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Whose side are the scientific journalists on?

Recently, a discussion was held at the Royal Institute of Great Britain on "Should scientific journalists take sides"? Ed Yong, author of a popular science blog, believes that objectivity in journalism is a myth.

02.11.2010
Note to the businessman

Profit-based philanthropy

"I don't want to be called either a venture investor or a business angel," says Chikunov. — These are all American terms. I call myself the helper of those who want to help humanity. Maybe I'm a philanthropist?"

01.11.2010
Exhibitions and conferences

RUSNANOTECH 2010: Day one

The Third International Forum on Nanotechnology RUSNANOTECH 2010 has started its work in Moscow.

01.11.2010
Genetic engineering

Who owns the genetic information will own the world

Academician K. Scriabin – about genetically modified plants, human cloning, cancer genetics, decoding the genomes of extinct animals, the thousand-dollar genome and other problems of life sciences.

01.11.2010
Your health

A hand-held scanner instead of a mammograph

A portable radiofrequency scanner developed by specialists from the University of Manchester allows you to conduct a survey for the presence of breast tumors within a few seconds without leaving home.

29.10.2010
Genetics

1000 Genomes Project: First results

Each person has an average of 50-100 mutations associated with hereditary diseases. This is one of the conclusions made after the first stage by the participants of the 1000 Genomes project.

28.10.2010
Nanotechnology

Implants made of biodegradable nanoceramics

The implant based on nanostructured biodegradable materials, gradually dissolving, will be replaced by a newly formed natural bone, which will completely replace the ceramic matrix.

28.10.2010
Grants and competitions

IMPRS Scholarships for Graduate students from Biomedicine

Postgraduate scholarships of the International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences in the fields of biochemistry, neurobiology, molecular biology, molecular medicine and structural biology.

27.10.2010
Various

Passions for retirement age

Why do officials tell horror stories about the lack of money in the pension system? One of the goals of the wailing of the state bureaucracy is obvious: raising the retirement age. But is it really necessary and justified?

27.10.2010
Biomedicine

Vaccine for cancer treatment: another hope

Specialists of I.M.Sechenov I Moscow State Medical University have proved the effectiveness of the method they developed for obtaining individual vaccines for cancer treatment on laboratory animals. Clinical trials are next in line.

27.10.2010
Your health

About medicines – for dummies

Due to what mechanisms of action drugs work; what are side effects and how to deal with them; once again about the dangers of self-medication.

26.10.2010
Other life sciences

Degradation instead of evolution?

Natural selection in the population of modern man has practically no effect, and our gene pool is getting worse and worse. What threatens humanity with the accumulation of harmful mutations? Perhaps our descendants will just become stupid...

26.10.2010
Biomedicine

Gene therapy against depression

Perhaps the time is not far off when gene therapy will become a remedy for depression. In any case, the results of recent research in this area set up specialists in an optimistic mood.

26.10.2010
Various

How to save on pensioners

Nowadays, the concept of retirement age at 60 or 65 is becoming irrelevant. In the future, more and more elderly people will want to work longer or start professional retraining after the age of 60.

22.10.2010