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Articles with tag "Science"

Russian Thermophysicist Handed 5-Year Suspended Sentence in FSB-Linked Fraud Case

Scientist Oleg Kabov was arrested in October 2022 and accused of defrauding the state of $81,000 during a 2014-2016 research project.

FSB May Gain Oversight of Foreign Scientific Cooperation – Vedomosti

The proposed legislation would require scientists to obtain FSB approval before engaging in research collaboration with foreign entities and individuals...
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Scientists Discover Extremely Rare Baby Mammoth in Siberia

The 50,000-year-old female mammoth has been nicknamed Yana after the river in whose basin it was discovered.
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Some 500 Scientists to Be Impacted When Europe Lab CERN Cuts Russia Ties

The exclusion of Russia on Nov. 30 also means Europe’s physics lab will lose out on significant financial contributions.
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Russian Hypersonic Flight Scientist Jailed 15 Years for Treason

Alexander Shiplyuk previously headed Siberia’s Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
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Russia Jails Hypersonic Missile Scientist 14 Years for Treason

Anatoly Maslov, who was arrested in June 2022, specialized in hypersonics — a theoretical field with important applications for Russia's advanced missile...
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Russian Scientists Discover New Dinosaur Species in Siberia

A single specimen of the Kiyacursor longipes was found in the Kiya River of the coal-producing Kemerovo region.
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Top Russian Hypersonic Scientist Sentenced to 7 Years for Treason

Alexander Kuranov, 76, was the head of a St. Petersburg state research institute who oversaw the Soviet-era Ayaks hypersonic aircraft program.
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Russia’s Isolation Hampers Climate Change Research in the Arctic – Study

"The ability to both track and further project the development of the Arctic biome following climate-induced ecosystem change has deteriorated,” reads...
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At Least 2.5K Scholars Left Russia Since Ukraine Invasion – Novaya Gazeta

At the same time, the share of foreign scholars working in Russia dropped from 7% in 2021 to 2% in 2023.
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Alienated From West, Russia's Scientists Grapple With Working in Isolation

The isolation of Russian science has raised concerns over global cooperation on the world’s deepening climate and environmental crises. 
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Russian Physicist Sentenced to 12 Years for Treason

Anatoly Gubanov was accused of passing secret hypersonic development materials to Dutch colleagues with whom he collaborated on the world’s first civil...
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Russian-Born Quantum Dot Pioneer Ekimov Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

In 1981, physicist Alexei Ekimov discovered tiny particles, known as quantum dots, at St. Petersburg’s Vavilov State Optical Institute.
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Russia Launches First Moon Mission in Nearly 50 Years

The launch of the Luna-25 lander is Russia's first lunar mission since 1976, when the U.S.S.R. was a pioneer in space exploration.
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Russian Aerospace Scientist Jailed 12 Years for Treason – Reports

Valery Golubkin, 71, was accused of passing on state secrets while working on a collaboration with the EU on the world’s first civil hypersonic airliner...
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Soviet Hydrogen Bomb Creator Dies By Suicide

Grigory Klinishov’s body was found by his daughter on Saturday alongside a death note.
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Russian Nuclear Scientist Jailed 9 Years for Treason

Investigators accused Victor Ilyin of attempting to pass sensitive information to the security services of Ukraine, the U.S. and Britain.
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Russia Has Lost 50K Scientists in 5 Years – RAS

"Only Russia — no other countries — has lost so many people working in the scientific field,” Russian Academy of Sciences Vice President Valentin...
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3 Russian Hypersonic Missile Scientists Jailed for Treason, Colleagues Say

In an open letter, the scientists' colleagues warned that the criminal cases risk setting back Russia’s advances in hypersonic technology.
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opinion Alexandra Borissova Saleh

How 2022 Wiped Out a Decade of Progress in Russian Science

The story of Russian science in the 21st century is in many ways my own story too. When I entered the field as a student intern in 2005, science in Russia...
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