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

N 5 (2840) February 2012

	PUTIN SPECIFIES GUIDELINES Russia’s Prime Minister and Presidential Candidate Vladimir Putin contributed a program article “On our economic problems” to the Vedomosti newspaper.
	The concept of a long-term targeted program “State support for integrated development of the Sovietsky District of Novosibirsk city and Scientific Centers of SB RAS and SB RAMS for 2012-2016” Project.
	DAYS OF SCIENCE IN NSU Faculty of Physics invites students and teachers to attend NSU during the Days of Russian science, from February 6 through February 9.
	SWEEPING AWAY THE DUST OF CENTURIES Press Conference of Academician V.I. Molodin, Deputy Director of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of SB RAS, on the results of past field season, has been held on the eve of the Russian Science Day. An excellent popularizer of science, Vyacheslav Ivanovich told the journalists not only about the result of the scientists’ work, but also demonstrated some products of the ancient masters.
	RESOURCE FOR INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT A Round Table titled “The integration of information and library resources for innovative development of the Novosibirsk region” has been held at the SPSL on Wednesday, January 25.
	ELECTRO-MAGNETIC “SONNET” At the laboratory of the Institute of Nuclear Physics of SB RAS, headed by Corresponding Member of RAS V.V. Parkhomchuk, the installation of just another high energy system for electron cooling of protons has been completed.
	“HIGH DEMAND FOR OUR LASERS SHOWS THAT SCIENCE IS DEVELOPING ...” Division of Laser Physics and Innovation Technologies involved in R&D activities of NSU, is one of the oldest and largest in the university - in today's status it exists since last year. Previously, it was known for many years as the Laser Systems Laboratory.
	SCIENCE + INNOVATION = ENERGY IN LIFE! Special Design Bureau for Electro-technical Instrument-making of the Irkutsk Melentiev Energy Systems Institute of SB RAS is a small innovative company that shows an example of successful cooperation between the three components of the scientific and technological breakthrough: a strong scientific basis, introduction of developments into practice and careful business planning.
	EVERYTHING ABOUT HAZARDOUS GEODYNAMIC PROCESSES Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences of the Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Valery Kirillovich Laperdin has become the winner of competition of the Irkutsk region. His book, “The geodynamics of hazardous processes in the zones of natural-technical complexes of East Siberia” has been honored with award.
	WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE DRAGON YEAR? In 2012, residents of the Irkutsk region will be able to observe the rarest of astronomical events – the planet Venus passing across the Sun’s disk. Besides, many other astronomical phenomena of interest to scientists will happen in the coming year.
	MUSHROOMS AS A CURE In recent decades, mushrooms are being actively studied for their medical application, as far as they have a wide range of biologically active compounds.
	ABILITY TO CALCULATE A BLOW Researcher of the Mining Mechanization Laboratory, Mining Institute of SB RAS, Pavel Tambovtsev, considers one of the main directions in his occupational activity - the development and creation of pneumatic percussive machines, intended for mining and construction technologies.
	TO ECOLOGY! Peter's Academy of Arts and Sciences focuses on the environmental issues since its foundation, i.e., for already twenty years.
	“WOULD NOT EXCHANGE FEELING FOR A NUMBER ...” Last week, the civil society organization “House of Tsvetaeva”, affiliated to the Novosibirsk Regional Scientific Library, has held a memorial evening to honor the poet, journalist, and in the recent past employee of our newspaper, Galina Antonovna Shpak.
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	SB RAS HOUSE OF SCIENTISTS INVITES The playbill for February.