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Elena Kovachich Swiss ultralight trikes used to explore Lake Baikal18 мая 2012 15:35Russian scientists are planning to explore Lake Baikal using ultralight trikes or motorized deltaplanes that will be delivered from Switzerland in the summer of 2013. Last year, the Lake of Geneva was studied using Russia’s Mir-1 and Mir-2 submersibles. Russia on its part is planning to use Swiss ultralight trikes to study Lake Baikal. Secrets of Stalingrad сonvoys12 мая 2012 17:29A unique underwater search expedition, “The Secrets of the Stalingrad Convoys”, has been completed on the Volga River. It was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad. Forests instead of glaciers3 мая 2012 15:25Scientists say that instead of glaciers forests will appear in the Altai Mountains soon. Due to climatic changes, ice masses are reducing fast in the Altai Region. 77 glaciers have thawed over the past 40 years there. Scientists from the Altai State University believe that this tendency will continue in the coming decade. Scientists concerned over Arctic Ocean leaking methane2 мая 2012 13:43Scientists have found alarming levels of methane leaking between cracks in the Arctic Ocean ice. They say such unexpectedly high amounts of gas could cause climate change. Environmentalists have been measuring methane concentration for two years, with leaks registered off Alaska, in the Laptev Sea, in the East Siberian Sea and in the Chukotsk Sea. Medical physicists - who are they?20 апреля 2012 15:55A new subject, medical physics, has come to Russian universities and the current stage in the development of the world medical science is associated with it. Special knowledge in the field of physics is needed to diagnose problems and treat patients with the help of sophisticated equipment. Ultrasound, X-ray photography and tomography are common knowledge today. Accurate landslide prediction20 апреля 2012 15:04Russian scientists have developed a series of programs, that will allow for more accurate landslide forecasts, and have also designed an effective means of protecting landslide danger zones. The Russian development is better than all its existing equivalents in the world. Damaging of buildings, highways, bridges, pipelines and electricity grids are the usual results of a landslide. Norway: Irina Bergset deprived of parental rights18 апреля 2012 18:23A Norwegian court has deprived a Russian citizen, Irina Bergset, of parental rights and awarded custody of her 4-year-old son to her Norwegian ex-husband, whom she accuses of sexual abuse of her son. The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against the former husband of Irina Bergset. Skiing to the North Pole13 апреля 2012 15:47The 5th Skiing to the North Pole Russian youth expedition is getting under way with five lads and two girls due to put on their skis tomorrow for a more than 100-km challenge through the tricky ice plain from the Borneo Arctic station to the top of the planet. Amur leopards to get more protection12 апреля 2012 16:29The Land of the Leopard Nature Park, which stretches for more than 260,000 hectares, has opened in Russia. It is located in the south-west of the Primorye Territory in the Russian Far East. The Amur Leopard that is also known as the Far Eastern Leopard is a wild animal that has been included in the Red Book. Russian Space Agency eyes Moon explorations11 апреля 2012 16:24Luna-Glob, a Moon-exploration program, will be a priority for the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) for the next 10 years, academician Lev Zeleny, director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian academy of sciences said. Konyukhov begins second ascent of Everest10 апреля 2012 17:50Fyodor Konyukhov, the world’s number one traveler according to the International Association of Extreme Adventure, begins his second conquest of Mount Everest on April 10. Twenty years ago, he reached the peak of the highest mountain on the planet, but wants to do it again. St Pete city of hidden treasures8 апреля 2012 23:50To this day, Russia’s former imperial capital St Petersburg is alive with rumours of untold treasures hidden by Russian aristocrats and business tycoons from the Bolsheviks following the 1917 revolution. Cossacks to ‘conquer’ France again5 апреля 2012 21:19In 2012, it’s 200 years since the Russian-French war of 1812. The French forces left Russia in December 1812, but the last stage of the war was the Russians’ victorious entry into Paris in March 1814. Among the Russian forces that entered the French capital, there were several regiments of Cossacks. Russia decodes ancient dawn redwood DNA4 апреля 2012 20:42A group of scientists from the Altay University became pioneers in decoding the DNA of ancient Metasequoia, known as dawn redwood. The remains of the plant were discovered in the north of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The remains are said to be aged about 50 million years. No juvenile justice for Russia3 апреля 2012 17:46A number of social and public organizations, and the Orthodox Church have called for the strengthening of the family and a rejection of juvenile justice in Russia. A park 500 mln years old31 марта 2012 00:13The nature park Lenskie Stolby in Yakutia, a region in Siberia, will most likely be soon included in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The reason for that is that the park is a unique natural phenomenon which can tell much about what happened on Earth 500 mln years ago. UNESCO supports Yakutia's Arctic projects28 марта 2012 15:36The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has endorsed projects for a permafrost seedbank in Yakutia and research into the impact of global climate change on Arctic nature in that part of Siberia. Cloning a mammoth – dream or reality?15 марта 2012 16:25Scientists from the Northeastern Federal University in the Siberian city of Yakutsk and the Center of Biotechnological Studies in Seoul are launching a joint project to clone an animal that became extinct many thousands years ago – the mammoth. Will mammoths be revived?11 марта 2012 18:02Russian scientists do not rule out the possibility of cloning ancient animals. Mammoth, bison and horse remains were discovered last summer in a Yakutian district. However, the appearance of a Jurassic Park is very unlikely, scientists say: the point is that research may take decades. First of all, samples for conducting genetic research will be chosen. Nanotechnology: 5 years on11 марта 2012 16:41The Russian government has allocated 27 billion rubles, or about 900 million dollars for the construction of infrastructures since the decision to launch nano-industry was taken five years ago. More than 1,500 organizations are working in the industry, 150 higher educational institutions and 200 research institutes are busy with new developments. |
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