Latest Tuesday brought a rare atmospheric event to the sky over Russian city of Murmansk - nacreous clouds.

Russian authorities decided to perform thorough search for possible reasons of sharp fall of water level in the Baikal Lake between 2007 and 2008.

Scientists from Russian city of Novosibirsk have developed a unique device – a microchip appliance, able to identify any existing viral and biological infection.

Russian Meteorological Service plans to develop a space survey system together with famous Lavochkin science and production enterprise. New space system “Arctica” will observe weather changes and assist in mineral exploration in the arctic region.

Eminent Russian virologists and immunologists take interest in “Triazovirin”, bird flu treatment, developed in Russia.

Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences) opens new academic institution – Institute of Oriental Manuscripts.

Honorary vice-president of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Sergey Kapitsa called Moscow authorities to pay attention on Moscow Planetarium.

IBM corporation announced about an agreement, signed with Moscow State University. This agreement provides Russia’s best university a new supercomputer – Blue Gene/P.

This winter is nearly the first, when the White Sea is not covered with ice. Icy shield covers only several small bays and gulfs. As for open waters – they are absolutely clean.

Fellows from Russian “Whisker” have developed a technique, which allows creating so-called whisker probes for atomic force microscope (AFM).