New virus surging in Asia rattles scientists

Chinese officials reported more than 100 new infections and South Korea confirmed its first case.

A lethal viral outbreak in China probably originated in a Wuhan animal market, which has since been closed.

Scientists name causes of January flood and snowless winter in Russia

Young stars have been found in an old part of our galaxy

Heat transferred in a previously unknown way

‘It is great to have publications, but is a scientific contribution limited only to them?’

Science is a sphere that’s quite hidden from society, for instance, due to its secrecy, plenty of special terminology or impossibility of briefly explaining the gist of discoveries. This is why the state has to introduce an institution of scientific managers who would understand scientists’ language and could control who of them is effective and who isn’t. Vice Director of the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge at HSE Konstantin Fursov talked about it in an interview with Realnoe Vremya.

KFU celebrates 215th anniversary with growth of its own revenues

Rustam Minnikhanov has awarded the Kazan Federal University the order ‘For Merit to the Republic of Tatarstan’

Global warming to entail changes in global power balance

An inevitable shift from oil and gas is likely to affect many areas including the balance of power in the world. As countries that were traditionally dependent on fossil imports are increasing part of renewables in their energy mix, oil and gas exporting nations seem to have a good reason to worry about the future.

Ocean explorers delve beneath the ice

To predict how much climate change will raise sea level, researchers are studying ice shelves — where vast expanses of ice meet the ocean.

CRISPR tool modifies genes precisely by copying RNA into the genome

The III international forum of writers and intellectuals “Aitmatov Readings — For Dialogue of Cultures”

The III international forum of writers and intellectuals “Aitmatov Readings — For Dialogue of Cultures” dedicated to the theme “Human and culture in the era of global changes” passed at the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences on 25 October.

Physics Nobel goes to exoplanet and cosmology pioneers

Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, who discovered the first extrasolar planet orbiting a Sun-like star, share award with theoretical cosmologist James Peebles.

Cosmologist James Peebles and astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz have won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries about the evolution of the Universe and Earth’s place in it.

Gigantic Chinese telescope opens to astronomers worldwide

‘Mosaic’ HIV vaccine to be tested in thousands of people across the world.

An experimental HIV vaccine that targets more strains of the virus than any other developed so far will start a late-stage clinical trial later this year. The ‘mosaic’ vaccine, which incorporates genetic material from HIV strains from around the world, also seems to have the longest-lasting effects of any others tested in people.

Supermassive black hole puts Einstein’s theory to the test.

Decades of data from the Milky Way’s black hole bear out predictions of general relativity. Hawaii’s Keck telescopes pierce the sky with lasers that help to correct for atmospheric blurring. A new analysis of data from Keck and other observatories lends credence to general relativity.

Metabolic signal curbs cancer-cell migration

Metastasis, the migration of tumour cells from their primary site, is associated with poor prognosis. A molecule made during cell metabolism limits metastasis, revealing that this metabolite restrains cancer progression.

Best for business: Tatarstan tops regional investment climate rating, second only to Moscow Tatarstan has regained its leading position, which it was holding for three consecutive years until 2018

Tatarstan has climbed from the third to second position in the national ranking of 2019 by investment climate. Thus, the Republic of Tatarstan is ahead of all Russian regions in this indicator, not counting Moscow, which is the first. The third — Tyumen Oblast.

Blood stem cells produced in vast quantities in the lab.

Researchers have managed to grow large numbers of blood-forming stem cells in the lab using a surprisingly simple ingredient found in glue. And when injected into mice, the cells started producing key components of blood.

Black hole pictured for first time — in spectacular detail

The Event Horizon Telescope’s global network of radio dishes has produced the first-ever direct image of a black hole and its event horizon.

Tree sleuths are using DNA tests and machine vision to crack timber crimes. Scientists are optimistic that innovative techniques can pinpoint the true origin of timber.

When 420 tonnes of deep crimson logs arrived at a Sri Lankan port in April 2014, customs officers cast a suspicious eye over them. The wood was en route from Zanzibar in Tanzania to Hong Kong, where it would probably be crafted into expensive furniture for the Chinese market. However, a tip-off from international police organization Interpol alerted Sri Lankan officials to the fact that the 3,669 rosewood logs were from Madagascar, which had banned such exports in 2010.

Alpine tundra releases long-frozen CO2 to the atmosphere, exacerbating climate warming

Thawing permafrost in high-altitude mountain ecosystems may be a stealthy, underexplored contributor to atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions, new University of Colorado Boulder research shows.