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Young Siberian scientist develops “hydrogen pills” for cars

19 Oct '16
A student at Tomsk Polytechnic (TPU) in Siberia is developing what he claims is a safe system to store hydrogen fuel for use in vehicles and drones; he hopes to produce an operational prototype next year, the TPU website announced.

Evgeny Boretsky, the developer, suggested that carbon be used to create a safe “package” for hydrogen. In a compound with nickel stearate and sodium stearate, carbon black is pressed into some sort of pills; the pills are then subject to calcination and hardening.

Several such pills form a fuel system, with hydrogen, driven into it under high pressure, penetrating each pill’s porous structure to bond with carbon. A student team at TPU is said to have also developed a special machine to make the fuel pills.

Using the new fuel cells is expected, among other things, to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.

The project also addresses the problem of storing hydrogen as a hazardous, yet very promising fuel. “Competing systems are complexly designed to store hydrogen under very high pressure, up to 150 atm, and at low temperature. As hydrogen is easily combustible, high pressure threatens to make the system explosive,” the developer said.

He added that vehicles that run on hydrogen are no news in the world, but their fuel systems are prohibitively priced. The new TPU solution is just a fraction of the cost, Mr. Boretsky said.

To further his research the Siberian student has received a government grant. When the prototype is complete, he wants to present it to manufacturers. Some investors have already expressed interest, the source said.
 

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Russian scientist makes anti-aging breakthrough
October 18, 2016 ARAM TER-GHAZARYAN, SPECIAL TO RBTH
Russian biophysicist Alexei Karnaukhov wants to stop our natural aging process with the help of gene therapy, and he successfully completed the first part of his experiment to increase longevity.
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Karnaukhov believes that elderly people can be implanted with their own bone marrow cells, as long as they are not in any way damaged. Source: Panthermedia / Vostock-photo

Alexei Karnaukhov is a senior researcher at the Institute of Cell Biophysics, and while he is 55 years old he plans to live another 100 years. His breakthrough using bone marrow cells has the potential to dramatically increase both the longevity and quality of our lives.




Alexei Karnaukhov. Source: Personal archive



In mid-October Karnaukhov used himself as a guinea pig and underwent complex surgery for the sake of his dream. Doctors extracted about 100 milliliters of his bone marrow, which was then frozen and stored in a cryobank. A few years from now Dr. Karnaukhov's cells will be placed back into his body.

"I feel good considering my age and the surgery," Karnaukhov told RBTH.

Cell rejuvenation
Karnaukhov believes that elderly people can be implanted with their own bone marrow cells, as long as they are not in any way damaged.




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While bio technology does not yet allow us to return the vigor of our youth, Karnaukhov believes his natural treatment will allow his body to retain the vitality of a 50-year-old man. However, he cautions that it is not safe to artificially rejuvenate your own cells; hence, his natural procedure is safer and more effective.

"Artificially activated cells have a large number of genomic errors that may play a negative role and kill the patient, for instance, provoking a tumor," Karnaukhov said. "If we follow my procedure and re-introduce young stem cells with a much less number of errors then they can find their place in the body and produce the necessary amount of high-grade cellular material, gradually restoring an elderly man's health."

30% lifespan increase
Tests on the procedure began about 10 years ago, and in 2013 the first results showed that the average mouse lifespan increased 34 percent.

"The result was very interesting -- reproductive life increased," said Karnaukhov. "In human terms, the female mice gave birth at the age of 60. They were more active and looked younger; their fur became shiny and fluffy. We did not create any special conditions for experimental mice. They lived in a typical vivarium and procreated just like the other animals in the control group."

In 2015, together with his colleagues from the Sechenov Moscow State Medical University, Dr. Karnaukhov launched a project to study the impact of his technology on the maximum life span of mice. While the experiment continues, it's already clear that the increase in the maximum life span will be at least 30 percent. Karnaukhov believes that thanks to its harmlessness, his procedure can be used by anyone.
 

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New Russian ‘intelligent’ explosive shells will destroy enemy drones
October 18, 2016 NIKOLAI LITOVKIN, RBTH
Russian designers are working on shrapnel with an intellectual explosive system. According to the military, it will create a "cloud of metal" that will destroy the enemy's small flying scouts with one shot.
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The new munition will be adopted by the military by 2020. Source: Vladimir Ivanov / RIA Novosti

The Russian Defense Ministry has begun the testing of new small-caliber artillery shells capable of “intelligent” explosions in the air, reports the Izvestiya news daily.

According to the developers, the cartridges will explode on the approach to the target and will be able to easily destroy objects as small as several tens of centimeters in diameter.

"The munition will be equipped with an intelligent remote detonation system – a small fuse inside the cartridge, whose explosion time will be set by a computer, depending on the distance to the target," a source in the military-industrial complex told RBTH.




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As a result, fragments will form a "metal cloud," similar to shrapnel, which can destroy mechanized infantry units' tactical drones during close reconnaissance missions.

"To shoot down such a device with an anti-aircraft missile is expensive; to gun it down from an assault rifle is difficult, since the target quickly maneuvers in the air," Vadim Kozyulin, a professor of the Academy of Military Science, told RBTH. "But now an armored vehicle can fire just one volley, and the drone is gone."

Initially, the new munitions will be received by Armata platform-based infantry fighting vehicles and Boomerang armored personnel carriers, which use 57-mm AU-220M Baikal systems. After that, the developers plan to create 30-mm munitions for the Russian army's older armored vehicles – all modifications of the BMP-2, BMP-3 and BTR-82.

The source in the military-industrial complex told RBTH that the new munition will be adopted by the military by 2020. This will allow the automated module of the latest armored vehicles to choose different types of charges while firing. Now they can use both shells to destroy lightly armored vehicles and the new "shrapnel" for air targets.
 

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A real beast: Russian ‘bears’ join the armed forces
October 18, 2016 ALEXANDER VERSHININ, SPECIAL TO RBTH
Named after the animal synonymous with Russia, the new-generation Medved armored vehicle is the result of years of work developing a more powerful and flexible APC. It features innovative new protection from arms fire and can hold up to eight crew members
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The new Medved armored vehicle. Source: Vitaly V. Kuzmin

In Septmeber 2016 Moscow hosted the Army 2016 International Military Forum, which is one of the world's largest armament exhibitions. Besides the traditional tanks and combat airplanes, the Russian delegation amazed the guests with a new type of weapon: the new-generation Medved armored personnel carrier (medved means “bear” in Russian – RBTH).

Located at the Voenno-Promyshlennaya Kompaniya stand, the vehicle’s name is no accident. Almost six meters long and two meters wide, the armored vehicle's silhouette can be easily recognized: Its body height is almost three times that of an ordinary light car. Its mass (12 tons) can be compared to that of a light tank. The Medved can hold a crew of up to eight people, excluding the driver. They will be protected by the vehicle’s highly durable armor.

Emphasis on the armor
The constructors of the “Bear” paid special attention to its armor, whose design features an important contemporary decision: A small amount of air is left between the two layers of metal, which reduces the force of armor-piercing bullets. Additionally, there is the possibility of strengthening the armor in the future. Consequently, today the Medved is one of the most bulletproof armored vehicles in the world: During tests even the glass and the door slots remained intact.

The new Medved armored vehicle / Source: Vitaly V. Kuzmin

The Medved’s armaments practically makes it a universal armored vehicle. Basically, it has no stationary weapons. Depending on the situation, various types of weapons can be mounted on its moveable platform, from mixed-caliber machine guns to anti-tank guided missiles. What we have in the end is not a piece of hardware designed purely for the army or the police, but rather a vehicle that can be used in almost all combat conditions.

Lessons from the Chechen War
The necessity of creating a new-generation armored vehicle became clear after the results of battles in hot spots, particularly in the North Caucasus. The old armored vehicles were easily destroyed by mines and possessed very weak weaponry.

As a result, tanks had to perform their functions in battles, something that is unpractical and risky. The unsuccessful use of tanks during the assault on Grozny in 1994, among other things, proved that Russia needed to develop a new armored vehicle.

The new Medved armored vehicle / Source: Vitaly V. Kuzmin

When the Medved was being created its developers focused on how to protect it from mines. The special shape of the bottom, high ground clearance and additional armor help the vehicle withstand explosions even from the most powerful mines.

During tests at the Defense Ministry firing range a bomb with seven kilograms (15 lbs) of TNT was exploded under the vehicle's wheels. The Medved’s structure withstood the explosion and would have even guaranteed the crew's survival, if it had been inside.

But that is not all. The Medved is equipped with special instruments that can incapacitate radio-controlled explosive devices, as well as with a smoke-screen system. This makes the armored carrier a type of module that can protect all nearby vehicles.

Prospects for use
However, that the Medved’s armor, with all its merits, is still not durable enough to participate in full-fledged combat. Protection from a mine or armor-piercing bullets does not guarantee protection from a grenade launcher. Additional armor is necessary for overcoming this defect, and the Arzamassky Machine Construction Factory, which produces the vehicle, is currently working on this challenge.

Yet while these weaknesses have the potential to prevent the Medved’s use on the battlefield, they will not impede the use of the vehicle in other spheres. According to Russian daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Russia's Interior Ministry and the recently formed National Guard are showing special interest in the armored vehicle.

Anti-terrorist operations may one day require precisely the technical characteristics of the Medved. Moreover, export opportunities are also opening up. During the Army 2016 Exhibition defense ministry delegations from various countries, including Argentina and Niger, showed an interestin Russian armored vehicles.
 

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What are Russia's radio-electronic warfare resources capable of?
October 17, 2016 NIKOLAI LITOVKIN, RBTH
Russia has successfully tested a new radio-electronic weapon. Russian military experts say that the new system serves to destroy airplane and drone onboard equipment, as well as electronics found in high-precision weapons.
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Experts believe that by 2020, 70 percent of Russia's radio-electronics warfare fleet will have been re-equipped with new models. Source: Pavel Lisitsyn/RIA Novosti

Russia has successfully tested a radio-electronic weapon that has no rival in the world, Russian mass media sources have reported, citing representatives of the Rostec Corporation, the state-owned producer of industrial products.

For now the new weapon models are classified as "top secret" and only Russia's highest command has seen them, during private exhibitions at the Army 2016 and Army High-Tech 2016 International Military-Technical Forums.

The Rostec Corporation was able to only partially shed light on the new model's potential when asked for comment by RBTH. Leonid Khozin, the company's press secretary, said that the new weapon consists of electronic equipment that operates on a wavelength principle.

"It incapacitates electronics and other onboard equipment on enemy planes, drones and high-precision weapons. This is land equipment. At the same time it can withstand land, sea and air attacks," explained Khozin.

He remarked that the device "strikes" targets many kilometers away, but declined to provide further comments, citing state secrecy.

Which Russian forces use radio-electronic weapons?
In the words of military observer from the Gazeta.ru publication Mikhail Khodarenko, such systems are used in the radio-electronic warfare division and the possibility to remotely "switch off a missile" before its launch is one of the decisive factors for winning in modern warfare.

"Combat electronics is capable of winning the war before its ‘official’ beginning. It is enough to turn on the system that electronically suppresses the enemy's aiming, guiding, radar and communications systems and not one combat unit will move from where it stands. The unit will not be able to react to shelling and will thus be destroyed in the first minutes of battle," said Khodarenko.

In military circles, both in Russia and abroad, such forces are usually not talked about in public. In the army they are included in the communication subunits.

The reason is that it is necessary for them to carry out their functions in a way that is hidden from enemy eyes.

Russian radio-electronic warfare systems in the Syrian campaign
Radio-electronic warfare systems are used not only as an "attack" resource but also to make forces invisible to the enemy's missiles and planes during combat.

For example, Russia’s Ka-52 combat helicopters, which were first "baptized" in the skies over Syria, have been equipped with the Vitebsk and the President individual protection systems.


Combat use of the Ka-52 in Syria. Video by YouTube

"They cause interference for missiles with optical and infrared homing warheads, creating particular electronic ‘traps’ in the range of interference. They also inform the pilot of the approaching enemy missile. Depending on the type of warhead, they can turn it off from its trajectory as it's flying towards the target," said editor-in-chief of Arsenal Otechestva (Arsenal of the Fatherland) magazine Viktor Murakhovsky.

It is possible to illustrate the potential of the radio-electronic warfare systems installed in helicopters on similar radar systems used for protection from heat-seeking missiles.

In an incident in the suburbs of Aleppo recorded by fighters from the Authenticity and Development Front, a moderate opposition division supported by the U.S., they opened fire on a Syrian Russian-made Mi-17 military transportation helicopter using a Igla-1 anti-aircraft missile system, also made in Russia.

It can clearly be seen how the electronics reacted.


Militants fire unsuccessfully on an Mi-17 helicopter from an Igla missile system in Syria. Video by YouTube

Also, according to Murakhovsky, Krasukha-4 radio-electronic warfare systems have been deployed around Russia’s Khmeimim air base for incapacitating wiretapping and the enemy's weapon aiming systems. The Krasukha-4 "covers" all the enemy's locator systems and they can't already see targets at a distance of 250 kilometers (155 miles).

"In Russia, radio-electronic warfare systems have always been very developed. Their main problem is the ‘elemental base.’ It is known that Russia cannot produce the best high-technology models because of international norms. But concerning radio-electronic warfare systems (super-high frequency, gallium arsenide and power components), Russia is doing very well," said Murakhovsky.

Experts believe that by 2020, 70 percent of Russia's radio-electronics warfare fleet will have been re-equipped with new models.
 

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