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Controversial

Give RUSNANO a fulcrum...

Three megaprojects with which Rusnano is going to change the world order.

23.06.2011
Grants and competitions

"Mikhail Lomonosov" – 2012

The next competition of research scholarships and scientific internships is announced within the framework of the joint program "Mikhail Lomonosov" of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and DAAD.

23.06.2011
Prolonging youth

Testosterone rejuvenates, but not everyone

Testosterone replacement therapy not only restores muscle mass in older men, but also returns the levels of some biomarkers of aging to normal. But, unfortunately, this does not happen in all patients.

22.06.2011
Other life sciences

Hammer the BioBolt into the skull!

Unlike other implantable brain-computer interfaces, BioBolt is minimally invasive, eliminates the possibility of infection and provides the possibility of using the implant in everyday life.

21.06.2011
Grants and competitions

Valuable prizes for St. Petersburg innovators

The Committee for Science and Higher Education of St. Petersburg announces in 2011 a competition for the best innovative projects in the field of science and higher professional education. The winners of the competition are awarded with diplomas and valuable prizes.

21.06.2011
Your health

Is depression invincible?

Back at the end of the XX century, much was said that the XXI century would be the century of depression. Its level is growing and significantly affects the quality of life of people suffering from it.

20.06.2011
Bioethics

Ban experiments on monkeys?

If the law "On saving monkeys in order to save money" is adopted, chimpanzees will stop infecting with hepatitis, but they will be deprived of pension allowances and released into the wild God knows where, and pharmaceutical companies will quietly experiment in Gabon.

20.06.2011
Genetics

Our Neanderthal Immunity

The proportion of Neanderthal and Denisovan leukocyte antigens, which play an important role in the immune system, in different populations of modern humans ranges from 50 to 90%.

20.06.2011
Cellular technologies

Olfactory epithelial stem cells will restore the brain

Stem cell transplantation of the olfactory epithelium of the nasal sinuses restores the ability of the damaged brain to associative thinking, spatial perception and long-term memory.

20.06.2011
Other life sciences

You can live without a pulse

An artificial heart from two rotary pumps does not "beat", but creates a continuous flow of blood that does not cause pulsation of blood vessels.

17.06.2011
Other life sciences

The reason for gray hair is the Wnt signaling path

Graying is caused by a violation of the signaling mechanism mediated by the Wnt protein involved in the regulation of many biological processes, including the interaction between two types of hair follicle stem cells.

17.06.2011
Healthy skepticism

The formula of deception

Science, as a kind of human creative activity, is akin to art. Just like in art, where there are author's directions, and there is pop, science has its own pop.

15.06.2011