Russian scientists are also working on creating an artificial cell, but they work rather with functional proteins, than the whole genome, research fellow from the Institute of General Genetics of Russian academy of sciences said.

Siberian branch of Russian academy of sciences announced the intention to open three new science and research institutions.

Moscow Bauman State Technical University and Massachusetts Technology Institute will train engineers of highest qualification for further employment in Russian “Silicon Valley” – Skolkovo innovation park.

Yesterday archeologists started diggings in the famous historical monument of St. Petersburg – Petropavlovskaya fortress.

An experiment, simulating a flight to the Red planet and back, lasting 520 days, will start this June and last till November 2011.

Two days ago Atlantis shuttle successfully delivered the “Rassvet” module to the International space station. The module was installed and is ready to start working.

Research vessel “Akademik Fedorov” will carry scientists to the Arctic ocean this July. They will study Arctic shelf in order to confirm Russia’s rights for exploiting Arctic deposits of natural resources.

Russian engineers develop a space vehicle for gathering information about the Apophis asteroid, which is a potential threat to our planet.

Russian scientists claim that world scientific community ignored contribution of Soviet Union into scientific development of our civilization.

Russian physicists developed a unique device for extra early diagnostics of various dangerous diseases.