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Risk is a forced matter

Programmer V. Spiridonov, who has been appointed the first candidate in the world to perform a neurosurgical head transplant on a new body, is going to the USA, where a conference will be held.

08.06.2015
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No matter what they say about Skolkovo…

During the work of Skolkovo since 2010 it counted on a total revenue of 5 billion rubles, but its projects earned a total of 43.6 billion rubles.

05.06.2015
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Guess what it is: six wings and eight legs?

KFC has filed a lawsuit against three Chinese companies that, according to representatives of the fast food chain, contributed to the spread of false rumors about its products.

01.06.2015
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DNA sequencing in conditions close to combat

American companies Waltham and IntegenX have developed portable DNA scanners capable of performing analysis in 90 minutes. These devices weighing from 54 to 90 kilograms were created primarily for the needs of the special services and the Pentagon.

26.05.2015
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Nanotechnology against diseases

On May 18, a scientific school-seminar began its work at SSU within the framework of the VI International conference "Nanoparticles, nanostructured coatings and microcontainers: technologies, properties, applications" taking place in Saratov.

21.05.2015
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Runet Rating

The main goal of the Runet Rating project is to increase the transparency of the web development and Internet marketing market, both for end customers and for professional market participants.

05.05.2015
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The heart of Carmat: the second failure

The second patient with an artificial heart died due to a problem with the functioning of the implant. The company conducts analyses "to establish the causes of death and ensure maximum safety conditions" for the third owner of an artificial heart.

05.05.2015
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Twenty billion for stem cells

More than 100 employees of the scientific institute of the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company will take part in the projects that will be devoted to the search for medicines for severe diseases of the heart, kidneys and other organs.

20.04.2015
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Kaminsky continues to be promoted

Dmitry Kaminsky, senior partner of the Hong Kong venture fund Deep Knowledge Ventures, promised to pay $ 1 million to a person who will break the record for life expectancy and live longer than 123 years.

14.04.2015
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A female camel cloned 6 years ago is pregnant

A female camel named Injaz (translated from Arabic as "achievement") was cloned from the eggs of a dead relative and was born from a surrogate mother six years ago. Now she is waiting for offspring herself.

13.04.2015
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Gene therapy will help with deafness

Scientists from the Japanese Juntendo University with the help of gene therapy were able to partially restore the hearing of a mouse with congenital deafness.

08.04.2015
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Underfunding is not a hindrance to science

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said that "even with less funding, it is necessary to strive to achieve the indicators set out in the presidential decrees on the development of science."

06.04.2015
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The "centenarian" girl died at the age of 17

A teenage girl with Hutchinson-Guilford syndrome, which provokes premature aging of the body, died in the UK at the age of 17, while her body was the same as that of a 104-year-old man.

06.04.2015
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Nanotechnology according to GOST

Starting from January 1, 2016, a number of interstate standards for nanotechnology will become effective for voluntary use in the Russian Federation.

01.04.2015
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Men have overtaken women in the issue of healthy old age

The state of health of modern men has improved so much today that it is the representatives of the stronger sex who can expect to live most of their lives in the absence of serious illnesses. Previously, the chances of this were higher for women.

30.03.2015