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Hwang Woo Suk is not drowning

The discredited famous Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk received a patent in the United States for obtaining stem cells by the very method he was convicted of falsifying. Today he clones dogs and dreams of reviving a mammoth.

19.02.2014

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Robots for the elderly

In Denmark, a program of assistance to elderly citizens is being implemented at public expense, including their maintenance in nursing homes. And to reduce the costs of this program without reducing the quality, robots are involved.

19.02.2014

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Shall we chip in to fight against charlatans in medicine?

The Moscow laboratory "Esculab" (SQLab) has been systematically studying medical charlatans since 2011. Now the laboratory staff decided to summarize their experience in a popular science publication and turned to the now popular crowdfunding experience.

18.02.2014

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A middle-aged genius

Thanks to the discovery of American economists, the concept of "middle age" may become a thing of the past forever. It will be replaced by another, more pleasant one – the "age of genius". It is between the ages of 30 and 40 that people come up with ingenious inventions and make amazing discoveries.

17.02.2014

Various

About doping – with love

Is sport useful or harmful for sex and sex for sports? "Newspaper.Ru" understood what the scientific research conducted on this topic shows.

14.02.2014

Various

The Olympic old lady

There is nothing special about the 94-year-old participant of the Sochi Olympics. She just doesn't let herself get old.

12.02.2014

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Doping from WOUNDS in the journal Science

Drawing attention to the publication in the journal Science about how German journalists received a new Russian doping from a scientist from the Russian Academy of Sciences, "Gazeta.Ru" found out that the doping in question is not new and not Russian.

11.02.2014

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Visual science

Modern science is complex, and the issue of knowledge transfer to society is more acute than ever. Therefore, those who make visual material should be carried on their hands.

10.02.2014

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Smart Sensing

Scientists have created a "smart" Smart Sensing fabric containing many micro sensors that are of practical use for monitoring human health.

07.02.2014

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Cancer has ceased to be an incurable disease

Today, clinical oncologists have more than a hundred effective chemical and biological drugs in their arsenal. And cancer has moved from the category of fatal fatal diseases to the rank of chronic diseases that can be treated.

07.02.2014

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safe@home is looking at you!

The safe@home system, which uses highly sensitive optical and acoustic sensors, will call for help in the event of a person falling or at his voice command.

05.02.2014

Various

Cancer: debunking myths

World Cancer Day is celebrated on February 4. In 2014, as in 2013, it will be held under the slogan "Debunk myths".

04.02.2014

Various

Peek into a living cage

The attachment to a conventional phase contrast microscope allows you to obtain high-quality three-dimensional images of processes occurring inside living cells, without fluorescent dyes or other chemical compounds.

27.01.2014

Various

Megagrants-2014

The winners of the fourth competition for grants from the Government of the Russian Federation for state support of scientific research conducted under the leadership of leading scientists have been announced.

21.01.2014

Various

Do we want to die?

Levada Center compared the change in the attitude of Russians to the problems of life and death for the period from 2007 to 2013.

21.01.2014

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Residences for the elderly

A hundred prosperous commercial nursing homes are a drop in the bucket. But not so long ago there were no private institutions in our country at all – so there is progress. It's up to the little ones – for the well-off old people.

16.01.2014

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Is Japan the world leader in demographic change?

The decline in the population of Japan in the future means an increase in acreage per capita and the quality of life in general. The country's needs for food and other natural resources will also decrease.

09.01.2014

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Medicine-2013

"Newspaper.Ru" recalls the achievements of medicine in 2013: bionic prostheses, cancer immunotherapy, HIV protection and other developments of scientists in the clinic and laboratory.

26.12.2013

Various

They say that there will be a nylon heart…

Replacing a real heart with an artificial one is monstrously difficult. And every successful step in this direction, such as the one made recently in France, is all the more important.

24.12.2013

Various

Russian Science: top-10 according to RIA Novosti

In the past year, Russian researchers have made significant progress in various fields of science – from astronomy to molecular biology. And again, there are six points in the top ten devoted to the life sciences.

23.12.2013