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29.06.2001
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THERE IS NO DANGER OF TRANSGENIC WEEDS
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Russian scientists have found that transmission of genetic material from transgenic soy-bean to wild species is practically impossible.
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29.06.2001
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ANTARCTICA SHOULD BE PROTECTED AGAINST ELECTROMAGNETIC 'SMOG'
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Scientists of Radioastronomy Institute of National Academy of Ukraine have proposed to start protecting electromagnetic environment of Antarctica against man-caused radiation. American partners are ready to support part of the experiments carried out on the Ukrainian Antarctic station "Academician Vernadsky". Probably the Ice Continent, which already has a status of World Park, will be electromagnetic-free reservation too.
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Kharkov
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29.06.2001
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ECOMATHERMICS KNOWS THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE
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Ecomathermics, a new field of science, using a simple mathematical correlation gives the exact formula of making human life maximum longer and social order optimal.
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Moscow
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29.06.2001
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SEARCHING FOR GENE OF ALCOHOLISM
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Russian scientists have studied gene connected with neuromediator dophamine and found some peculiarities in the genotype of hereditary alcoholics.
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Moscow
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22.06.2001
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WOLVES AND FOXES
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Russian scientists have processed the data on animal population in the hunting grounds of forty regions in the European part of Russia for the last thirty years and came to a conclusion that the population of wolves changed dramatically and fully depends on how actively the wolf is exterminated. On the contrary, the population of foxes does not depend on hunting and changes within the period of 20-21 years.
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Serpuhovsky Region
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22.06.2001
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THE 'CORN CRAKE' OPERATION
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The staff of the Association for the Protection of Birds of Russia have taken part in the worldwide counts of corn crakes and found out that the anxiety about the survival of this species is groundless. More than 85% of the worldwide population of these birds live in Russia, and they make more than one million pairs.
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Moscow
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22.06.2001
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PSYCHOLOGISTS PREDICT EXAMINATIONAL MARKS
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Moscow physiologists found out that the organism of a student reacts to the examinational stress with a complex of psycho-physiological reactions. The latter depend on the mark, the student expects to get, and on how well he or she is prepared for the examination. The scientists can predict the result of the examination in high probability according to the condition of the cardiovascular and vegetative nervous systems.
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Moscow
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15.06.2001
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SAND DESERT BEYOND THE POLAR CIRCLE
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There is an opinion that the deserts on earth have been created by human beings, not by nature. The sand desert surrounding trans-polar village Kuzomen in the Kola Peninsula serves a confirmation to this opinion. The researchers from the Polar & Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute have found out the reasons why the sand desert appeared at this particular place and have come to the conclusion that human beings were to blame. Now the scientists are looking for the ways to stop the desert extension into the taiga, to restrain loose sands and to restore the forest.
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Kirovsk, Murmansk region
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15.06.2001
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CLIMATE CHANGES INVOLVE ALL THE ATMOSPHERE
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Studying upper layers of the atmosphere by using balloon probes, scientists have found that for the last half of century climate changes have involved all atmosphere up to 300 km high.
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Moscow
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15.06.2001
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CHEMISTRY AGAINST NATURE OR HOW PLANTS PROTECT THEMSELVES
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Using cyanobacteria Russian scientists have found out which genes and in which manner regulate the resistibility of plant cells to the herbicides, which enhance oxidative stress.
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Moscow
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15.06.2001
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HE WHO WRITES WITH THE RIGHT HAND, HITS WITH THE LEFT
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Physiologists have discovered that as a result of long physical training many inborn right-handers begin to use the left hand more actively: they eat with the right hand, but drive nails with the left one. Scientists believe that human brain is capable to control the movements much more resourcefully than it is generally assumed.
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St.-Petersburg
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15.06.2001
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CHILD ABUSE LEADS TO PROSTITUTION
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In most cases children get involved into the prostitution business after they run away from home where they have been abused. This is the conclusion made by the Moscow psychologists who have investigated this problem. The survey has proved that women prostitutes queried in the course of the research were exposed to sexual and physical harassment in childhood much more frequently than the women from the background group.
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Moscow
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08.06.2001
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COMPUTER SAVES LINNAEAN HERBARIUM FOR THE FUTURE
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In the stock of Syreyshikov Herbarium situated at the Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, there are 63 samples of plants connected with the scientific activity of the outstanding Swedish naturalist Karl Linnaeus. Russian scientists in collaboration with an expert from the Natural History Museum (Great Britain, London) compiled an electronic version of Linnaean collection.
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Moscow
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08.06.2001
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TRANSGENE CULTURES SAFETY EVALUATION
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Russian scientists believe that transgene cultures should be evaluated in terms of their impact on the immune system, degree of allergic and mutagen effect, cancinogenity and embryo-toxicity. As a basis they have proposed to use the pesticides evaluation scheme.
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Moscow
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08.06.2001
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'SPIDER'-BRANCHES INDICATE AN ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE IN MOSCOW
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'Spiders' (confused clustering sprouts), which have extensively spread over the Moscow trees within the last 3 years are the evidence of an ecological catastrophe in Moscow. M. T. Mazurenko, Ph.D. (Biology), comments on the situation and comes forward with a solution to the problem. (For pictures, see www.informnauka.ru/stories/pauki/pauki.htm).
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08.06.2001
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OZONE HOLES DISAPPEAR WITHOUT HUMAN HELP
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The newest data from satellites and land stations of ozone measurements have shown that for the last decade the ozone level in the atmosphere has risen and the largest ozone holes disappeared. Scientists say that the process occurs despite a high level of atmospheric pollution. The work was partially supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
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Dolgoprudny, Moscow regio
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01.06.2001
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OZONE HOLES DISAPPEAR WITHOUT HUMAN HELP
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The newest data from satellites and land stations of ozone measurements have shown that for the last decade the ozone level in the atmosphere has risen and the largest ozone holes disappeared. Scientists say that the process occurs despite a high level of atmospheric pollution. The work was partially supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
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Dolgoprudny, Moscow region
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01.06.2001
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'SPIDER'-BRANCHES INDICATE AN ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE IN MOSCOW
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'Spiders' (confused clustering sprouts), which have extensively spread over the Moscow trees within the last 3 years are the evidence of an ecological catastrophe in Moscow. M. T. Mazurenko, Ph.D. (Biology), comments on the situation and comes forward with a solution to the problem. (For pictures, see www.informnauka.ru/stories/pauki/pauki.htm).
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Moscow
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01.06.2001
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TRANSGENE CULTURES SAFETY EVALUATION
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Russian scientists believe that transgene cultures should be evaluated in terms of their impact on the immune system, degree of allergic and mutagen effect, cancinogenity and embryo-toxicity. As a basis they have proposed to use the pesticides evaluation scheme.
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Moscow
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01.06.2001
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COMPUTER SAVES LINNAEAN HERBARIUM FOR THE FUTURE
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In the stock of Syreyshikov Herbarium situated at the Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, there are 63 samples of plants connected with the scientific activity of the outstanding Swedish naturalist Karl Linnaeus. Russian scientists in collaboration with an expert from the Natural History Museum (Great Britain, London) compiled an electronic version of Linnaean collection.
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Moscow
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