Our planet faces a mounting challenge: it is awash in plastic pollution. Microplastics (MPs), those tiny plastic fragments less than 5 millimeters in size, are everywhere – in our water, soil, air, and even ice.
A scientist's position in the ranking is determined using a formula based on the h-index, number of publications, number of citations, and other scientometric indicators.
A total of approximately 50 people worked on Paramushir, including volcanologists, botanists, ornithologists, entomologists, hydrobiologists, geographers, historians, volunteers.
After completing a course on preparing biological specimens for examination using light and electron microscopy, P.A. Potapova organized a workshop at School No. 130 to introduce students to the microscopic crustaceans.
The widespread invasion of the catfish genus Pterygoplichthys is primarily due to their popularity in aquarium keeping, as some specimens escape from the aquarium trade or aquaculture and successfully reproduce in natural water ecosystems.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko assessed the infrastructure and learned about the priority research areas of the IEE RAS, and held a meeting on its development.
Rhino horns are a unique structure. They lack a bony core and, like hair, nails, and hooves, are a derivative of skin composed of keratin. The horn is formed from numerous keratin tubes (filaments) embedded in a keratin matrix.
Molecular genetic analysis showed that the discovered population is most closely related to the European strains and differs significantly from the North American strains.
The best thing a person can do when they meet a leveret in nature is to pass by. Its mother will definitely return and feed her child. If the animal is injured, only animal rehabilitation specialists can help it.
On June 29, 2026, at 14:00, an interlaboratory colloquium will be held in the Large Conference Hall to review Denis Vasilievich Kazakov's dissertation, "Phylogeography and seasonal biology of bats in Siberia and the Far East," submitted for the degree of Candidate of Biological Sciences in the specialty 1.5.12. Zoology.
From June 23 to June 26, fire alarm and notification systems will be tested at the IEE RAS buildings located at 33 Leninsky Prospekt and 34 Vavilova Street.
Pre-defense of T.N. Karmanova's PhD thesis on the topic "Genetic characteristics of rodents in urban communities on the example of the striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius, Pallas 1774) and the common hamster (Cricetus cricetus, Linnaeus 1758)" (Supervisor: A.V. Surov, PhD).
All are invited!
We invite you to participate in the 17th Congress of the Russian Entomological Society, which will be held August 22–27, 2027, at Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University in Kazan.
To raise awareness among employees of organizations subordinate to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation about the possibility of exercising their housing rights by joining a housing cooperative, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia is sending a presentation of the Proton Housing Cooperative, located in Troitsk, Moscow.
For those looking to send their children on summer vacation, the Moscow Federation of Trade Unions offers a network of residential summer camps. For more information, please use the contact information provided in the attached file.