About a half of all modern pharmaceuticals was created on the basis of low-molecular biological substances, derived from either higher terrestrial plants, or soil microorganisms and marine dwellers.

Russian roentgenologists studied what caused death of liquidators of Chernobyl nuclear accident. Scientists analyzed 1466 death cases.

This November RosCosmos sent the reconnaissance commission to the Amur Region in order to specify location of the construction site for new Russian launching site “Vostochny”.

Russian geneticists succeeded in growing analogues of human eye tissues from embryonic stem cells in the laboratory.

Rambler has won the 2008 Runet award for "Technology and Innovations" at the 5th annual Russian Internet Runet awards ceremony.

Russian is intent to help Republic of South Africa establishing its own space agency.

Russian students are the majority of those, who take part in American summer programme Summer Work and Travel.

Khrunichev Space Centre took part in the Russian national exhibition, which started today in the Indian capital. Engineers presented not only models of carrier vehicles, but also unique medical pressure chambers and other civilian goods.

Russia will soon be short in professional physicists, mathematicians, programmers, geodesists, natural scientists, marine engineers and many other specialists with a degree.

Russian Institute of Space Device Engineering will start mass production of domestic in-car navigation devices in 2009.