Society of Scientists in discussion with A. Shakhnov, February 27, 2013 Colleagues, the collection of signatures continues to “proposals for the development of the RFFIF” [1], which were adopted by the General Assembly of the Society of Scientists (ONR) on February 27, 2013. The main goal of our proposals is to ensure that the RFFIF function in accordance with the principles of transparent and objective PEER-REVIEW expertizes adopted by the International Scientific Community.

For a beginner, the air conditioner may seem like a complex machine, but if you figure it out, then everything becomes much easier. The usual air conditioner consists of two blocks. The outer unit consists of a fan that blews the capacitor during operation. Simple models boast of only one fan mode. More expensive models have a built -in speed adjustment mechanism, capacitor (radiator cooling freon).

Alexander Holtygin Alexander Holtygin , doct. physical mat. Sciences, professor of the Department of Astronomy of the Mathematics and Mechanics Faculty of St. Petersburg State University, told the TRV-HUNDING about scientific grants at the university. Applications for research grants, to support participation in conferences, etc.

For a beginner, an air conditioner may seem like a complicated machine, but once you figure it out, everything becomes much simpler. A conventional air conditioner consists of two units. The outdoor unit consists of a fan that blows air over the condenser during operation. Simple models boast only one fan mode. More expensive models have a built-in mechanism for adjusting the speed and condenser (radiator, cooling freon).

Alexey Vodovozov About what successes were achieved by doctors and biologists in the fight against viruses, says a medical journalist, scientific editor of ABS and Russian Pharmacies, Alexei Vodovozov . Somehow the struggle against bacteria did not work out in humanity.

On April 4 , 2013, as part of the “Public Lectures “Polit.ru””, the celebration of the 5th anniversary of the newspaper of scientists and scientific journalists “Troitsky Option - Science” took place. Unexpectedly for the organizers, the Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Livanov turned up at the evening. Bioinformatician, Deputy TrV-Nauka editor-in-chief Mikhail Gelfand “came on stage” wearing a red Santa Claus cap.

Vladislav Syashchenko Vladislav Syashchenko , doctor physical. Sciences of the Belgorod State National Research University, continues a series of publications about the present and future of physics textbooks. In the room before last, I tried to express the warm feelings that I have related to the textbook “Popular Physics” by J. Orira. However, it was precisely as a textbook that I did not use this book in my school years.

Igor Fedyukin How does the Ministry of Education and Science see the future council in science? Does it fight the excess bureaucracy in the scientific and educational field and what reforms await scientific certification? Read about this in an interview with the deputy. Minister of Education and Science Igor Fedyukin. - So did you imagine work in the ministry? What is the most difficult thing in this work? What was the biggest surprise? Do you have free time left?

Irina Dezhin How successfully do the development institutions created in Russia work: Skolkovo, Rusnano and RVC? And by what criteria could their activities evaluate? This is thinking about this. Economy. sciences, head. The sector of the Institute of World Economics and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Domzhin . The concept of "Institute of Development" has now become very blurry.

Rebekah Frumkin The name of the artist Clement Redko (1897-1956) today is known mainly to specialists. His painting “Uprising” (GTG) is one of the most mysterious works dedicated to the October Revolution. In the “Tretyakov Gallery” this work Redko entered directly from the collector and expert on the painting of Georgy Dionysovich Kostaka, who on the back of the picture made the inscription: “The picture of the century, the greatest work of revolutionary Russia. George Kostaki.

Internal grants. St. Petersburg University Sergey Popov All over the world, the work of scientific groups is highly dependent on the grant system. The presence of a good line of grants allows you to quickly and effectively achieve point financing of the most powerful groups conducting the most relevant research. However, it is quite difficult to create such a set of grants. By and large, this has not yet been achieved in Russia. Roll and roll off the waves.

Nikolai Veniaminovich Kaverin Will virologists be able to defeat the flu after 5 years or more? This is reflected by the Academician of the RAMS, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head. Laboratory of the physiology of viruses of the Research Institute of virology named after DI. Ivanovsky Nikolai Veniaminovich Kaverin . The variability of the superficial proteins of the influenza virus, hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, forces to resort to a regular change in vaccines.

Zhores Alferov and Dmitry Livanov at the Public Council in November 2012. Then, it seems, nothing foreshadowed such a gap. Photo by N. Demina The beginning of spring was marked by the unexpectedly waited vitk of the conflict between the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the leadership of the Ministry of Education and Science. It all started with publication at Kommersant on March 21, 2013.

Expert comments Do you have some kind of personal attitude to the Landsberg textbook, is it worth it to send it to the landing dump, or is it really good and it should be modernized? Photo by L. Ponomarev - A. Chesnokova ("Polit.ru") Leonid Ponomarev , doctor physical. Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, head.

Announcement of the issue In search of a common past Ivan Kurilla , Andrey Teslya and Dmitry Livanov discuss the pros and cons of the idea of ​​a single history textbook - p. 2-3 Skolkovo, RUSNANO and RVC Irina Dezhina analyzes the effectiveness of these development institutions - page 4 From the life of grants Sergey Popov , Alexander Kholtygin and Alexander Fradkov evaluate the system of internal grants at St.