According to Nanometer , physicists from the University of Riverside (UC Riverside) found that carbon material of graphene can act as an atoms billiard table. The researchers made sheets from Grafen - "atomic billiard tables" - on which electric charges -shaws could move. It turned out that the electrons are freely moving into the “plane” of the sheet and are reflected from the only obstacle - the boundaries. It was shown that the reflected and initial electrons interfer, i.e.

The end of the previous one and the beginning of this week passed for the political elite, experts and business communities under the sign of the change of government. The main questions, it seems, were "who will be removed?" And "Who will be president after Putin?" The defendants themselves - the new prime minister and the old president - threw several statements that gave rise to the next - we must think the last wave of interpretations.

In the Kemerovo region, the graves of the Schigumen Nikolai and Schimonakhini Paisia, buried in the Kuznetsk cemetery in Novokuznetsk are desecrated. Unknown people shot photos on the monuments, burned the crosses and made insulting inscriptions, writes Gazeta.ru. The traces of vandalism were discovered by the sisters of mercy of the Novokuznetsk Orthodox sisterhood, which take care of the graves. The clergymen believe that the burials are desecrated intentionally.

The leader of the party BYUT Yulia Tymoshenko on the air of Ukrainian television promised to agree with any election results to the Verkhovna Rada. The party Tymoshenko seeks to overcome the political crisis, and not to tighten it, the leader of BYUT emphasized . “In some areas, perhaps we can appeal the results, but in general, as the people choose the party,“ we will obey, ”the politician said.

On September 14, the Ministry of Economic Development signed several memorandums with foreign car concerns about the industrial collection of foreign cars in Russia, Kommersant writes. The volume of investments on them can be $ 1.7 billion - half as much as the size of all assembly agreements signed so far. Deputy Head of the Investment Department of the Ministry Dmitry Levchenkov said that specific promotion agreements can be signed before the end of the year.

More than 70 students of the Electrotechnical School of the city of Lanzhou North-Western Chinese province Gans in China received burns as a result of an explosion of about 1.5 thousand balloons, reports Reuters. Some of the victims received serious injuries. The balloons filled with hydrogen were intended to decorate the opening ceremony of the sports festival, and were distributed to students. The reasons for the simultaneous explosion of balls are not reported.

On September 17, 2007, the Khimkinsky City Court refused Natalya Kashuba and the legal assistance Federation (FPP) to satisfy part of the Koka-Cola Eichbishi Eurasia company The court partially satisfied the lawsuit to recover compensation in the amount of 8102 rubles in favor of Natalia Kashuba as compensation for the treatment of non -errosive reflux disease (heartburn).

In the Hotan district, where the search for missing Russian athletes continues, the body of one of the dead Russians has been identified. This was stated at the headquarters of the search and rescue operation, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, this is Vladimir Smetannikov, born in 1985. Six Russians disappeared about two weeks ago. In total, rescuers have so far found the bodies of three Russian tourists. The first two were discovered on Saturday next to a four-seater catamaran.

As a result of the squally wind with the rain in the area of ​​Sochi, seven people were injured, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a statement by a representative of the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation. According to him, people turned to medical institutions with bruises and minor cuts, there were no serious injuries.

The left and nationalists, in the trace of the ruling newspaper Party "New Democracy" celebrate success in early parliamentary elections in Greece, RIA Novosti reports. After processing, 75% of the ballots, the ruling legal -centric party receives 155 seats in parliament (43% of the vote), the All -Greek socialist movement of the PACOK - 103 places (38.5%). Two small parties - Communists (7.6%) and left -wing radicals (4.6%) increased their representation in parliament.

The Government of the Russian Federation established a monetary reward to Russian athletes based on the results of performances at the 2008 Olympic and Paralympics, which will be held in Beijing. For a gold medal, RIA Novosti reports - Russian athletes will receive 50 thousand dollars in ruble equivalent, for silver - 20 thousand dollars, for bronze - 10 thousand dollars.

Today, the Tver court will consider the lawsuit of the Russian businessman Andrei Lugovoi, accused by the UK of the murder of the ex-commissioned officer of the FSB Alexander Litvinenko, to the Kommersant newspaper to recover 20 million rubles for the publication of an article, discrediting the honor and business reputation of the entrepreneur, reports RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of the lawyer Tatyana Stukalova.

Iran has not yet provided the international agency on atomic energy (IAEA) of convincing guarantees of the peaceful development of its nuclear program, RIA Novosti reports . Nevertheless, he revealed a number of important aspects of this program, said the head of the IAEA Mohammed El Baradei. “I would like to highlight four aspects of cooperation with Iran: Iran ensures the work of the IAEA inspectors, provides additional information to the agency,” El Baradei said.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nedzhad invited the head of the United States George Bush to hold public debates as part of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly. He is ready to discuss with Bush “Any International Iraqi problem,” RIA Novosti quotes. “I already offered such debates, and again I say, let us discuss international problems as part of the UN General Assembly to representatives of all nations,” said Ahmadi-Nedzhad.

September 13, late in the evening (at 20:45), in the premises of the Memorial Scientific and Information Center in St. Petersburg, the press conference of Andrei Kalenov , his lawyer Renat Gusmanov, as well as lawyers Denis Zelenyuk , Dmitry Fisyuk and Andrei Filippov took place.