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Prof. Viktor Avdeev on the technological enterprise established in Moscow State University and popular areas of modern material science

Author Anastasiya Rogacheva
Photo Nikolay Mokhnachev
Video Dmitry Samsonov
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On September 1, 1804, astronomer Karl Harding discovered the asteroid Juno

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Talking about the past and future of the Earth's only satellite

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Maria Montessori, Italian educator and Italy's first female physician, was born on August 31, 1870

Author Evgeniya Chernoskulova
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Scientists note that the number of terrestrial insects is decreasing by almost 1% annually

Author Ida Novikova
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On August 29, 1885, German inventor Gottlieb Daimler patented the first motorcycle

Author Evgeniya Chernoskulova
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In many cultures the word “golden” is associated with something good: golden rule, golden hands, golden medal, golden words, and just about anything else if it is “worth its weight in gold.” Let's look into why this precious metal has become a metaphor and where it came from on our planet.

Author Polina Ostrizhnaya
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On August 28, 1845, the first issue of Scientific American, a popular science magazine, was published

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Russian specialists are carrying out long-term research on crossbreeding of promising varieties of fruit and berry crops adaptive to extreme climatic conditions of Siberia and the Urals.

Author Olesya Farberovich
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More than 2 billion people on the planet do not have access to clean drinking water. From 5 to 8 million people a year die after consuming low-quality water and the number of those who fall ill amounts to half a billion

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On 27 August 865, Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Razi, Persian scholar, encyclopedist, physician, alchemist, and philosopher was born.

Author Polina Ostrizhnaya
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Aristotle once said: “We can trust our senses, but we can still be easily deceived by them”... 

Author Evgeniya Chernoskulova
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On August 26, 1768, James Cook set out on his first circumnavigation of the globe. The main official mission was to observe Venus

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On August 25, 1956, Vasa, the ship that is known as the world's only surviving sailing ship of the early seventeenth century, was discovered

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At first the suits were designed to work in deep water, then in the air, and finally in zero gravity, beyond the atmosphere: read about the history and prospects of space suits in our article

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Research by Urals experts is aimed at studying the situation with international labor migration in the South Urals, which may play an important role in its socio-economic development

Author Olesya Farberovich
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Recalling the achievements of an outstanding scientist

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Read about the properties, characteristics, processing, and use of graphite in our article.

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What did Fock mean when he said that Einstein hadn’t understood his own theory? What principles was Einstein's theory of gravity meant to be based on? Why did Einstein doubt the completeness of quantum theory? 

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