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29.07.2005
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HOW DO WE SEE WHAT WE SEE
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The method for impartial assessment of image's informational significance and consequently the quality of video materials has been developed by researchers of the Institute of Cognitive Neurology (Modern University for the Humanities).
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Moscow
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29.07.2005
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CLIMATE IS REGULATED BY WATER
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Russian geographers under the guidance of Academician K. Ya. Kondratyev are convinced that the major regulator of the Earth climate is water in all three phase states: in the form of water vapour, hydrosphere and clouds, ice and snow. The role of greenhouse admixtures, including carbonic acid gas, is hundreds of times less important.
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St. Petersburg
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25.07.2005
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RED DEER CONFIRMS GLOBAL WARMING
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Yakutia's red deer persistently moves up northward. This circumstance indirectly confirms that the fact that climate is warming.
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Yakutsk
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25.07.2005
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SNOW AND RAIN BECAME RAREER BUT MORE LAVISH
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In recent years, rain and snowfalls quite often become an event. More and more often ordinary precipitations become extremal. Snowfalls paralyzing the traffic of the whole city or rain turning half a country into a swimming pool - these are the events we shall soon get used to. Here are the thoughts of Russian scientists regarding the issue.
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Moscow
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08.07.2005
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AMUR TIGERS WERE COUNTED UP
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The quantity Russian population of Amur tigers has become known. Preliminary calculations carried out in winter of 2004-2005 showed that the total quantity of tigers inhabiting the Far East of Russia made about 500 individuals, including 334 to 417 adult animals and 97 to 112 tiger cubs. These results were announced at the press conference of the WWF Russia and the Ministry of Natural Resources.
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Moscow
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08.07.2005
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BAR CODE OF LIFE
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On June 15, 2005 the Academy of Sciences made a fundamental decision on forming the project entitled "Bar code for flora and fauna of Russia". This project is to continue the initiative by the world Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL), established in 2004.
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Moscow
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08.07.2005
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IT IS POSSIBLE TO FORECAST TSUNAMI
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Half a year has passed since the Indian Ocean tsunami waves caused the death of more than 170,000 people. These victims could have been avoided. Contemporary space observing systems allow to discover in advance a huge wave in the open ocean. In Russia, this research has been supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR).
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Moscow
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04.07.2005
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USEFUL BACTERIA NEED PROTECTION
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New forms of drugs for dysbacteriosis and other gastrointestinal disturbances are being developed by the Novosibirsk researchers with support of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC).
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Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Region
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04.07.2005
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FAMILY PORTRAITS OF RUSSIAN REGIONS
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Gene pool of the Russian nation may be investigated using people's surnames instead of genetic markers. This is being performed by Russian researchers supported by the Russian Foundation for the Humanities (RFH) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR).
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