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Other life sciences

Fold.it : we are playing protein folding!

A key feature of FoldIt compared to other protein computer folding projects is that it requires something more from the participant than just the unused processor time of his staff.

16.05.2008
Other life sciences

Mirror for the brain

In many ways, the features of the human mind depend on the functional anatomy of the brain, but this anatomy was created gradually, and we need to understand the laws of brain development, the laws of evolution related to genes.

16.05.2008
Note to the businessman

Key errors of the medical Runet

What does a network user want from medical sites? Why are medical websites "not working"? What should they be like for a visitor to want to use them?

15.05.2008
Other life sciences

Why does stress make women eat?

The relationship between diet, psychological stress, social factors and environmental factors is very complex.

15.05.2008
Bioethics

Animals save people, and people interfere with this

Today's society reacts painfully to scientists' experiments on animals, but scientists cannot refuse to use experimental animals, simply because otherwise they will have to test new treatments directly on humans.

15.05.2008
Nanotechnology

What are the molecules "singing" about?

Many domestic developments in the field of "nanobio" are often not only not inferior to foreign analogues, but also surpass them in some ways. These, for example, include technologies created by scientists from the Nanobiotechnology laboratory of the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences. One of their developments is based on recording the sounds of molecules.

15.05.2008
Exhibitions and conferences

XX Symposium "Modern Chemical Physics"

The 1st Youth School-Conference "Physics and Chemistry of nanoclusters, nanostructures and nanomaterials" will be held within the framework of the Symposium.

15.05.2008
Grants and competitions

After all, you deserve it!

Scholarships in the amount of 340000 rubles each are intended for female scientists, candidates of sciences under the age of 35, working in Russian scientific institutes and universities in the following disciplines: physics, chemistry, medicine and biology.

15.05.2008
Your health

Guys! Take off your ties!

In 47% of cases, the ties of medical personnel are simply teeming with bacteria. And long-term wearing of a tightly tied tie can cause the appearance of glaucoma.

14.05.2008
Grants and competitions

Small enterprises – to domestic healthcare

The projects should be aimed at the development and implementation of modern medical equipment, the creation of methods and medicines that allow treating the most socially significant diseases.

14.05.2008
Your health

Food from the garbage

There are tons of completely untouched products in the garbage, often with an expired shelf life. In Russia, such studies have not yet been conducted, but in large cities, everything is fine with food in landfills, too.

13.05.2008
Note to the businessman

Big Pharma: restructuring is necessary for survival

The head of GlaxoSmithKline, resigning, at parting recommends that Big Pharma companies radically change their approach to research and development and drastically reduce advertising costs.

13.05.2008
Biotechnologies - into life

Russian pharmaceutical industry in 2006

The dynamics of ratings conducted according to the state statistical reports of about 90 enterprises of the Russian pharmaceutical industry is considered.

13.05.2008
Grants and competitions

Acceptance of works for the contest "Science is beautiful!" continues

The contest "Science is beautiful!", announced by the publication "Science and Technology of Russia" (STRF.ru ), is gaining momentum. The geography of the competition is reaching the all–Russian level - we have covered the Central Region, Siberia and the Far East.

12.05.2008
Grants and competitions

Science is beautiful!

The publication "Science and Technology of Russia" announces a contest of scientific photographs "Science is beautiful!". We want to show how beautiful and fascinating science can be.

12.05.2008
Biomedicine

The sin of gluttony is born in the intestines

The empty intestine secretes ghrelin, which is released into the blood and enters the hypothalamus. There ghrelin activates CaMKK2, which leads to an increase in the formation of neuropeptide Y, which directly stimulates appetite.

08.05.2008
Your health

The diet is good only for a nutritionist

"I do not prescribe a diet to those who come to me, because when I did so, the results were discouraging: only 2% of clients maintained the achieved result or continued to lose weight," says the head of one of the most famous Italian beauty centers.

07.05.2008
Your health

Olympic virus

Another state campaign will only benefit sick Chinese children. On the eve of the Olympics, the Chinese authorities will receive the most complete statistics on the incidence of enterovirus infections in the entire history of the country.

07.05.2008
Genetics

A new genetic code of overweight has been found

People with two copies of the genetic combination affecting the MC4R gene weigh 1.5 kg more, and those who inherited two copies of the FTO gene weigh 2-3 kg. The presence of both combinations can "add" 3.8 kg to a person.

07.05.2008