It took the Russian researchers three years to drill a well down to the subglacial Vostok Lake in Antarctica.

Theology should be considered and introduced as a specialty with approaches existing for decades, whereas assignation of degrees of candidates and doctors of sciences is held in historical sciences, philosophy sciences, sociological sciences, pedagogical sciences and cultural sciences.

Russian HIV vaccine has passed the second phase of clinical trial, Oleg Salagai, spokesman from the Russian Health Ministry told the press on Thursday.

Russian researchers have recently started to work at the scientific laboratory located near Russia's Vostok Station in Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctic, where they are planning to explore cosmic dust particles.

Scientists from the Tomsk Polytechnic University have told the press about the first results of their work on a modem which can provide for an internet link in underwater conditions.

Russia plans to start testing an Ebola virus vaccine on primates in March 2015, Russian public health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor Chief Anna Popova said on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, January 20, the Russian governmental lawmaking commission has viewed and approved a draft bill which could prohibit cultivating plants containing genetically modified organisms (GMO).

US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will start a one-year research mission in space in March 2015, NASA said in a statement on Thursday.

Scientists from the Tomsk Polytechnical University, together with a chemical plant of the Russian Rosatom company, have produced the first beryllium specimen in the country, the university's vice-chancellor told the press on Friday.

The Russian company “Lin Industrial” intends to build a station costing 550 billion roubles on the moon.