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Grants and competitions

Science is beautiful: results

The organizers of the scientific photography contest "Science is beautiful!" sum up the results and award the winners.

25.05.2009
Grants and competitions

DAAD program "Mikhail Lomonosov II" for 2010-2011

The joint scholarship program of DAAD and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation provides Russian graduate students and teachers of technical and natural sciences with the opportunity to work on their dissertation and research at universities and non-university research centers in Germany and expand contacts with German colleagues.

25.05.2009
Biomedicine

Gene therapy vaccine against immunodeficiency virus: encouraging results

In fact, monkeys were infected with immunity to HIV, providing protection from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with the help of an adenovirus encoding antibodies to the monkey immunodeficiency virus – the monkey analogue and, possibly, the "progenitor" of HIV. If the method proves effective for the human immunodeficiency virus, mass vaccination can eradicate the pathogen.

18.05.2009
Grants and competitions

From idea to innovation: Fraunhofer Attract Talented Scientists Support Program

The main goal of the Fraunhofer Attract program is to assist outstanding scientists in the development of their projects in the field of applied research. Scientific competence, personal and professional qualities of applicants, as well as the applied value of projects are key criteria in the selection of participants.

18.05.2009
New in Gerontology

How are Alzheimer's disease and type II diabetes related?

One of the acute problems of modern healthcare is the increase in the frequency and severity of age–related diseases, in particular Alzheimer's disease and type II diabetes. It is assumed that these diseases may be interrelated. But are Alzheimer's disease and diabetes a natural stage of cell aging or a consequence of the influence of harmful factors characteristic of modern life – overeating, stress and a sedentary lifestyle?

14.05.2009
Other life sciences

The Secret Power of Pheromones

The influence of pheromones on human sexual behavior has been studied quite recently. The information that reaches the mass reader is often based on speculation, guesswork and the results of research conducted with the money of companies producing "love elixirs". But how much can you trust the promises on their labels?

13.05.2009
Other life sciences

The sense of smell is the oldest of the senses

Scientists have recently deciphered the basic mechanisms of the sense of smell. This lag is due not only to an underestimation of the importance of its role in human life, but also to the extreme complexity of the olfactory receptors.

13.05.2009
Prolonging youth

The formula of longevity

If you want to live longer, do not chase fashionable recipes, but just try not to shorten the time allowed by nature. A balanced diet and physical activity, coupled with regular preventive examination by a doctor, is the most reliable formula for longevity. She's the simplest.

13.05.2009
Other life sciences

World Community Grid: help cure muscular dystrophy!

The distributed computing project "Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy – Phase 2" is supported by the World Community Grid association. Join the project as part of the Distributed Computing team Russia!

13.05.2009
Biotechnologies - into life

The development of Russian pharmaceuticals: a bad dancer...

According to the General director of Biocad, D.Morozov, the development of the domestic pharmaceutical industry is hindered by the "stagnant" mentality of scientists and the vulnerability of domestic companies to Western pharmaceutical giants that have occupied the Russian market.

12.05.2009
Grants and competitions

Competition of the Alferov Foundation for young scientists-nanotechnologists

The Alferov Foundation announces a competition for the gold medal and the Alferov Foundation Award for the best research work in the field of natural sciences for young (up to 33 years old) scientists of the Russian Federation for 2009 in the nomination "nanomaterials".

12.05.2009
Genetics

Alzheimer's disease: the hunt for genes

To date, four genes have been identified, mutations and variations of which undoubtedly cause pathology or are risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.

07.05.2009
Cellular technologies

Cellular technologies: hurdling

Leading experts in the field of cellular technologies answer the question: what are the reasons for the slow entry into clinical practice of technologies using cord blood stem cells?

07.05.2009
Your health

Nutricosmetics: Beauty support group

The fact that we lack vitamins and trace elements is, unfortunately, an immutable fact. We see the consequences of the deficit ourselves: dry skin, fine wrinkles, hair losing its former splendor... So it is necessary to supplement even the healthiest diet. And for the sake of beauty, and for the sake of health. Such supplements take on the role of a "support group" and help us to preserve what is given by nature for longer.

06.05.2009
Bioethics

"Fuhrer's Children" – compromising evidence on eugenics

The solution of demographic problems in Hitler's Germany was based on the Nazi "racial doctrine", and it, in turn, referred to eugenics – the science of improving the hereditary properties of a person. As a result, eugenics was compromised for a long time.

06.05.2009