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The studies of scientists from the Institute of Language, Literature and History at Komi Research Center of Ural Subdivision of RAS are aimed at unimpaired functioning of the Komi language, which is a state language in the republic along with the Russian one. 

For the purpose of attracting attention to sustainable development with respect to preserving sea ecosystems, the UN General Assembly declared May 2 the World Tuna Day

After decades in the forefront of science, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics continues developing synchrotron radiation sources, colliders, and other installations, and not just for the Russian science sector

On May 1, 1791, Fyodor Semenov, Russian amateur astronomer, was born. He won the Golden Medal of the Russian Geographical Society

The unique exposition was visited by the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Mikhailovich Sergeev and Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Valery Grigoryevich Bondur

On April 29, MSU students and staff honored the memory of those who died in World War II. The event was attended by Viktor Sadovnichy, war veterans and their relatives

Why do birds sing in spring? What makes them fly away from warmer areas? Which of birds can be compared to crows in mental abilities? Olga Kalashnikova provides the answers to these questions

We talk about the main achievement of this outstanding scientist

13 million tons of plastic go to the ocean each year, ecosystems are turning into deserts at a rate of 1.25% per year, and southern species of flora and fauna are moving north – MSU experts discussed environmental challenges

The Ministry of Defense has built a runway in the Arctic for all types of aircraft: we talk about unusual sites for take-off and landing and the requirements for them on individual examples

Opening of the symposium within the framework of the projects of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the field of international scientific and scientific-technical cooperation 

Achievements and prospects of development in the field of space physiology and medicine

Manned cosmonautics is moving forward. And now robots and artificial intelligence are coming to the aid of astronauts. Read about the robotization of spaceflight in our material

The scientist became the first industrial organic chemist elected to the US National Academy of Sciences

Conversation with cosmonaut No 58 O.Y. Atkov, who has performed the longest spaceflight at the time, doctor of medicine, correspondent member of RAS.

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was created for peaceful purposes, but the whole world associates it with the largest accident in the history of nuclear energy

April 25 – International DNA Day

A circled image of a rabbit or the sign “V” for veganism: these signs mean that the manufacturer does not endorse the use of experimental animals. April 24 is the Laboratory Animal Protection Day

Every year on the last Saturday of April, World Veterinary Day is celebrated 

Specialists from the Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Urals Department of RAS presented their find of a migratory species of butterflies on the islands of the High Arctic: two individuals of red-black large tortoiseshells Vanessa polychloros were discovered at Cape Zhelaniya (near the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya archipelago)