Russian Science News

Section

Science
Technology
Medicine
 
 
The project of popular-science magazine "Chemistry and life - XXI century".
'Chemistry and Life - XXI century' popular science magazine
   
Science

Date
   
BACK HOME
News archive
2002 01/03 02/03 03/03 04/03 05/03 06/03 07/03 08/03 09/03 10/03 11/03 12/03 2004
Date 29.08.2003
Name THERE ARE NO GENES OF AGEING, BUT THERE IS A PROGRAM
Free access.
Breef content: Probably, animals and human beings possess biochemical vehicle for life span measuring. The key role in this vehicle is played by a short DNA - chronomere. The chronomeric ageing theory, based on tremendous experimental material, has been developed with support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
Moscow .
Date 29.08.2003
Name PORTRAIT OF A FAMILY AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF A TV SET
Free access.
Breef content: The entire history of mankind proves that no society can do without a family. Only the family is capable of bringing up a full-fledged citizen, who is physically, morally and socially strong. A healthy family is a basis of a healthy society. However, today the family is ill - it experiences a crisis and it is in need for help. Russian sociologists wonder if mass media facilitates recovery of the family. The study has been performed with support of the Russian Humanitarian Research Foundation.
Moscow .
Date 22.08.2003
Name COCKROACH CLASSIFICATION IS TO BE AMENDED
Free access.
Breef content: Now it is difficult to imagine how people managed without the DNA-diagnostics. Russian scientists hope to apply this method for eliminating differences in clasification of the most ancient inhabitants of the earth - the cockroaches.
Moscow .
Date 01.08.2003
Name REVIVAL OF THE PRZEVALSKY'S HORSE IN THE ORENBURG PROVINCE
Free access.
Breef content: InformNauka Agency has already recounted the unique nine-year experiment intended to bring the Przevalsky's horse back to the natural environment. The experiment has been performed by zoologists of Russia and Uzbekistan in the semi-desert of Kyzyl Kum and the result has been excellent: the animals raised at the zoo have successfully adapted themselves to life at large, have been breeding and their behavior has restored wild patterns. However, the scientists still hope for bringing the Przevalsky's horse back to Russia. The preparation for this large-scale experiment has already started. Nevertheless, funding is the major challenge the scientists are facing.
Moscow .
 
BACK HOME



WebMaster:  webmaster@informnauka.ru
  "Chemistry and Life - XXI century": 107005 Moscow, Lefortovskiy per., 8.
(7-095)267-54-18, (7-095)267-54-18

Copyright © 2002 "Himiya i Zhizn'".