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| The “Information Satellite Systems” company (named after the academician Reshetnev) summed up the participation in the Paris Air Show-2015 held in Le Bourget. It has signed several agreements for the supply of foreign equipment and components for its spacecrafts.
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| --03-07-2015-- |
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New Space Monitoring System
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| The Russian Defense Ministry announced the plans to create 10 laser-optical and radio systems of the new generation of space monitoring system (SKPP) in the near future.
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| --21-06-2015-- |
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Russian Space Robot to Become Member of ISS Crew
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| The Russian SAR-401 robot-android, which is controlled through a wearable interface, will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) in the near future, Yury Lonchakov, the head of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center has told the Russian press.
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| --25-03-2015-- |
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Russian Scientists Create Laser to Cut Bones and Tissue
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| Scientists from Russia's Tomsk State University (TSU) created a unique surgical laser for accurate cutting bones, muscles and any other biological tissue during a surgery.
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| --25-03-2015-- |
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Russia to Present New ISS Module in 2016
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| Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has promised to present a new module for the International Space Station (ISS) in February 2016, the center's acting chief told the press.
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| --26-02-2015-- |
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Russian HIV Vaccine Successfully Passes Clinical Tests
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| Russian HIV vaccine has passed the second phase of clinical trial, Oleg Salagai, spokesman from the Russian Health Ministry told the press on Thursday.
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| --27-01-2015-- |
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Russia Scientists Opened Research Lab in Antarctic
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| Russian researchers have recently started to work at the scientific laboratory located near Russia's Vostok Station in Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctic, where they are planning to explore cosmic dust particles.
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| --27-01-2015-- |
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Russian Scientists to Create Underwater Modem
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| Scientists from the Tomsk Polytechnic University have told the press about the first results of their work on a modem which can provide for an internet link in underwater conditions.
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| --24-01-2015-- |
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Russia to Start Testing Ebola Vaccine in March
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| Russia plans to start testing an Ebola virus vaccine on primates in March 2015, Russian public health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor Chief Anna Popova said on Tuesday.
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| --20-01-2015-- |
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Russian Scientists Produced Beryllium for the First Time
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| Scientists from the Tomsk Polytechnical University, together with a chemical plant of the Russian Rosatom company, have produced the first beryllium specimen in the country, the university's vice-chancellor told the press on Friday.
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| --16-01-2015-- |
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Age Limit For Scientists Introduced In Russia
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| The law on mandatory competition among scientific workers before their recruitment came into force in Russia.
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| --14-01-2015-- |
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Russia And Austria Are Working On an Ultra-modern Engine
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| The experts of the Russian Academy of Sciences from the town of Chernogolovka of Moscow Oblast jointly with the Austrian company are developing an environmentally friendly hydrogen engine for boats, which is planned to be tested in 2016 on the lake near Vienna.
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| --14-01-2015-- |
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Russia to Build World's Largest Nuclear Reactor
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| AEM-Technologies, a part of Russia's nuclear power corporation Rosatom, has won a tender to build the world’s largest MBIR multifunctional fast neutron nuclear reactor.
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| --29-12-2014-- |
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Russia and US to Modernize Orion Spacecraft Together
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| Russian Space Corporation 'Energia' ("Energy") and Lockheed Martin and Boeing, US, have signed an agreement to modernize the new US multi-purpose crew vehicle Orion so that it can dock with Russian spacecraft.
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| --27-12-2014-- |
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Russia to Create the First Bank of All Life Forms in the World
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| 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.
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| --25-12-2014-- |
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Russian Scientists Created a Portable GMO Tester
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| Biologists from the Altai State University in Siberia have announced that their research on a portable tester for GMO in food has culminated in the manufacture of the first product prototypes, ready to go on sale next year.
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| --25-12-2014-- |
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Pills to Stop Ageing, Russian Scientists Promise a Brave New World
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| 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.
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| --12-12-2014-- |
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Test Launch Of Angara Carrier Rocket
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| The first test launch of a heavy version of the “Angara” carrier rocket will be held in the period from 20 to 30 December 2014, all preparatory works for the launch go as scheduled.
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| --13-10-2014-- |
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Moon Exploration By Automatic Stations
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| The beginning of the implementation of the Russian program for Moon exploration by automatic stations was transferred from 2016 to 2018.
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| --13-10-2014-- |
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Joint Experiment Of Russia And Japan
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| Russian and Japanese scientists intend to launch a project on the study of cosmic rays of extremely high energies coming in our galaxy from outside with the use of the new space telescope aboard the ISS.
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| --13-10-2014-- |
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ScanEx Cooperates With Chinese Meteorological Orbiter Series
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| "ScanEx" Engineering Technology Center became the first Russian company specializing in receiving and processing satellite data from Chinese meteorological "FengYun-3" orbiter series, situated on polar orbits.
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| --31-07-2014-- |
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Tomsk Is Going To Produce Biodegradable Surgical Threads
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| The first production of surgical suture material made of polymers of glycolic acid and lactic acid, which is a direct analogue of catgut (bioresorbable string of purified animal tissue) is created in Tomsk, Russia.
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| --24-09-2013-- |
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New Team of Astronauts Joins the International Space Station
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| A new team of astronauts has joined the International Space Station for another series of experiments. The team consists of a Roskosmos, a NASA, and an ESA astronauts.
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| --30-05-2013-- |
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Nobel Laureate Andre Geim Comes to Support Russian Minister
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| Nobel Prize Laureate Andre Geim has come to Moscow to give his support to Russia’s Education and Science Minister Dmitry Livanov in his struggle with Russian scientists and lawmakers.
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| --29-05-2013-- |
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Fyodor Konyuknov Braves a Storm To Reach Terra Ferma
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| Fyodor Konyukhov and Viktor Simonov who are currently undertaking an expedition from Karelia via North Pole to Greenland plan to reach terra ferma as soon as possible, under being caught in the arctic storm.
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| --23-05-2013-- |
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A Legendary Climber Alexey Bolotov Dies During an Everest Ascent
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| The legendary, multi-award winning Russian alpinist Alexey Bolotov tragically died, while plotting a new route on the south-western side of the Mount Everest.
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| --15-05-2013-- |
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A Russian School Student Participates In Intel ISEF
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| A Russian school student Pavel Baranov is currently taking part in the annual international conference in Engineering and Science, Intel ISEF, in Phoenix, Arisona.
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| --15-05-2013-- |
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2014 Will Be the Most Strained Year In the Cosmodrome Vostochny Construction
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| 2014 will be the most strained year in the cosmodrome «Vostochny» construction with the maximum workload.
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| --28-04-2013-- |
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The Irkutsk Region Develops the Alternative Energy
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| Active introduction of alternative energy is one of the most important directions of investment activity development in the Irkutsk Region.
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| --28-04-2013-- |
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Tyumen Doctors Carried Out Operations On Spinal Cord Neurostimulation
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| The doctors of the Federal Neurosurgery Center (FNC) in Tyumen carried out three rare operations on spinal cord neurostimulation, that eases the symptoms of stenocardia, ischemic heart disease and thoracalgia.
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| --28-04-2013-- |
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Yakut Scientists Are The First In The World Who Explore The Brain Of A Mammoth
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| The scientists of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) examine the structure of the brain of a mammoth for the first time in the world. The study will identify the differences and commonalities between elephants and mammoths.
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| --26-02-2013-- |
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The Young Scientists Were Awarded The Prizes For The Year 2012
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| Five young researchers became the new laureates of the annual awards of the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists for their outstanding contributions to the development of science and innovation.
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| --26-02-2013-- |
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Wound-repairing Adhesive Made Of Sturgeon Swim Bladder
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| M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk) conducts the research on the creation of medical biological adhesive based on the swim bladder of sturgeon.
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| --22-12-2012-- |
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Russian Orthodox Church Plans To Make Theology a Proper Discipline
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| After years of being silenced by the State, the Russian Orthodox Church is about to take revenge by making Theology a recognised academic discipline.
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| --30-11-2012-- |
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Government Appeals To Stop Talking About the Apocalypse
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| The Russian Government has appealed to the media and society to stop the apocalypse hysteria. Meanwhile, some shops started selling "End of the World" kits - just in case.
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| --30-11-2012-- |
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Demidov Prize Awarded For 20th Time, Celebrates Anniversary
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| For the 20th time the coveted Demidov Prize has been awarded in Moscow. This year's laureates were Evgeny Primakov (Economics), Ilya Moiseev (Chemistry), and Evgeny Avrorin (Physics).
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| --09-11-2012-- |
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Russia First Pharmaceuticals Centre Opens in Tomsk
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| The first Russian pharmaceutical centre opens in Tomsk this year, to foster the development of Pharmacy sector in the country.
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| --07-11-2012-- |
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Perm Scholars Eradicate Verbal Aggression From the Internet
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| A trend of eradicating foul language from the Russian Internet is growing stronger: Perm linguists have computated the way to make Runet aggression-proof.
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| --29-10-2012-- |
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114th and 116th Periodic Table Elements Acquire Names
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| Two newest additions to the Mendeleev Periodic Table discovered in Russia in 2000 and 2004 have finally been named: the 114th element is called Flerovium, and 116th - Livermorium.
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| --24-10-2012-- |
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A Conference in Ryazan Commemorates Bazhenov, Kazakov, and Voronikhin
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| To celebrate three outstanding Russian architects, Ryazan Polytechnical University opened a conference "Architect and His Time".
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| --24-10-2012-- |
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Professionals Discuss the Restoration of Veliky Novgorod Architecture
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| A 3-day conference in Novgorod discusses the perspectives of restoration of art and architecture objects in the city of Novgorod and region.
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| --24-10-2012-- |
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Russian Scientists Condemn Sentences upon Italian Seismologists
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| On Tuesday, several Russian seismologists expressed their regrets for seven Italians who had been convicted of manslaughter for failing to warn residents before an earthquake hit central Italy in 2009.
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| --24-10-2012-- |
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Make Diamonds Not War: Russian Scientist Receives Shnobel Prize
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| While the world awaits the awards of the real Nobel Prize, the University of Harvard has handed out its own version - and it went to the Russians.
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| --10-10-2012-- |
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Russian Astronomer Discovers the Brightest Comet In a Decade
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| Postgraduate students from Russia and Belarus have discovered a new comet - it is considered the brightest of the last decade. In a year it may be going past the Sun.
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| --27-09-2012-- |
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Kuzbass Scientists Create Unique Lenses For Post-Burn Eye Therapy
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| Russian ophtalmologists from Kuzbass created unique lenses to speed up the process of post-burn eye recovery.
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| --27-09-2012-- |
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Eastern European Scholars Visit the Slavic Integration Forum in Tambov
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| The 2nd Slavic Integration Forum visits Russia's Tambov in October 2012. The agenda includes Russia's integration with Eastern Europe and a joint NGO association with Ukraine.
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| --24-09-2012-- |
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Russian Scientists Reported to Discover "Living Mammoth Cells"
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| An international expedition in Russia's Yakutia republic has found the "living cells" of a mammoth.
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| --18-09-2012-- |
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A Kuril Island Named After Sergei Kapitsa
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| A research expedition of Russian scientists to a group of unnamed islets of Shikotan Island of Kuril Islands has culminated in giving of them the name of an outstanding Russian scientist Sergei Kapitsa who had recently passed away.
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| --10-09-2012-- |
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Russian Scientists Develop an Autopilot for Cars
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| The Skolkovo scientists developed a new autopiloting system for cars. The system, $2000 worth, will recognise obstructions, people, and receive the precise GPS data from GLONASS.
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| --07-09-2012-- |
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Russia Delays Space Military Launches in 2012
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| Russia plans to delay launches of military spacecraft this year because of a failed satellite launch on August.
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| --04-09-2012-- |
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Russian Physicist Sergei Kapitsa Passes Away
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| Russian physicist, academician and popular science TV show host Sergei Kapitsa died on Tuesday in Moscow at age 84.
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| --15-08-2012-- |
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Indonesian Satellite Found After Russian Spacecraft Failure
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| Contact has been made with an Indonesian telecommunications satellite which went missing after a failed launch on the Russian rocket last week
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| --14-08-2012-- |
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Russia Fails to Deliver Two Satellites to Transit Orbit
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| Briz-M booster failed to bring two satellites into a calculated transition orbit after the launch late on Monday, Russian Roscosmos space agency reported yesterday.
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| --08-08-2012-- |
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Russian Space Agency Offers a Tender for Moon Rocket Design
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| Russia's Roscosmos space agency has announced a ten-million ruble ($300,000) tender for a Moon rocket design.
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| --06-08-2012-- |
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A Research Institute Suggests To Rename the Arctic Ocean into the Russian Ocean
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| A little-known research institute concerned with the socio-cultural development of Russia has suggested to rename the Arctic Ocean into the Russian Ocean, to stress Russia's paramount role in exploring the Arctic region.
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| --27-07-2012-- |
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Several GLONASS Satellites Put Out Of Operation
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| Several GLONASS satellites have been put out of operation for maintenance and check-up purposes.
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| --25-07-2012-- |
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A Space Rocket Shoots Off From Plesetsk On July 28
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| The space booster Rokot with three civilian satellites on board will begin its space mission on July 28.
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| --24-07-2012-- |
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No Moon Missions for Russia until 2018
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| Russia's projected manned spacecraft capable of flights to the moon will not fly until 2018, the head of Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, said on Wednesday.
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| --23-07-2012-- |
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Russians Discovered a Warm Current in Arctic Ocean
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| Russia’s Arctic Floating University has possibly discovered a new warm current in the Barents Sea, which can be a branch of the Gulf Stream.
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| --20-07-2012-- |
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The Russian Space Industry Undergoes a Reform
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| The Russian Space Industry is about to undergo a deep reform. The plan, to be ratified by the President, will see a complete restructuring of the industry, with a special department dedicated to motor and mechanical equipment manufacturing.
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| --10-07-2012-- |
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Non-Contact Lie Detector Presented by Russian Scientists
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| Scientists from Nizhny Novgorod Linguistic University have invented a non-contact lie detector - a computer program that determines the levels of stress and emotion through voice analysis.
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| --06-07-2012-- |
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New Map of Arctic Ocean to be Published in St. Petersburg
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| In 2013, a new panoramic map of the Arctic Ocean will be published with the help of military hydrographers from St. Petersburg.
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| --20-06-2012-- |
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Science Cafe Organized in Moscow
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| The new project “Science Cafe” has been organized by the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of Moscow. It works as a club for young entrepreneurs, scientists and politicians, who want to discuss the most relevant problems of modern science.
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| --04-06-2012-- |
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Robots to Help Russian Hospital Nurses
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| Medicine dispensing robots may soon appear in Russian hospitals.
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| --24-05-2012-- |
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Global Warming is Ending
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| Russian scientists from the Physics University of the Russian Academy of Science report that global warming is coming to an end and the temperature will continue to decrease.
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| --23-05-2012-- |
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Most Detailed Earth Pictures Produced by Russian Satellite
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| The Russian weather satellite “Elektro-L No.1” has provided 121-megapixel pictures of the Earth, the most detailed photographs in the history of space exploration. The pictures have caused international respect and admiration.
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| --15-05-2012-- |
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Russian Nobel Laureate Knighted in the UK
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| Russian-born Nobel laureate Konstantin Novoselov has been awarded a knighthood of the United Kingdom for his contributions to science.
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| --12-05-2012-- |
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MSU Launched Project on the History of Humanity
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| 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.
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| --23-03-2012-- |
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Facebook Hacker Cup: Russian Cracks the Code
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| Just weeks after a Russian hacked Google Chrome another Russian citizen, Roman Andreev from St. Petersburg, has beaten an American to the second place, to scoop $5K and an award for hacking into Facebook.
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| --20-03-2012-- |
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Russian Scientists Will Clone Mammoth
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| Specialists of the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk will join the Korean scientist Hwang Woo Suk in an attempt to resurrect the mammoth with the help of biological material found in permafrost.
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| --13-03-2012-- |
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Unusual Student's Experiment in Tambov: No Internet, No Mobile Phones
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| An unusual experiment will be held at Tambov State University May 10-31. During three weeks 25 student volunteers will not use computers, mobile phones, tablets and other popular gadgets.
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| --29-02-2012-- |
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School Science Forum to Take Place in Yekaterinburg
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| Representatives of 26 school scientific communities will participate in the forum February 25-26.
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| --24-02-2012-- |
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New Ice Age to Begin in 2014
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| Forecasters predict that a new ice age will begin soon. Habibullo Abdusamatov, a scientist from the Pulkovo Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences considers that the sharp drop in temperature will start on the Earth in 2014.
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| --20-02-2012-- |
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Rosgidromet Will Monitor Weather with a Flying Laboratory
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| Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Rosgidromet) is creating a national system for monitoring the space weather. The system will include a special flying laboratory.
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| --15-02-2012-- |
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Native Americans Came from Russia
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| Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania confirmed that Native Americans came from Altai Territory, southern Siberia.
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| --03-02-2012-- |
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Skolkovo Innovation Center Plans to Send Tourists to Space
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| The head of Skolkovo Fund Victor Vekselberg announced that Russian innovation center would send first tourists to space in three years.
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| --02-02-2012-- |
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Immortal Bacteria Found in Yakutia
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| Russian scientists have found a strange 3-million-year-old bacillus in permafrost of Mammoth Mountain. This microorganism influences life expectancy of animals.
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| --18-01-2012-- |
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Russian Phobos-Grunt Falls in the Pacific Ocean
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| On January 15, Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe that's being stuck in the Earth orbit for two months, finally has fallen into the southern areas of the Pasific Ocean.
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| --17-01-2012-- |
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Russian Scientists to Create Genetic Passports for Plants
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| Scientists from Novosibirsk are going to create genetic passports for plants in order to restore endangered species.
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| --13-01-2012-- |
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Russia Marks the 300th Birthday Anniversary of Mikhail Lomonosov
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| On Saturday, November 19, Russia celebrated the 300th anniversary of the birth of a great Russian scientist and thinker Mikhail Lomonosov.
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| --21-11-2011-- |
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Russian Spacecraft Failed to Reach Phobos
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| On Wednesday Russia launched a robotic spacecraft to one of Mars moons, Phobos, but it failed to reach a flying orbit after separation from the launch vehicle.
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| --11-11-2011-- |
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IAEA: Iran's Nuclear Program Was Developed with the Help of Soviet Physicists
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| An anticipated report by the IAEA contains allegations that the nuclear program in Iran was developed with assistance from Soviet nuclear physicists.
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| --08-11-2011-- |
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Mars-500 Mission Ends Successfully
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| On Friday, the unique Mars-500 experiment for simulating a manned flight to Mars has been successfully completed.
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| --08-11-2011-- |
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MSU to Build an Observatory in Caucasus for $42mln
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| 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.
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| --07-11-2011-- |
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Spanish and Russian Scientists Discuss Plans for Collaboration
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| A delegation of Spanish scientists have paid a visit to the Kurchatovsky Institute to discuss plans for future collaboration.
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| --03-11-2011-- |
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Fifth International Olympiad "IT-Planet 2011" to Attract Over 9000 Students
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| The fifth International Olympiad for high school and university students, IT-Planet 2011, is expected to attract over 9000 participants from Russia and the CIS countries. The final will be held in Kazakhastan in March 2012.
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| --25-10-2011-- |
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Zhores Alferov Becomes Professor Emeritus of the Russian-Armenian University
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| Zhores Alferov, an outstanding physicist and inventor, a 2000 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, has been elected a Professor Emeritus of the Russian-Armenian University
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| --13-10-2011-- |
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Russian Scientists Create Unique Skin Lasers
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| The scientists of the Lebedev Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Science (FIAN) have developed a new laser to treat skin defects without any side effects, according to Venture Business News.
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| --29-09-2011-- |
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Russia Begins Interplanetary Missions after 20-years Break
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| The "Phobos-Soil" unmanned interplanetary station will be launched into space in November of this year, which means Russia will resume flights to other planets after a long break of 20 years.
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| --26-09-2011-- |
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Sixth Annual Science Festival Comes to Moscow in October
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| Since 2006, the annual All-Russia Science Festival has been drawing attention to the state of education and science in Russia, recent developments and the opportunities to improve the society with the help of scientific research. This year's festival runs from 7th to 9th October.
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| --19-09-2011-- |
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Russian Academy Of Medical Science & " Skolkovo" Will Develop Innovations
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| Fund " Skolkovo " and Russian Academy of Medical Science ( RAMS ) signed a memorandum of collaboration, aimed to develop innovations in medicine.
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| --16-09-2011-- |
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Hermit of Genius Nominated for Russian Academy of Sciences
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| Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman is put forward for academician candidature as a full member of the prestigious Russian Academy of Sciences.
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| --15-09-2011-- |
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" Alligator " Has Passed All The Tests Successfully
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| Russian helicopter gunship Ka-52 " Alligator " has passed all the tests in sea conditions.
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| --15-09-2011-- |
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Sverdlovsk Region to Spend $1.8m on Nanotechnologies
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| Authorities of Sverdlovsk region are going to allocate $1,8m from the regional budget on development of nanotechnologies in 2011.
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| --14-09-2011-- |
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Solution On The Basis Of Liquid Glass Is A New Means Of Firefighting
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| First solution tests were conducted last week in Tomsk, where the scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University had invented a new special chemical composition.
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| --13-09-2011-- |
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New Domestic Animal Appeared In Novosibirsk
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| Scientists from Novosibirsk repeated the great biological experiment of prehistoric man and tamed foxes. Ancient man spent a thousand years to do it, modern specialists spent half a century on it.
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| --09-09-2011-- |
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System Of Health Control By Means Of Mobile Telephone
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| The scientists from the Ural are working on the system, which can help to control the state of health of patients with the help of mobile telephone.
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| --08-09-2011-- |
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Instrument For Brain Stimulation Is Made
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| Scientists of the Institute of Neurocybernetics of Southern Federal University invented an apparatus for the control of stimulation of brain, which allows to cure depression and several mental diseases.
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| --06-09-2011-- |
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Russian and U.S. Scientists to Study Methane Release in Arctic
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| On Friday a group of Russian and U.S. scientists left the port of Vladivistok on board of a Russian research ship "Academician Lavrentyev" to study methane emissions in the eastern part of the Arctic.
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| --05-09-2011-- |
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Gregor Mendel, Hereditary Laws, and Genetic Science in Russia
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| 189 years ago was born Gregor Mendel, the father-founder of genetics. In spite of his revolutionary discoveries, the development of genetic science in Russia was halted by the Soviet pro-Darvinist approach.
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| --20-07-2011-- |
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Russian Physicist Awarded a Kyoto Prize
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| Russian astronomer and astrophysicist Rashid Sunyaev was recently awarded a Kyoto Prize, usually given to outstanding scientists, painters, philosophers and film directors, whose efforts made human society better.
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| --27-06-2011-- |
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