Biologists from Harvard University conducted radical reprogramming of the Escherichia Coli bacteria genome (E. coli) . According to the publication in the journal Science , they managed to reduce the number of codons of E. coli from 64 to 57. This work brings science closer to the creation of organisms with properties that are not found in living nature.

The Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Livanov will soon resign, RBC reports with reference to sources in the government and the Ministry of Education and Science. According to the interlocutors of the publication, the resignation will occur a month before the elections, which are scheduled for September 18. The reasons for the possible resignation are not called.

The State Department recognized that the payment of the United States $ 400 million is associated with the release of four American citizens prisoners in Tehran, Reuters reports with reference to the statement of the State Department of John Kirby. “We did not transfer $ 400 million until the prisoners were exempted,” Kirby said. The agency clarifies that the US administration first admitted that it used this money as a “lever” to liberate American citizens.

The winner in the marathon at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 was a distance in 2 hours 58 minutes 50 seconds. At the Olympics in London, a gold medal received an athlete that ended the marathon in 2 hours 8 minutes 1 second. Every year at the world championships and once every two years at the Olympiads, athletes set new records in speed, height and strength. Why does mankind still continue to improve its sporting results and will the limit come to its capabilities?

Less than half of Russians (46%) agree to wear T -shirts and caps with state symbols, cites RIA Novosti Surge Data conducted by VTsIOM. According to. Almost half (45%) of respondents, wearing clothing with a flag is neither positive nor negative, and 43% believe that this "deserves encouragement." According to sociological data, 45% of Russians are ready to hang a Russian flag on their home, and 38% will decorate their car.

President Vladimir Putin dismissed the Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Livanov, Interfax reports. The new head of the Ministry of Education and Science was Olga Vasilieva, Deputy Head of the Department of Public Projects of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Historical Sciences. Livanov will work as a special representative of the president for trade and economic relations with Ukraine. During his work, he was one of the most criticized ministers.

The Federal Tax Service (Federal Tax Service) denied accreditation to work in Russia every tenth foreign company. This was reported by RBC with reference to the official response of the department. According to the publication, in the period from January 1, 2015 to August 1, 2016, the Federal Tax Service refused 216 to foreign companies from 2.6 thousand submitted an application for primary accreditation. Thus, more than 8% of companies who want to start work in Russia were refused.

The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation can be divided into two departments. This was reported to RNS by two sources in the scientific and educational field. One of the ministries, which will be headed by Olga Vasilieva, will deal with education issues. The second will regulate scientific activity.

The exposure that informed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the false financial reports of Deutsche Bank, refused to reward $ 8.25 million. This was reported by Financial Times. Ex-employee Deutsche Bank Eric Ben-Arci refused to reward in protest against the inaction of the agency. According to the former risk manager of the bank, the appointed fine should not be paid not to shareholders of the bank, but by specific leaders.

Lawyers at a press conference in the central house of a journalist (left to right): Yuri Borovkov, Alexander Kligman, Alexey Galaganov, journalist P. Gutionov, Yuri Ivanov and Alexander Gofstein, 1991 Alexey Boytsov / RIA Novosti The GKChP case was instituted in August 1991. The members of the committee and sympathizers were charged with treason, and later retrained in a conspiracy to seize power.

The proposal of the governor of the Pskov region Andrei Turchak to raise the duties for importing imported electronics from the current 14% to 60% will lead to “killing domestic online stores”. This was stated by the head of the Presidium of the Association of Retail Companies (Acort) Ilya Lomakin-Rumyantsev in an interview with the Radio Says Moscow. “All decisions on increasing duties, all these“ tariff wars ”always lead to isolation of markets and restriction of development,” he said.

On the morning of August 19, 1991, the USSR GOSTERDODODIO and the main allied newspapers informed Soviet citizens that President Gorbachev, who was at that time at that time at the dacha in Foros, could no longer fulfill his functions for health reasons, and all the fullness of power is transferred to Vice President Gennady Yanaev.

The ships of the Black Sea Fleet launched three cruise missiles by the positions of the Jebhat al-Nusra group banned in Russia in Syria. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the Ministry of Defense. As specified in the message, the Ships of the Green Dol and Serpukhov performed three launches of Caliber missiles from the eastern part of the Mediterranean. The department noted that their flight passed over a deserted area.

The Governor of the Pskov Region Andrei Turchak suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin increase customs duties on imported electronics to 60%. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to the letter of Turchak to the president, who was at the disposal of the editorial office. Currently, the maximum customs duty for the import of foreign equipment is 14%.

Disney introduced a patent for the “projection system of interaction”. The document is published on the resource of Patent Yogi. As Fox News suggests , we are talking about a real light sword from Star Wars. The company is probably planning to provide visitors to the thematic Parks of Kino-Saga in Disneylands with the opportunity to hold in their hands “something that will look and behave like a real light sword,” the channel said.