January this year marked the 80th death anniversary of pioneering agricultural scientist Nikolai Vavilov. He was known for his work on discovering the origins of our most common food crops, which makes his death, from starvation…
What the Death of Valery Rubakov Can Teach…
In a tumultuous year for Russian science, the unexpected death in October of Valery Rubakov, one of Russia's most renowned physicists and a moral authority to its scientific community, drew a symbolic line under the…
Khosta-2: New Russian bat virus capable of infecting…
Synopsis The virus was initially discovered in bats in Russia two years ago and thought to be harmless to people, but a closer scrutiny recently in labs showed it could infect human beings. Researchers have…