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Fundamental and applied research continues to receive huge funding today, remaining a major driver of progress. In this section we write about cutting-edge scientific achievements (including independent ones) and educational opportunities available to forward-looking people. Who does what and where, what grants are awarded and who gets them, what to expect from the discoveries at the interface of various scientific disciplines and where one can learn things that are going to spread a year, five or ten years from now. You will find all about it here.

Rapid Response Team: Stem Cells and the Future of Medicine

articles | Nov 13, 2020 | Science & Education | 27

The topic of stem cells has become very popular over the past few years. Many people believe that their discovery and use has only taken place recently, maybe in the last 20 or 30 years.

How space is being conquered. The history of the Hubble telescope and the research it has performed.

articles | Nov 06, 2020 | Science & Education | 31

Space exploration is one of the main goals of the ongoing technological race between developed countries.

A Crisis of Confidence. Or Why People Believe the Earth is Flat

articles | Nov 03, 2020 | Science & Education | 39

A lot of mixed up, and often confusing, knowledge about how our world works is stored in a person's head.

The Nobel Peace prize results for 2020

articles | Oct 19, 2020 | Science & Education | 35

For over a century, the Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the world. It is awarded annually to scientists, individuals and organisations for their significant scientific achievements and meaningful contribution to the expansion of social and cultural development.

A mobile robot chemist has been created in the UK

news | Jul 13, 2020 | Science & Education | 60

The autonomous robot can independently plan and perform experiments. The device has been designed to help scientists who want to eliminate routine tasks.

ESA shows the most beautiful crater on Mars

news | Jul 09, 2020 | Science & Education | 137

The European Space Agency has presented a video of a flight over Korolev crater. The view is unbelievable!

Teacher gives a mathematics lesson in Half-Life: Alyx

news | Mar 30, 2020 | Science & Education | 45

We are used to seeing computer games as a good way to distract ourselves from problems and relax. But, as practice shows, they can also serve as a good platform for gaining knowledge.

The Moon could have been created by the Earth colliding with another planet

news | Mar 12, 2020 | Science & Education | 18

According to scientists at the University of New Mexico, the Moon could break away from the Earth because of an impact with another celestial body.

The remains of an ancient dwarf lion were discovered in Australia

news | Mar 04, 2020 | Science & Education | 63

We're used to the fact that animals of antiquity were bigger than their descendants. But there are exceptions to this rule: palaeontologists found the remains of an ancient lion, which was the size of an ordinary domestic cat.

Alphabet plans to save the oceans from pollution

news | Mar 03, 2020 | Science & Education | 29

One of the subdivisions of the holding announced a project to conserve and protect the resources of our oceans.

DNA samples found in dinosaur remains

news | Mar 03, 2020 | Science & Education | 28

Previously, scientists believed that in the best-case scenario, DNA could be stored for a million years, but the age of recently found dinosaur remains are seventy-five times older.

Scientists have created an eco-friendly superglue that can be unstuck

news | Feb 27, 2020 | Science & Education | 13

Any superglue has two problems: harmful chemicals in the composition and difficulty in detaching glued objects. It seems that both issues have been solved.