Voronezh State University When we say the “rector”, we usually imagine a scientist’s husband “over fifty”, but there are exceptions. December 27, 2010 at Voronezh State University will be held elections of the rector; The election conference delegates will have to choose one of the two candidates - the VRSU vice -rector for economic development and innovation of Dmitry Endovitsky (40 years) or the head of the department of genetics, cytology and bioenginery of Vasily Popov (36 years).

Depression is an extremely common, painful illness that manifests itself in many clinical forms, each of which requires careful psychiatric and psychological analysis.

I have a story in my book about how one artist, talking about his difficult life, said with appropriate humility: “Well, that’s my charisma.”

At the beginning of December, ceremonial events related to the presentation of the most prestigious scientific prizes, the Nobel Prizes, took place in Sweden. This year's physics prize winners were Andrei Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, “for revolutionary experiments with the two-dimensional material graphene.” Doctor of Physics and Mathematics , shares his impressions with the readers of TrV-Nauka Mikhail Katsnelson, . Sciences, Professor at Radboud University (Netherlands).

At the time of Jules Verne, there was no extensive popular science literature and the function of popularizing scientific and technical knowledge forced to take on the emergency science fiction. Multi -page descriptions and explanations inhibited the development of action, but the novel of the 19th century was still leisurely and meaningful, but the reader received information that he would not have learned otherwise.

Scientific editor of "Polit.ua" Andrey Portnov, historian, editor-in-chief of the magazine "Ukraine Moderna", about the new decree of Viktor Yanukovych.

Readers of news Internet resources, radio listeners and spectators of television channels are probably used to this kind of reports: according to the Roshydromet or socialized British scientists, the geomagnetic field is calm. At the same time, a steady reflex is formed in the layman, like Pavlov’s dog. Since the calm of the geomagnetic field is reported regularly in the news, it means that his anxiety is a dangerous symptom.

Columns in TrV are written in advance, and I do not know what will happen in my country at the time the newspaper is published. I hope it's nothing. They made some noise, fought, and separated. This is the most likely option, but an impossible and unthinkable thing has already happened: ten thousand thugs raised their hands under the Kremlin walls in a fascist salute, just like in the photographs from Hitler’s Germany, and then went down to the subway to kill those who were different.

Andrey Gam The speech of Andrei Game , the Nobel Prize Laureate (together with Konstantin Novosyolov), uttered at the Nobel banquet on December 10, 2010 Your Majesties, your royal highness, ladies and gentlemen, colleagues and friends. Many laudatory words said about our work and exciting prospects that are facing new material, graphene. Of course, we will hear them even more, since the effect of graphene on our life is becoming more and more obvious.

Dear editors! Many important events took place last week, including in the scientific community. The main thing in this sense, of course, was the General Meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the laser. But I would like to focus on something else. Early last week, the Triumph Award ceremony in the field of science took place.

Photo by Wikimedia At the end of the year, it is customary to draw up lists of the most. Here is the Archaelogy magazine, which is published by the American Archaeological Institute (Archaeological Institute of America), in its issue for January-February 2011, published the next TOP-10 archaeological discoveries of the year. Of course, it must be understood that this list is compiled in the USA, but nevertheless it is worthy of attention. Moreover, in Russia they do not compose such lists.

Focusing on the personal life of the author is always not a good look, but on the other hand, the author's column involves personal impressions. In this case, personal impressions begin with a statement of grievances - this is even more unpleasant. But there is a second side to this: perhaps many of our troubles largely stem from the fact that we have been taught to be offended? I want to tell readers about one trouble that anyone who deals with publishing houses may encounter.

The note by Marat Musin describes two almost opposite programs for the development of spacecraft-closed military development of the X-37V and the private transport ship Dragon. Image of the Dragon spacecraft. From the site www.spacex.com In December 2010, information appeared in the news at once about two spacecraft, which can be called antipodes.

We live at that time, which is usually called historical - at a fracture of eras. In such periods, previous social relations break, social psychology changes, the perception of the past and the present is changing, interest in the native history is aggravated. Indeed, in Russia we are observing a fairly close interest in our past, especially recent, covering the stormy and bloody XX century. This interest began in the era of Gorbachev’s perestroika and publicity and has not yet faded.

Dear colleagues, for me it is a great honor to declare the winner in the nomination "Humanities". I act here as a member and chairman of the Council of the Dynasty Foundation and would like to tell why the fund established this award. The Dynasty Foundation, as you know, mainly engages in what supports scientists and science. Therefore, it is this prize that is very important for us - just because without these books our work to support Russian and international science is very difficult to do.