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May 27, 2024
In March, the European Union increased purchases of Russian metals - aluminum, steel and iron. RIA Novosti writes about this with reference to European statistics data. Imports of steel and iron from Russia increased 1.7 times compared to February, to 328 million euros. This figure was the highest since May 2023 and allowed Russia to become the second main supplier of these two metals to the EU.
May 27, 2024
In response to the publication by the British newspaper The Telegraph that the Rosgeologiya research vessel Akademik Aleksander Karpinsky had transmitted to Moscow data on the discovery of huge oil and gas resources in Antarctica (in particular, the publication writes about 511 billion barrels of oil, which is 10 times more than the total quantity of oil extracted in the North Sea in 50 years), Rosgeologiya said that it conducts only scientific activities in Antarctica and the adjacent seas in full compliance with international agreements
May 24, 2024
In message to Russia, Chilean lawmakers meet in Antarctica to underline territorial claims. Defense officials from Chile convened a meeting at the bottom of the planet on Thursday in a bid to bolster their territorial claims in Antarctica as tensions escalate over Russia's maneuvers in the polar region.
Lawmakers from Chile's parliamentary defense committee flew to a desolate air base for a meeting billed as an assertion of national sovereignty.
May 23, 2024
Alaska's rusting waters: Pristine rivers and streams turning orange. Dozens of Alaska's most remote streams and rivers are turning from a crystal clear blue into a cloudy orange, and the staining could be the result of minerals exposed by thawing permafrost, finds new research in Communications Earth & Environment.
May 22, 2024
Did Earth's multicellular life depend on plate tectonics? How did complex life emerge and evolve on the Earth and what does this mean for finding life beyond Earth?
May 21, 2024
An approach has been developed to simplify the extraction of heavy and viscous oil. Russian researchers have found that the viscosity of heavy crude oil can be reduced by 58% if it is treated with a combination of water vapor and salts of acetic acid and transition metals. This makes it possible to increase the efficiency of production of such grades of hydrocarbons by 19%, the press service of the Russian Science Foundation reported on Monday.
May 5, 2024
Unraveling life's origin: Five key breakthroughs from the past five years. There is still so much we don't understand about the origin of life on Earth.
The definition of life itself is a source of debate among scientists, but most researchers agree on the fundamental ingredients of a living cell. Water, energy, and a few essential elements are the prerequisites for cells to emerge. However, the exact details of how this happens remain a mystery.
April 9, 2024
Russian geologists were offered to change their homeland. The celebration of Geologist's Day turned out to be unconventional (it was celebrated on April 7) for a number of Russian scientists from this field. It was marked by their refusal to go to the International Geological Congress (IGC) in South Korea under a neutral flag.
April 4, 2024
Demand for critical minerals puts African great apes at risk. One-third of Africa’s great ape population faces risks related to mining. A recent study led by researchers from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the non-profit conservation organization Re:wild shows that the threat of mining to the great ape population in Africa has been greatly underestimated. Their results have been published in Science Advances.
April 3, 2024
A new White House policy instructs NASA to develop a strategy for a new time standard for use on cislunar missions to provide improved navigation and related services on and around the moon. The Policy on Celestial Time Standardization in Support of the National Cislunar Science and Technology Strategy, released by the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy April 2, directs NASA to develop a strategy by the end of 20