Science in Siberia

	Archives
	Archiv

About the newspaper

Chief editor:
presse@sbras.nsc.ru

Portal SB RAS

WEEKLY OF THE SIBERIAN BRANCH OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (SB RAS)

N 1 (2337) January 2002

	NEWS
	On the publishing activities of the Siberian Branch of the RAS The SB RAS Presidium resolution.
	On the development of the "Science in Siberia" newspaper The SB RAS Presidium resolution.
	SCALE OF CREATIVITY January 19, 2002 Leonid Vitalievich Kantorovich (1912-1986) would be 90. His name is familiar to scientific public very well. L.Kantorovich is well known to be unique Soviet scientist who has won the Nobel Prize in the field of economics.
	STUDIES ON THE CELL DIVISION MECHANISM AS A WAY TO STRUGGLE AGAINST ONCOLOGICAL DISEASES As usual, the end of the year has yielded us the names of new Nobel Prize winners, including in the field of medicine. Professor D.Golubev tells about this important event in the world medicine.
	MYSTERIES OF NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEXES Investigation of the cell structure at the level of electron microscopy quite often gives unexpected results. A talk of the "SiS" correspondent with Candidate Sc. (Biology) Elena Kiseleva, leading scientific researcher of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics is just about it.
	RUSSIA 2002: AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE NEXT CHANGES? Interviews with Professor Grigori Hanin are always read with great interest. His alive and sharp mind, his surprising ability to expound clearly and easily the essence of complex processes occurring in Russian economy, his deep concern with the future of our country attract steadfast attention of the readers. And now our readers have a lot of questions on the Russian economy state, in which the situation has again become aggravated last time.
	A RECORD HELD BY PHYSICISTS On the eve of New Year (from December 24 to December 27, 2001) a record number of theses defenses, twelve ones, were held at the G.I.Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the SB RAS!
	TUCSR: WORKING ON A LEVEL WITH THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS In December rector of the Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio- electronics (TUCSR) Anatoli Kobzev has signed the contract on cooperation with the Dutch Technological University of Delft for creation of the Siberian Branch of the International Research Center in the field of radar-location and telecommunications at the TUCSR.
	THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE "IRKUTSK" SEISMIC STATION The anniversary session of Russian seismologists held at the Institute of Earth`s Crust of the SB RAS was devoted to this event.
	THE NORTH: GORGEOUSNESS AND MISERY Past autumn a complex expedition with participation of scientific researchers of the Institute of Economics of the SB RAS worked at the territory of the Yamal- Nenets Independent District. The purpose of the expedition was to work out the strategy of development of the Independent District till 2030 according to the power strategy of development of Russia. Our correspondent Valentina Sadykova has asked Doctor Sc. (Economics) Svetlana Soboleva to share her impressions about this trip with our readers.
	KUZBASS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT At the end of December the All-Russian scientific and practical conference "Regional problems of transition to sustainable development: the resource potential and its conservation for sustainable development" has been held in Kemerovo.
	RISE AND FALL OF SCIENCE IN THE ISLAM COUNTRIES Jews, Christians and Moslems: all of them participated in the heyday of science, art, medicine and philosophy, which has lasted during 500 years and covered the territory from Spain to Persia.
	VACANCIES
	FROM WINTER TO WINTER A brief phenological review.
	NEW YEAR`S GIFTS FOR CHILDREN OF ACADEMGORODOK
	ISLET OF HOPE 10 years ago the experimental municipal school for children with serious mental and intellectual disorders has been opened at the Novosibirsk Academgorodok. Technique of rehabilitation of disabled children developed by a group of the enthusiasts led by А.Borozdin has received wide recognition and was supported by international foundations. Their results amaze experts. Borozdin has proved that even the most "heavy" children can and should develop.
	MOUNTAIN SKIING: THE SEASON IS OPEN
	In memory of Academician А.М.Prohorov January 8, outstanding physicist, the Nobel Prize Winner Academician Aleksandr Michailovich Prohorov has died on his 86th year of life.