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RABIES OUTBREAKS CAN BE FORECASTED
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Russian physicians have recently developed a mathematical model, which allows to describe and forecast the rabies outbreaks among foxes and to calculate the number of animals to be liquidated to prevent virus propagation. The research has been supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
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THE SOLOVKI ISLANDS FLORA IS RECORDED
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Scientists of the Botanical Gardens (Moscow State University named after Lomonosov) have completed the effort of many years. They have been studying flora of the Solovki Islands and created the Solovki Archipelago plant reference book with drawings and tables. A new reference book will be very useful for the biologists working in the area, and tourists and schoolchildren who come to visit this wonderful land.
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Moscow
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28.02.2003
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WHAT'S BURNED IN TAIGA
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Losses caused by forest fires and the rate of forest restoration depend on what is burned in each particular case. The selection and character of flammable materials in southern and northern parts of Siberian taiga were estimated by researchers from the Sukachev Institute of Forestry in Krasnoyarsk.
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Krasnoyarsk
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28.02.2003
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A PORTRAIT OF LIQUID
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Russian scientists have developed a fast and accurate way to register changes in the composition of biological liquids. The technology could be a base for novel diagnostic devices. The work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, by the America Foundation for Civil Research and Development in the states of the former USSR and by a grant NOW-RFBR.
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Nizhnii Novgorod
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28.02.2003
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WILL WARMER CLIMATE RESULT IN SHORTER LIFE SPAN?
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Strange as it may seem, but regular fall of temperature often reminds about the problem of global climate warming. The scientists have come to a conclusion that global warming will do no good to people; on the contrary, it will cause health impairment and reduce life span. The research has been funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
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Moscow
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28.02.2003
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SELF-CLEANING SPACE
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The mankind pollutes not only the Earth, but also the space. Equipment fragments, fuel tanks, lost screwdriver - now all these are space bodies. Yet the nature is ready for such unpleasant surprises. Russian scientists have calculated that near-earth space cleans itself from human-made litter. The research is supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research and "Russian Universities" programme.
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Moscow
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28.02.2003
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VERY DIFFERENT CONSEQUENCES OF IRRADIATION
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Long-lasting genetic consequences of nuclear accidents are studied by radiobiologists for many years, and data obtained are often controversial. To avoid disagreements, Russian scientists recommend analyzing genomes of not one, but several species, at least, if the study object is small mammals. The work is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Presidium of the Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Yekaterinburg
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CATS WALKING BY THEMSELVES
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Domestic cats that grew wild normally live by themselves meeting each other only during the mating period, they feed up in the villages, hunt in the fields, and hardly ever enter the forest. This is the outcome of Russian and German zoologists' observations.
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Moscow
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28.02.2003
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SHIPS ARE OVERGROWN BECAUSE OF TURBULENCE
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Sea creatures that reside on the bottom of a vessel prefer places, where most turbulent flows pass by. Optimal conditions for them are provided at slow old ships bearing strong eddying motions of water, report the biologists from the Far East.
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Vladivostok
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HEPATITIS STRIKES EVEN AT CROWNED CRANES
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A new virus of hepatitis B is found by Russian scientists. Although the virus strikes at crowned cranes, its study contributes to struggling against the similar human disease.
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Moscow
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28.02.2003
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DOES WARMER CLIMATE FAVOR MALARIA?
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Opponents to the global climate warming are concerned that it would lead to enhancement of the possible malaria expansion area. According to Russian scientists, there are no grounds for such concerns yet.
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Moscow
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20.02.2003
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SALUTARY PROPRETIES OF THICK BROTH
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Judging from novels, blood-letting and feeding with a thick broth were main treatments practiced by physicians of the past. Recently obtained data substantiate the effectiveness of traditional prescriptions: broth's components prevent thrombi formation and diabetes development. The research work of Moscow scientists was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
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Moscow
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WHAT MICE WILL NEVER SEE WINTER?
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A wild mouse is unable of deliberately choosing its fate; however, its future can be different depending on the priority which is of more importance for the population at the instant - to increase the population or to survive the winter. The research of the wild mouse rodents have been funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
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Ekaterinburg
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20.02.2003
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THE WOLVES, DEER AND ROES SUM
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The more wolves inhabit the preserve, the less population of deer is, along with that more roes, elks and wild boars populate the preserve. Russian scientists believe that nature regulates the quantity of predators and victims without any interference on behalf of human beings.
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Voronezh-47, Moscow
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20.02.2003
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WHAT OUR ANCESTORS BREATHED?
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Nearly all living creatures on the Earth today are obliged for their existence to oxygen that constitutes one fifth of the atmosphere. But first inhabitants of our planet breathed something else, as the air composition significantly differed from the modern one. Events of the distant past are reconstructed by one Russian palaeontologist.
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Moscow
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07.02.2003
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LIVE CELLS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE FROZEN MAMMOTH
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Last summer Russian scientists found a frozen mammoth in Yakutia. In the subcutaneous cellular tissue of the animal they discovered living cells with intact nuclei. Possibly, these cells are good enough for cloning the extinct mammal.
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