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

N 32-33 (2867-2868) August 2012

	NEWS
	SCIENTIFIC AND SCIENCE ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES OF THE SB RAS IN SEPTEMBER
	“MY TONGUE HAS BEEN AS TRUE, AS SPECTRAL ANALYSIS” In late summer the academic life of Novosibirsk has been enriched by one more important event: from August 14 through August 17, here was held the XII International Symposium “Industry application of multi-channel analyzers of emission spectra”.
	STRONG SCIENTIFIC BRIDGE - TOM - BAIKAL Eighty scientists from Tomsk have taken part in the XVIII International Symposium “Atmospheric and Ocean Optics. Atmospheric Physics”. The traditional scientific forum has started in early July in Irkutsk.
	TO FORECAST - MEANS TO PROTECT The All-Russian Conference “Self-organizing processes in erosion channel systems and river valleys dynamics” (Fluvial systems-2012), has for the first time been held in Tomsk this summer.
	SIBERIAN SCIENTISTS HAVE COME TO UNDERSTANDING OF DISASTERS’ NATURE OR LITTLE CHAOS – BASIS OF ORDER The XII All-Russian Seminar “Geodynamics. Geomechanics and Geophysics” has been held in Altai in late July.
	WHAT IS HAPPENING TO CLIMATE CHANGE? The International project - the answer to this question.
	FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR CATALYSIS AND ENERGY The International Youth Conference with the same name has been held at the Institute of Catalysis of SB RAS.
	ON THE 80TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WRITER AND JOURNALIST It is hard to say where Rolen Notman is better known: in Novosibirsk or Academgorodok, to which the greater part of his journalistic and literary life has been connected.
	GOOD LUCK R.K. Notman held an interview with Academician N.P. Pokhilenko.
	WHO GAVE THE NAME KUZBASS TO KUZBASS? This year marks 204 years since the birth of the outstanding Russian scientist and explorer of the XIX century, honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Geographical Society named after Peter Alexandrovich Chikhachev.
	ARE SUDDEN RELEASES AND EXPLOSIONS IN COAL MINES REALLY UNEXPECTED? The answer to the question, unfortunately, is obvious. They are sudden – inasmuch as over 100 years the knowledge about these processes has been narrow-minded, too focused on a purely mechanical or technological concepts.
	EARTHQUAKE ... AT SCIENTISTS’ DICTATION Every week, at night, it occurs at the Bistrovka vibroseismic test site.
	WHEN SCIENCE WILL BECOME THE BASIS FOR RF CIVIL CODE? In relationships between people, when one needs to give reasons for any particular claims or morally justify their behavior and intentions, the importance of scientific knowledge is greatly reduced and gives way to irrational judgments. This is especially noticeable in property relations regulated by the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
	FOCUS ON INNOVATIONS An online conference aimed at discussing the budget funds of Novosibirsk for industry, science and business has been held on August 13.
	VACANCIES
	SCALE OF HIS PERSONALITY The death of such people as Sergei Kapitsa always leaves a gaping void.
	IN MEMORIAM Doctor of Technical Sciences Vitaly Fedorovich Surovikin.
	IN MEMORIAM Doctor of Sciences (History) Sergei Semenovich Bukin.
	IN MEMORIAM Ph.D. (Geography) Lydiya Veniaminovna Danko.
	WORDS OF CONDOLENCES
	CONFUCIUS WILL BRING TO SHENYANG This year, the traditional Chinese language summer camp being organized by the Confucius Class of NSU, has temporarily changed the residence, moving from Urumqi to Shenyang.
	THE HOUSE OF SCIENTISTS OF SB RAS INVITES Playbill for September.
	THREE QUESTIONS TO THE MASTER OF SPORTS On the eve of All-Russian Day of Athlete, August 10, the Veterans Sports Council of Soviet District of Novosibirsk Region has celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding.
	FUND “XXI CENTURY” AUTORUN A meeting with members of a unique rally, organized by the “XXI Century” Research Fund in frames of the federal program “Culture of Russia (2012 - 2018)”, has been held at the Irkutsk Scientific Center of RAS on August 17.