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Russian Parliament Gives Approval for State to Take Over Academy of Sciences

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Russian Parliament Gives Approval for State to Take Over Academy of Sciences

00:21 19/09/2013

A bill to hand over control of research institutions in Russia from the country’s Academy of Sciences to the federal government was approved on Wednesday in the federal parliament despite vehement objections from the scientific community.

NASA Launches US Commercial Rocket to ISS
19:24 18/09/2013
A rocket and spacecraft developed by a private US company blasted off from a NASA launch pad Wednesday morning on a mission to deliver about 1,300 pounds (589 kilograms) of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS).
Main News of September 17
00:39 18/09/2013
A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours
Russian Scholars Rally Against Science Academy Reform
18:45 17/09/2013
Several dozen Russian scholars and their supporters protested against plans to reform the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow on Tuesday, as lawmakers met to discuss the proposed changes.
Church of Chelyabinsk Meteorite Founded in Russian Urals
23:12 16/09/2013
The meteorite that hit Russia’s Urals Mountains in mid-February contained “scriptures” that can usher in a new age on Earth, say followers of a new religious group in Russia, local media reported Monday.
WWII Chemicals Threaten Baltic Marine Life − Report
18:02 15/09/2013
Some 50,000 tons of bombs and missiles dumped in the Baltic Sea after World War II are contaminating the seabed and causing mutations in local fish population, according to the recently reported findings of European marine researchers.
Russian Space Agency Explains ‘Blind Landing’ of ISS Crew
19:40 13/09/2013
The head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency on Friday denied reports that the spacecraft that brought a crew of the International Space Station back to Earth this week had to execute a “blind landing” due to malfunctioning sensors.
NASA Confirms Voyager Spacecraft Has Left Solar System
23:54 12/09/2013
The Voyager 1 space probe has left our solar system and entered interstellar space, NASA said Thursday after analyzing recent data from the craft’s sensors.
NASA’s Hubble Telescope Finds Biggest Known Group of Star Clusters
23:34 12/09/2013
A team of international scientists has used NASA's Hubble space telescope to discover the largest known group of dense bunches of stars called globular clusters, more than two billion light years away, the US space agency said Thursday.
Russia Orbits 3 Telecoms Satellites – Defense Ministry
07:40 12/09/2013
Russia has orbited three communications satellites, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
Russian space programs
07:40 12/09/2013
International Space Station
08:20 11/09/2013
The manned orbital multi-role research facility is a joint international project. Participating countries: Belgium, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Canada, The Netherlands, Norway, Russia, the United States, France, Switzerland, Sweden and Japan.
Minotaur V’s Maiden Flight Launches Moon Probe
11:13 07/09/2013
An unmanned US spacecraft intended to study lunar dust was brought into a low-Earth orbit on late Friday, the launch broadcast live on NASA website.
Anger Issues? Russian Scientists Have an App for That
21:10 06/09/2013
Mathematicians at a Russian research university are teaching people how to avoid unnecessary conflict by controlling their emotions with the help of a mobile phone application.
Russia to Outdo NASA With ‘Space Toilet’
20:30 06/09/2013
A new Russian spaceship for trips to the moon or the International Space Station will have at least one crucial advantage over its American rival – a toilet, one of the craft’s developers said Friday.
New ISS Crew Mascot Will Be Black Toy Cat
16:22 06/09/2013
A toy black cat will be the new good-luck charm for the next crew on board the International Space Station (ISS), a cosmonaut said on Friday.
Russian Cosmonaut Bails Out of Upcoming Spaceflight
23:00 05/09/2013
An experienced Russian spaceman set to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015 suddenly tendered his resignation for unclear reasons, a Russian space industry representative said Thursday.
10% of Recent Russian PhDs ‘Plagiarize’ – Russian State Library
22:43 04/09/2013
About 10 percent of all doctoral theses on history that have been defended in Russia since 2000 borrow about 70 percent of their text from other dissertations, according to a new study reported Wednesday.
Russian-Born Physicists Awarded $500,000 for Early Universe Theory
20:45 04/09/2013
Two Russian-born physicists have won this year’s $500,000 Gruber Prize in Cosmology for developing a theory of the universe's earliest moments.
Russia Orbits Israeli Communications Satellite
08:06 01/09/2013
Russia has orbited an Israeli communications satellite, the Federal Space Agency reported Sunday.

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