#1(22), 2009

Way to the East

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

Academician M. A. Grachev: "Brain drain to the west is a real problem. To overcome it we have to create conditions for brain drain from the west to the east"

The "energy cocktail" of the modern Universe is mixed according to a strange recipe: there is too much "dark" in it

Similarly to a cannon net the pores of a metal-organic polymer only hold the molecules of a specific size and shape

Ruins of mausoleums, a broken millstone and pottery crocks are evidence that in the medieval times the Aral Sea bottom was populated

Calling names was a taboo in the traditional Khanty culture-the children used to show the offender a horror doll instead

Scientists-"microbe hunters" have made it to the legendary Death Valley in Kamchatka

#3(21), 2008

SPECIAL FEATURE:

Perspectives of “large technologies” in small sizes: a revolution in industry and medicine

Today nobody refers to the classical publications of S.L. Sobolev—they became the basis for modern mathematics

Despite many years that have passed, S.A. Khristianovich is still called a “genius”

Founder of the Russian mathematical school Leonhard Euler, a native of Switzerland, mastered the Russian language so well that he could act as an interpreter

Signatures of Russia’s representatives are found on the preliminary peace agreements of the Versailles congress held in 1783, which laid down the foundation of the USA independence

#2(20), 2008

SPECIAL FEATURE:

One of the first state-of-the-art centers for keeping animals with specific genetic properties, which is necessary for basic science and biomedicine, is being established in Siberia

The most numerous, the most diverse, and the best adapted—insects—inhabited the land 150 million years before the first mammals appeared

Surprise from the solar eclipse: during the current cycle of minimum solar activity (which has lasted a bit too long), the crown of the Sun has appeared to be noticeably inhomogeneous

Unique archaeological findings get a second birth thanks to restorers’ scrupulous work—not many museum visitors have an idea of how complicated it is

Close friends of the outstanding national archaeologist A.P. Okladnikov used to call him an “Academician in boots”

#1(19), 2008

SPECIAL FEATURE:

Decoding the genetic texts of liver fluke will form the background for developing precise diagnostics and therapy for one of the most mass and dangerous parasitoses

To arrest the synthesis of virus proteins in the cell, it is necessary to destroy their RNA template

Double-stranded RNA against multiple drug resistance of tumor cells

Artificial ribonucleases are low toxic highly selective drugs of the nearest future

The richest nugget deposits have been developed: currently, nuggets account for no more than one-tenth of the world’s gold output