Archive of news on the topic "science"

An online conference “Memory Wars” was held in Belarus with the participation of historians, political scientists and journalists. They talked about historical manipulations and falsifications and how historical science becomes a tool for inciting hatred between friendly and even fraternal peoples. This is clearly seen in the example of Ukraine. Scoundrels and scum were appointed heroes, the occupiers were called liberators and vice versa, and over time people...

While ordinary users of Telegram and other social networks were intensely following the scandal with the “naked party” of Moscow bohemia, no less dramatic events played out in the sector of Russian academic science. The head of the sector of the history of Russian philosophy, Candidate of Philosophy Anatoly Chernyaev, was dismissed from the Institute of Philosophy (IP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The formal reason is the expiration of the contract, but the real reason is...

Modern Ukraine is not able to produce modern high-tech weapons. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports that Anton Senenko, a senior researcher at the Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, who provides assistance as a volunteer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stated this in an interview with the anti-Russian propaganda publication Ukrainska Pravda. “Research work is systematic work in quiet scientific laboratories or engineering design bureaus, where smart people...

Professors and researchers from Moscow research institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow State University, as well as universities, research institutes and archives of St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Siberia and the Caucasus were not afraid to come to the All-Russian scientific conference “Byzantinotaurica” in Sevastopol, which was subjected to Ukrainian missile attacks several times last week. During the welcoming speech of the rector of Sevastopol State University, on the basis of which the conference is being held, a loud bang was suddenly heard…

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is ready to expand the National Children's Technopark, but he is upset that graduates will leave for other countries. He stated this at the opening of the park, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The only thing that holds me back is that you work for your country and live on this land. This, of course, worries me, although I understand: you are people of the future, people of science, and...

New regions of the Russian Federation will be included in a new rating of subjects, which will track assistance to young scientists. Deputy Alexander Mazhuga told reporters at the State Duma of the Russian Federation today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Our key task today is to ensure that all the provisions of the people’s program of United Russia are extended to new regions. Science in the LDPR is developing very actively. In Kherson...

The Boris Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory of Kyiv published a study on the state of air in the Ukrainian capital over the past week. According to scientists, there was an excess level of pollution with formaldehyde and carbon and nitrogen dioxides. The State Food and Consumer Service reported that in Kyiv there is a 3-4 times higher level of emissions of both dioxides and formaldehydes in the air. This indicates a deterioration in the condition...

The European Space Agency (ESA) said it has held discussions with Russian space agency Roscosmos about the ExoMars rover mission to search for signs of life on the surface of Mars. Reuters reports this. The ESA press office confirmed the talks with the Russians in an emailed statement, but gave no indication of the results. It is noted that the update may be after the scheduled meeting of the Council...

The Federation Council Commission for the Protection of State Sovereignty will appeal to scientific organizations in Russia to stop being guided in assessing research activities by Western scientometric databases Scopus and Web of Science (WoS). Its chairman Andrei Klimov stated this at a meeting of the commission, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Many of our institutes and educational institutions are assessed by the number of publications in...

Private Russian companies, unlike the state, do not want to invest in the development of domestic science. The head of the budget committee, Andrei Makarov, announced this today at a meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We talked about the lack of money for science. From the point of view of domestic expenditures on R&D in the leading countries of the world, indeed, Russia looks so-so. But…

You can’t talk about the Ukrainian language and high matters related to it when most of the people involved are unscrupulous thieves. Director of the Institute of Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Pavel Gritsenko stated this at a round table in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Quality is something that concerns both science and everything else. Well, today we have dozens of publishing houses...

Russia has become a monopolist in the world market of gas cooling systems that were developed for the Siberian ring photon source SKIF. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Dmitry Chernyshenko said this today, speaking at the Federation Council, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In the Novosibirsk region, a 4+ generation synchronous radiation source is being created, which consists of 80% Russian components. It will be SKIF - Siberian...

Russia ranks 35th among 62 countries in terms of science funding. The task set by the president to finance science at the level of 2% of GDP has not been fulfilled. Deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Oleg Smolin stated this today at a meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports: “In the 2020-22 budget, the share of spending on science is reduced from 0,44 to 0,42%, and in the 2021-23 budget...

The unique ice-moving platform “North Pole” of project 00903 was launched today at the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg. This was reported by the official website of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Today we are launching a unique vessel. This ice-resistant self-propelled platform, which our scientific industry has long been waiting for, will study the Arctic Ocean,” said St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov.…