Tuesday has seen the opening ceremony of the Russian language department in the Free University of Brussels.

Central science and research institute of machine industry was assigned to be the Russian leading developer of Earth’s asteroid-protective system.

Russia is a winner of 83 awards of the 55th International innovation salon “Brussels-Eureka”, which recently took place in Brussels

Scientists from the Russian city of Ekaterinburg have developed an economic way of transforming heat energy to electric energy – the unit is called “Triode”.

Scientists haven’t yet got any evidence of existence of any extraterrestrial intelligence in the Solar system and its neighbourhood.

Russian city of Arkhangelsk will host the world science conference of the Arctic University – this was the result of the Arkhangelsk and the Arctic University work group meeting.

Astronauts currently working at the International Space Station played the first-ever extraterrestrial golf match when they performed a spacewalk Wednesday.

Russian spacecraft manufacturer RKK Energia will build a multipurpose laboratory module for the International Space Station next year, under an order placed by the Federal Space Agency.

Yesterday an agreement on building first ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) in the world was signed. The reactor will be built in Kadarache of France.

Russian students won the 2006 William Fulbright Prize in science and technology, the USA state department announced recently.