Today a training sail boat “Pallada”, which belongs to Far East State Technical Fishery University, leaves Vladivostok and heads for the Pacific ocean.

Russia suggests exploring and developing oil and gas deposits of the Kuril islands together with Japan, Russian authorities say.

Laser interference microscopy allowed Russian researchers to perform detailed analysis of a living neuron.

This year the aviation and space forum in Samara, opening today, will be dedicated to 50th anniversary of first ever manned mission to space.

Moscow will host an international conference in computational molecular biology and bioinformatics MCCMB'11 on July 21-24, 2011.

Russian researchers will study a deadly strain of Escherichia coli, which is responsible for sickness and death of many people in Europe.

Russian astronomer and astrophysicist Rashid Sunyaev was recently awarded a Kyoto Prize, usually given to outstanding scientists, painters, philosophers and film directors, whose efforts made human society better.

Russian engineers developed an innovative energy-efficient solution for high-performance computing – liquid cooling for all electronic components.

Researchers from Lipetsk will pay close attention to early-ripening hybrids of corn, sunflower and rape.

Today a “Spektr-R” satellite, carrying a 10-meter radio telescope “Radioastron”, travels to Baikonur for preparations of a launch, scheduled for July 18, 2011.