Long life and health depend on many factors, including correct functioning of all genes. Researchers from Russia and America believe that maintaining correct chromosome structure is very important for gene functioning, thus having a great effect on human health and aging process.

Divers have found a celestial body fragment weighing a few tons in Tchebarkul Lake.

Chairman of the Council on Science under the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, RAS Academician Alexei Khokhlov believes that it would be reasonable in Russia to establish new scientific journals on socio-economic disciplines, and possibly, mathematics.

The Russian Defense Ministry plans to increase the number of “science companies” in the Russian army up to eleven.

The Ministry of Education and Science of Russia has stated that the country needs to develop a system of training of economists and political scientists, which will rely more on basic science, particularly on mathematics, so the results of their work could be used for public administration.

A viable virus of enormous size has been found by Russian and French scientists in permafrost near River Kolyma.

A collaboration between the Tomsk State University and the Institute of Physics of Strength and Materials Science resulted in development of a nanoceramic analogue of a natural bone, which is not rejected by the host organism.

Researchers from the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences suggest developing a regional programme for assessing negative consequences of catastrophic floods and measures for minimization of these consequences.

Bosonic cascade laser has many applications, among which one can find treating cancer, fighting terrorism and exchanging large data files.

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology will participate in creating a scientific device, which will travel to Jupiter as a part of JUICE, a new mission of European Space Agency.